CENTRE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES LIMITED
Registered charity 1089503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLES, Centre for Local Economies
CLES undertakes research, organises confereces, seminars and training courses, produces publications and runs a library, information service and database in relation to the formulation, direction, organisation, administration and effects of economic, fiscal and employment policies and initiatives in the UK.
Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,433 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a loss in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £202,424 and considers its resources adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tom Lloyd Goodwin — Deputy Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Professor Carolyn Wilkins OBEchair
- Caroline Wilson
- GAVIN LUKE WHITE · trustee of 2 other charities
- Geraldine Brown
- Huw Thomas
- Joe Dromey
- Naila Wood
- Paul Dennett
- Rebecca Deegan
- Sonia Halliwell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CENTRE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,433 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a loss in the previous period. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £202,424 and considers its resources adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.
Who funds CENTRE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES LIMITED as a grant recipient include FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Alex Ferry Foundation, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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