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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01417251

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

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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