The Legal Advice Centre(University House)

Analysis

The Legal Advice Centre(University House) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03324062). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Legal Advice Centre(University House) reported income of £1.1m and spending of £922k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £731k to £1.1m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Legal Advice Centre(University House) sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mytime (£1.1m), Cyngor Ar Bopeth Sir Ddinbych Citizens Advice Denbighshire (£1.1m) and Hope Church Orpington (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 16% and trading 7.2%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Reserves of £547k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.