Paddington Law Centre Limited

Analysis

Paddington Law Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01988411). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Paddington Law Centre Limited reported income of £220k and spending of £250k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £250k to £220k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Paddington Law Centre Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Trust Fund (£220k), Jubilee Campaign (£221k) and Oasis Church Southampton (£220k).