SOUTHWARK LAW CENTRE

Registered charity 277927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHWARK LAW PROJECT LIMITED

We give specialist advice, representation and training in Housing, Welfare Rights, Immigration and Employment Law. We are a referral agency.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:(1) THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (I) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, (II) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, (III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, (IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND (V) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY,(2) IN EACH CASE AMONG PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN THE CHARITY’S AREA, AND(3) IN EACH CASE BY PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION WHICH THOSE PERSONS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE ADVANCEMENT OR PREVENTION AND RELIEF (AS APPLICABLE) OF THE MATTERS STATED ABOVE WITHIN THE CHARITY’S AREA.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £196,211 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year's £73,759. The trustees' report indicates that gross income rose to £2,713,099, supported by a new five-year contract with Southwark Council and continued grant funding. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £876,986, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £650,000 (three months' operating costs).

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Berringers LLP. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 01418763 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southwark Law Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Trust for London — “Funding from Trust for London enables the Law Centre to coordinate the London Wide Housing and Immigration Group which facilitates the shari…” (source page)

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.

• MOORE, Catriona Mary — director, appointed 09/12/2025on trustee list
• MCINTOSH, Kimberly Natasha — director, appointed 13/11/2024on trustee list
• NOAKES, Pamela Louise — director, appointed 14/02/2024on trustee list
• CHANDLER, Anthony — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• THOMAS, Katrina Chantel — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
• MCGOWN, Lisa Dawn Sinclair — director, appointed 26/01/2021on trustee list
• FEWKES, Victoria — director, appointed 23/04/2019not on trustee list
• PERSEY, Oliver James — director, appointed 10/07/2018on trustee list
• OLISA, Victoria Ego — director, appointed 18/10/2016on trustee list
• POLLEY, Alexander — director, appointed 10/11/2015on trustee list
• RHODES, John David Mckinnon — director, appointed 14/10/2015on trustee list
• EDGAR, Stacey — secretary, appointed 04/11/2024

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 ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Richard Polley
• Anthony Chandler
• Catriona Mary Moore
• John David McKinnon Rhodes
• Katrina Chantel Thomas
• Kimberly Natasha McIntosh
• Lisa Dawn Sinclair McGown
• Oliver James Persey
• Pamela Louise Noakes · trustee of 1 other charity
• VICTORIA EGO OLISA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vicky Fewkes

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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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Charities like this

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

• LUTON LAW CENTRE income £407k
• SOUTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES income £1.8m
• SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE income £222k
• HARINGEY LAW CENTRE income £842k
• PLUMSTEAD COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LTD. income £227k
• THE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE(UNIVERSITY HOUSE) income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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