The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Mary Ward Legal Centre

Registered charity 1024148 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 4Accommodation/housing 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 16Education 6Health and social care 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.9 in 2021

21 from 23 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
35%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.marywardlegal.org.uk
Emailclerk@marywardcentre.ac.uk
Phone02072696334
AddressMary Ward Centre, 275-285 High Street, Stratford, LONDON, E15 2TF

Finances

£1,477,641 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,339,898£1,230,961
2022£1,010,139£1,075,808
2023£1,077,070£1,120,868
2024£1,330,488£1,294,443
2025£1,477,641£1,434,526

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WITH ADVICE, INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE & REPRESENTATION DEALING WITH THE QUESTION OF HOUSING WELFARE RIGHTS, EMPLOYMENT, IMMIGRATION, TAXATION, INSOLVENCY & BANKRUPTCY AND OTHER FINANCIAL & LEGAL PROBLEMS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 FEB 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUN 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JUL 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 MAR 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 DEC 2016

Trustees (7)

7trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Mary Ward Legal Centre · 02786099 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/02/1993

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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