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Registered charity · Northampton

Community LAW Service(Northampton and County)

Community LAW Service(Northampton and County) is a registered charity (number 1128718) based in Northampton, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by IAN Pears. Latest income £1.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Northamptonshire
Website
www.communitylawservice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Community LAW Service (Northampton and County)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.3m
  • 2024£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2021£1.2m£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13% · Government grants 32%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTIONOF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS' BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIALWELFARE LAW ADVICE, INFORMATION, REPRESENTATION AND TRAINING AND CONSULTANCYSERVICES

Grants received

14 grants · £1,071,177 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 2Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 8Education 4Arts and leisure 3

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£1.4m 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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.0 in 2021

38 from 34 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.
45%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1128718
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 FEBRUARY 2009 as amended on 30 May 2023 as amended on 24 Oct 2023 as amended on 24 Oct 2023
Companies House
Company number 06830503 · Active
Contact on the register
01604621038 · enquiries@communitylawservice.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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