LASA CHARITY UK LIMITED

Registered charity 800140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIMS, L A S A, LONDON ADVICE SERVICES ALLIANCE COMPANY LIMITED, MULTIKULTI, RIGHTSNET

Lasa Charity UK Ltd - operating as rightsnet - provides strategic and innovative services to support and promote independent advice for all. We do this in specific key areas: Social Welfare Law support to front line advisers and those seeking advice throughout the UK. Advocating and promoting the use of technology through a2jtech. Policy development support to the advice and legal sector.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY INDEPENDENT ADVICE FOR ALL AND IN PARTICULAR:(A) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION OF LEGAL AND ADVICE SERVICES AND TO ENCOURAGE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN AGENCIES PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES;(B) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CHARITABLE AGENCIES;(C) TO CARRY OUT, COMMISSION AND PUBLISH STUDIES AND RESEARCH INTO THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES AND TO DEVELOP POLICY RESPONSES TO THIS RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AREA

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £117,890 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £253,140 to £135,250. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to ensure the charity remains a going concern, with free reserves of £132,368 held to meet working capital requirements. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 4.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER BERNARD CQSW, MAchair
• ANNETTE FIGUEIREDO
• Andrew Flett
• GARY VAUX
• Mohammad Marashi · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL GEORGE LOWENBERG · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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 ADVICE UK.

• ADVICE UK income £6.0m
• COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD income £4.2m
• ACCESS YOUR RIGHT TO CARE income £2.6m
• LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS SERVICE income £1.1m
• Care Rights UK: your care champion income £139k
• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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