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The RCJ and Islington Citizens Advice Bureaux

Registered charity 1050358 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6.1y median 6y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance
16
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 18Education/training 18General Charitable Purposes 18

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

Business services 22Property 10Professional services 6

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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£3.3m latest income
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

52 from 61 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.
67%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rcjadvice.org.uk
Emailfeedback@rcjadvice.org.uk
Phone020 3475 4373
AddressROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE, STRAND, LONDON, WC2A 2LL

Finances

£3,304,295 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,387,048£3,555,829
2022£3,316,822£3,241,071
2023£4,092,345£3,468,165
2024£4,097,981£4,066,411
2025£3,304,295£3,593,472

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE HAVING BUSINESS AT THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE AND OTHERS LIVING OR WORKING THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/10/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/04/1998NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18/05/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 AUG 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 SEP 2016 as amended on 21 Aug 2024

Trustees (18)

18trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The RCJ and Islington Citizens Advice Bureaux · 03110908 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/10/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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