HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 287462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre has worked on the front line of advice needs for 39 years. We have legal aid contracts in housing, welfare benefits, immigration & asylum and prioritise helping those who are most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We give free legal advice and support on a range of housing issues to people in H&F and run the duty possession desk 2 days a week at our local County Court

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM; (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM; (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL FOR THE PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £671,425, which is in excess of the trustees' policy target of six months of core expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £77,361 for the year, with gross income of £633,200 against expenditure of £555,839.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 01417251 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• COLEMAN, Benjamin John — director, appointed 13/03/2025not on trustee list
• INTURI, Chaya — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
• DURAND, John Sebastian — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
• BEESE, Barbara — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• JANES, Laura Kerner, Dr — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
• TARN, Karen — director, appointed 01/06/2021on trustee list
• SINGH, Tushar — director, appointed 03/02/2018on trustee list
• KENNEDY, Joanna Patricia — director, appointed 11/09/2017on trustee list
• MARTIN, Tony — director, appointed 31/07/2014not on trustee list
• CLARK, Marjory — directoron trustee list
• KENNEDY, Joanna Patricia — secretary, appointed 10/09/2020

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 ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony MARTIN
• Barbara Beese
• Benjamin John Coleman MP
• Chaya Inturi
• Joanna Patricia Kennedy · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Durand
• Karen tarn
• Laura Janes · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS MARJORY CLARK
• TUSHAR SINGH

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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