Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

Analysis

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in June 2001, 25 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 04096574). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Advice and Law Service Ltd reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.2m (+1.1%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Advice and Law Service Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Asfari Foundation (£4.2m), The Abc Trust (£4.2m) and Hull Trinity House Charity (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £525k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.