MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1199464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE LTD

Merseyside Law Centre is set up to provide access to justice for people in need through the provision of legal advice and representation.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT, STUDYING OR WORKING IN MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY (A) PROVIDING THEM WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MEANS AND (B) EDUCATING THEM ON THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND ON THE OPERATION OF THE LAW AND LEGAL SYSTEM. THE CHARITY MAY ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE PEOPLES OF MERSEYSIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £39,470 for the year ended March 2025, with total income of £525,198 against expenditure of £485,728. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £240,431, which exceeds the policy target of covering six months of running costs and redundancy provisions. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09882302

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WEIGHTS, Mark Clifton — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• WENTWORTH, Bernard — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• WILSON, Maureen Patricia — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• MOGLIONE, Gillian Anne — director, appointed 20/11/2015not on trustee list
• REED, Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 19/11/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Wentworth
• Gillian Anne Moglione MBE
• Mark Weights
• Maureen Patricia Wilson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington · Wigan · Wirral

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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