Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 10

EQUALITY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTRE

1. Specialist advice,casework and advocacy to individuals in the areas of Employment Law & Discrimination law.2. Advice, training and support to community & voluntary sector organisations in the areas of Employment Law, Discrimination Law and Human Resources.3. Provision of Volunteering whereby individuals can gain skills, knowledge, training and improved employment opportunities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£589	£540	£49	£0	£230	£1	0	13	10
31/03/22		£645	£434	£211	£0	£188	£169	4.7	13	4
31/03/21		£367	£357	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£324	£298	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£211	£304	£-93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
29/03/18	*	£201	£184	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/03/17	*	£201	£196	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£276	£262	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£276	£262	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£253	£249	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£284	£284	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£380	£332	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£370	£349	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£339	£338	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£329	£307	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£257	£246	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£236	£221	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£228	£206	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£167	£144	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

info@merseysideemploymentlaw.co.uk

01512372664

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Steve Morgan Foundation	£68,022
AB Charitable Trust	£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
John Moores Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Equality and Employment Law Centre
£30,000	25/01/2024	An unrestricted grant of £30,000. Equality and Employment Law Centre provides legal advice and representation on employment, discrimination, and equality law.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Equality And Employment Law Centre Ltd
£68,022	06/12/2022	3 years funding for the trainee Solicitor salary and tuition fees
National Lottery Community Fund - Procuring Expert Legal Training
£10,000	30/08/2022	The funding will be used to deliver specialist training and supervision to the organisation's legal team who provide employment rights advice to vulnerable clients. The project aims to help low paid ....more The funding will be used to deliver specialist training and supervision to the organisation's legal team who provide employment rights advice to vulnerable clients. The project aims to help low paid marginalised and exploited workers fight against discrimination in the workplace.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Equality And Employment Law Centre Ltd
£10,000	07/07/2022	Towards an Expert Solicitor to carry out supervision and training
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Equality And Employment Law Centre Ltd
£15,000	30/06/2022	An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Equality And Employment Law Centre focuses on providing specialist advice in employment, equality and discrimination throughout Merseyside, England and Wales.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£4,200	19/10/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Access Project
£6,510	24/05/2017 12	The funding will be used by a charity to create a website that will increase access to its services. The project aims to increase the organisation’s effectiveness in supporting individuals and ....more The funding will be used by a charity to create a website that will increase access to its services. The project aims to increase the organisation’s effectiveness in supporting individuals and other voluntary sector organisations.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JAMES CHRISTOPHER MANNOUCH Appointed: 2020

JOE KEEGAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant

SALUM ALI MS Appointed: 2021

SUSAN BRANCH MS Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2004, number: 1101876
Registered at Companies House on 28/10/2003, number: 04946069

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR18: 2 days late, AR17: 66 days late, AR16: 29 days late, AR15: 31 days late, AR14: 35 days late, AR13: 117 days late, AR08: 70 days late,

Main office

MERSEYSIDE EMPLOYMENT LAW LIMITED
L C V S
151 Dale Street
LIVERPOOL
L2 2AH

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF MERSEYSIDE AND IN PARTICULAR TO: 1. RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ADVOCACY IN EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION LAW TO THOSE PERSONS OTHERWISE UNABLE TO ACCESS SUCH ADVICE AND ADVOCACY.2. PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND TRAINING IN EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION LAW.3. ADVANCE EDUCATION BY IMPROVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYMENT AND DISCRIMINATION LAW AND ITS OPERATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT OR EMPLOYED IN MERSEYSIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE

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