NOTTINGHAM LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 515776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HYSON GREEN LAW CENTRE LIMITED

Provision of legal advice and representation on social welfare law.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LEGAL SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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

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

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small surplus in the 2024/2025 financial year, resulting in a net asset increase to £704,127. Per the trustees' report, the organization aims to hold six months of running costs in reserves, a policy it strives to achieve. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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 01732131

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

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.

• SCOTT, Callum — director, appointed 20/01/2020on trustee list
• TALBOT, Ben — director, appointed 15/01/2018on trustee list
• GRIMSHAW, Maggie — director, appointed 15/05/2017on trustee list
• KEELEY, Mark Arthur — director, appointed 11/07/2016on trustee list
• WESLEY, Andrew David — director, appointed 21/11/2011on trustee list
• LEACH, Simon David — director, appointed 19/11/2007not on trustee list
• TATE, Judy Caroline — director, appointed 28/10/2002on 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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

• ANDREW WESLEYchair
• Ben Talbot
• Callum Scott
• Dr Elizabeth Curran
• Judy Tate · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maggie Grimshaw
• Mark Arthur Keeley
• SANDRA PINK
• SIMON DAVID LEACH LLB HONS

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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