South West London Law Centres

Analysis

South West London Law Centres is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05018587). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South West London Law Centres reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.8m (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South West London Law Centres sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Way Church (£1.8m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Lambeth (£1.8m) and Kings Community Church (Southampton) (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, trading 27% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £428k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.