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Paddington LAW Centre Limited

Objects(i) To relieve poor persons (hereinafter referred to as "qualifying persons") resident or working in Greater London and in particular in the North Paddington area including the postal districts of W2, W9 and the Westminster part of W10...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £220k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
City Of Westminster
Linked company
Paddington LAW Centre Limited
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£220k£250k
  • 2024£200k£236k
  • 2023£208k£195k
Earlier years
  • 2022£198k£218k
  • 2021£250k£182k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

Objects(i) To relieve poor persons (hereinafter referred to as "qualifying persons") resident or working in Greater London and in particular in the North Paddington area including the postal districts of W2, W9 and the Westminster part of W10 (hereinafter referred to as the "designated area") by providing such persons with legal advice, assistance, representation and services which they could not otherwise obtain because of lack of means.(ii) To advance the education of qualifying persons in relation to the law and legal issues and to make the law known and accessible to them.(iii) To advance any charitable purposes beneficial to qualifying persons and their community.

Grants received

27 grants · £1,381,378 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.

6 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Accommodation/housing 5Economic/community Development/employment 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 6Other services 4Business services 1

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£220k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
47%
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
299948
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH FEBRUARY 1986 AS AMENDED 31ST MARCH 1988 as amended on 15 Nov 2021
Companies House
Company number 01988411 · Active
Contact on the register
02089603155 · info@paddingtonlawcentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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