HARINGEY LAW CENTRE

Registered charity 274760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TOTTENHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD LAW CENTRE, TOTTENHAM LAW CENTRE

Haringey Law Centre provides specialist legal services in all social welfare law areas.

Objects

TO PROVIDE BY EMPLOYING SOLICITORS AND OTHER STAFF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY AND NEIGBOURING BOROUGHS

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £13,525 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £842,278 and total resources expended of £828,753. Unrestricted funds stood at £270,323, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining at least six months' expenditure in reserve. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing secured continuation funding and cost-reduction measures.

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 01332867

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.

• WILLIAMS, Valerie — director, appointed 22/03/2019on trustee list
• PASSLEY, Patrick Derek — director, appointed 06/12/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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

• PATRICK PASSLEYchair
• Ruth Hayles
• VALERIE WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Enfield · Haringey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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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