FYLDE COAST ADVICE AND LEGAL CENTRE

Charity number: 1172655
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We provide free advice and guidance on benefits, legal advice related to housing repossessions, mortgage arrears, homelessness, health disabilities related to housing, debt advice, education on housing law and community training and development. Free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities and support other voluntary sector organisations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £45,195
Total expenditure: £45,489

Total income includes £13,107 from 1 government contract(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Blackpool
  • Lancashire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 April 2017: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Kendrick Vilinskis Fowler Chair 22 January 2021
None on record
Christopher Baugh Trustee 17 April 2025
None on record
Dr ronald heywood Trustee 17 April 2025
None on record
Jill Katherine Threlfall Trustee 17 April 2025
None on record
MARTIN MITCHELL Trustee 12 January 2022
LAYTON COMMUNITY HOUSE
Received: On time
Holly Swales Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
John Anthony Blott Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
Paul Greatorex Trustee 15 May 2020
None on record
Angela Brooke-Steel Trustee 12 February 2020
None on record
Jodie Trembles Trustee 24 October 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £52.53k £142.55k £134.76k £56.07k £45.20k
Total expenditure £45.98k £137.50k £142.40k £57.64k £45.49k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £11.27k £13.11k
Income from government grants £10.00k N/A £16.15k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 June 2024 30 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 30 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 17 July 2024 78 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 17 July 2024 78 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 30 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 30 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 20 October 2022 173 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 20 October 2022 173 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Apr 2017 as amended on 05 Sep 2021

Charitable objects

The object[s] of the CIO are (a) To relieve poor persons in England and Wales in particular but focused on the Boroughs of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and the Cities of Lancaster ad Preston (the designated area) by providing such person with legal services which they could not otherwise obtain through lack of means (b) B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA

Contact information

Address:
Unit 8 Blackpool Technology Centre
Faraday Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY2 0JW
Phone:
01253 579450
Email:
enquiries@fcalc.org.uk
Website:

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