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.

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

Latest income
£830k
Latest spending
£808k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: 6 months running costs (held: £704k)
“We try to achieve 6 months running costs to be held in reserves.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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)

Total income
£830k
Total spending
£808k
Reserves (reported)
£480k
Employees
18

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

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£830k£808k
31/03/2024£894k£806k
31/03/2023£912k£822k
31/03/2022£863k£843k
31/03/2021£834k£706k

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM LAW CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NOTTINGHAM LAW CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTTINGHAM LAW CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2024£72kGrants
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2021£45k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2023£102kThe PIP project
UK government01/04/2020£196kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
A B Charitable Trust25/04/2019£20kA grant to Nottingham Law Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2016£10kNottingham Law Centre Community Hub