Community Law Service(Northampton and County)

Analysis

Community Law Service(Northampton and County) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in March 2009, 17 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 06830503). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Law Service(Northampton and County) reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Law Service(Northampton and County) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renewable World (£1.4m), Walk Ministries (£1.4m) and Fylde Coast Women's Aid (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £959k. Reserves of £385k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.