CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE LIMITED

1. CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE LIMITED 2015-05-09 → present
2. COVENTRY LAW CENTRE LTD 2001-01-29 → 2015-05-09

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (That being 12 months from the date of signing this report) and have therefore, used the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Significant events

• “During 2024/25 we responded to over 10,000 enquiries for legal advice across our two offices. We provided 4,000 people with legal advice and/or representation to resolve their issues and provided signposting information to a further 4,400 people.”
• “Total enquiries to the Law Centre rose by 15% this year, following a 10% increase last year. Many clients presented with complex, overlapping legal issues, requiring support from multiple legal teams.”
• “Secured £5.1 million in annualised and backdated financial gains through: Recovery of missed benefit entitlements; Successful challenges to benefit refusals; Negotiated settlement agreements with employers.”
• “Provided immigration support to over 700 individuals, enabling resolution of their immigration status.”
• “Protected 292 victims of domestic abuse through legal interventions.”
• “Provided housing legal advice to 664 clients, with 173 individuals successfully prevented from eviction.”
• “Assisted 182 clients in accessing their eVisa documentation; Enabled clients to prove their right to work, rent, and access public services.”
• “Strengthened the housing legal team to address the growing volume of housing and homelessness enquiries, which now represent 20% of Birmingham-based enquiries.”
• “The charity has continued to grow and move forward positively with an overall net increase in unrestricted funds of £291,622.”
• “Significant contributions were the reversal of a dilapidations provision on leaving the previous property, (£98,000) and a legacy from former chair Keith Wilding (£160,000).”
• “Costs for the organisation during the period have risen, reflecting greater capacity and volumes of work, the continued inflationary economic environment and additional expenses incurred in moving to and improvements made to new premises.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +19.7%

  £3,337,337 → £3,994,121

• Cash

  +16.6%

  £945,586 → £1,102,267

• Net assets

  +22.5%

  £2,495,474 → £3,056,317

• Employees

  +10.1%

  79 → 87

• Wages

  +12.1%

  £2,152,196 → £2,412,158

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers