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.

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

Latest income

£842k

Latest spending

£829k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,525 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds held at £270,323. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting at least six months of expenditure, and the designated fund of £200,000 is held for contingencies and cash flow management. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts present a true and fair view and no material uncertainties were identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,000 - £100,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)

“In band £90,000-£100,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least 6 months’ (26 weeks) expenditure (held: £270k)

“The target reserve amount represents at least 6 months’ (26 weeks) expenditure and will be reviewed annually.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee was remunerated in this financial year. This trustee was not paid to act as trustee for HLC.

“One trustee was remunerated in this financial year. This trustee was not paid to act as trustee for HLC. (This appointment had the board approval and until further review).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One trustee was remunerated in this financial year. This trustee was not paid to act as trustee for HLC. (This appointment had the board approval and until further review).

“One trustee was remunerated in this financial year. This trustee was not paid to act as trustee for HLC. (This appointment had the board approval and until further review).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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)

Total income

£842k

Total spending

£829k

Reserves (reported)

£270k

Employees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£842k	£829k
31/03/2024	£956k	£739k
31/03/2023	£491k	£517k
31/03/2022	£339k	£339k
31/03/2021	£361k	£320k

Common questions

Is HARINGEY LAW CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £13,525 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds held at £270,323. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting at least six months of expenditure, and the designated fund of £200,000 is held for contingencies and cash flow management. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts present a true and fair view and no material uncertainties were identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of HARINGEY LAW CENTRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,000 - £100,000 band.

Who funds HARINGEY LAW CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HARINGEY LAW CENTRE as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION, THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE INDIGO TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2023	£112k	Funding a salaried senior caseworker
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Core unrestricted funding to support the Law Centre's work.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	09/02/2025	£100k	Grant to Haringey Law Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/08/2023	£30k	CSR3 Enfield Law Centre
City Bridge Foundation	05/10/2022	£293k	Grant to Haringey Law Centre
A B Charitable Trust	30/06/2022	£15k	A grant to Haringey Law Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/02/2022	£360k	Life Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic - for Enfieldians
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2021	£48k	The Haringey Law Centre A Team Project Continued
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/05/2020	£48k	The Haringey Law Centre A Team
A B Charitable Trust	24/01/2017	£15k	A grant to Haringey Law Centre

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	7	£1.1m
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION	5	£1.1m
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST	4	£1.3m
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST	4	£548k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	4	£130k
THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED	2	£258k
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£176k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	1	£496k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARROW LAW CENTRE.

HARROW LAW CENTRE income £1.0m
ISLINGTON LAW CENTRE income £2.0m
SOUTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES income £1.8m
THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) income £1.1m
HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION income £218k
MARY WARD LEGAL CENTRE income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARINGEY LAW CENTRE	£842k	£90,000 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARROW LAW CENTRE FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ISLINGTON LAW CENTRE FY2025	£2.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.