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Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1087214 .
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Description

Community Advice and Law Service provides an independent advice service in social welfare law including debt, housing, welfare benefits and immigration (which is a charged for service), we also provide financial capability support through the Moneywise Plus project.

Also known as

  • Community Advice and Law Service Ltd
  • Community Law Service (Leicester & County)
  • Community Advice and Law Service
  • Community Advice and Law Service Ltd
  • Leicester Money Advice Ltd

CCEW Charity number

1087214

Company number

04096574

Registered

Postcode

LE1 3SH

Website

cals.uk.net

Domain

advice-cals.org.uk

Latest income

£4,073,216 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1087214 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1087214 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Other individual and family services D19

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Migrants BE107
  • Housing HO » Accommodation HO101

Theme (CCEW)

  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • Regional

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2001-06-28 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 469,651 438,640
2005-03-31 505,840 442,025
2006-03-31 511,676 535,429
2007-03-31 1,966,551 1,916,681
2008-03-31 3,163,983 3,117,740
2009-03-31 2,581,018 2,595,766
2010-03-31 3,037,442 2,902,336
2011-03-31 2,884,219 2,893,236
2012-03-31 2,739,272 2,664,408
2013-03-31 2,539,815 2,599,700
2014-03-31 2,759,087 2,915,158
2015-03-31 2,927,566 2,964,297
2016-03-31 3,628,078 3,645,301
2017-03-31 3,482,778 3,478,675
2018-03-31 3,718,446 3,610,836
2019-03-31 3,463,355 3,500,222
2020-03-31 3,540,825 3,483,916
2021-03-31 4,128,190 3,995,936
2022-03-31 4,253,912 4,113,217
2023-03-31 4,073,216 4,041,340
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 34 44
Employees paid more than £60,000 1 -
Volunteers 5 6
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 0.2 0.2
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.2 0.2
Income from charitable activities 4,071.8 4,253.7
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 1.2 0.0
Other income - -
Total 4,073.2 4,253.9
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions 2,681.1 2,594.3
Other charitable activities 1,360.3 1,519.0
Charitable activities 4,041.3 4,113.2
Other spending - -
Total 4,041.3 4,113.2
Net income / (expenditure) 31.9 140.7

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 28.7 34.6
Investment assets - -
28.7 34.6
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 587.6 481.3
Other current assets 111.4 188.7
699.1 670.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (179.9) (188.2)
Net current assets 519.2 481.7
Total assets less current liabilities 547.9 516.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 547.9 516.3
Defined benefit pension scheme (0.5) (0.8)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 547.4 515.6
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 165.4 228.5
Unrestricted funds 382.0 287.1
547.4 515.6

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 237,959 151,541
Government contracts as % of total income 5.8% 3.6%
Number of government contracts 3 2
Government grants
Income from government grants 3,390,269 3,559,703
Government grants as % of total income 83.2% 83.7%
Number of government grants 1 2

Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

Grants received

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Received 11 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Access to Justice Foundation
Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£41,317 Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
Justice Together Initiative £450,000 East Midlands Immigration Network - a strategic partnership to sustain, expand and strengthen the sector
Access to Justice Foundation
Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 Community Justice Fund Wave Three
Access to Justice Foundation
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£90,000 Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
Department for Work and Pensions
ALB - MaPS - Debt Advice
£3,324,048 Community Advice and Law Service Grant for Debt Advice (EMMA)
Access to Justice Foundation
Community Justice Fund
£50,000 Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
Access to Justice Foundation
Community Justice Fund
£90,000 Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,000 Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities
£211,519
4 years
Check-in 4 Advice
Apr 2019 to Apr 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund
Advice Services Transition Fund
£349,111
2 years
Advice Leicester
Jul 2013 to Jul 2015

Data source

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Community Advice and Law Service Ltd

GB-CHC-1087214

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