THE LEADERSHIP CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Registered charity 1123234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP CENTRE

advancement of education for the public benefit, by promoting, improving and developing leadership amongst public servants.promote for the public benefit the efficient public admin of govt & public services by the provision of education & training in the organisation & practice of the administration of govt and the devt of leadership skills, in particular local authority employees & councillors.

Objects

OBJECTS3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY) BY PROMOTING, IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP AMONGST PUBLIC SERVANTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, LOCAL AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES AND COUNCILLORS.3.2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ORGANISATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS, IN PARTICULAR LOCAL AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES AND COUNCILLORS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in deficit of £347,202, which is below its stated policy target of retaining funds for three months of operating costs. Despite this deficit and a reported loss, the trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing ongoing support from the Local Government Association for at least 12 months and a pipeline of committed projects.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05467557

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NEBHRAJANI, Malini — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
• LLOYD, David Edward — director, appointed 07/12/2016on trustee list
• HOUSE, Keith, Cllr — director, appointed 01/12/2016on trustee list
• BAILEY, Helen Ruth — director, appointed 10/04/2013on trustee list
• JARVIS, John Clifford — secretary, appointed 28/09/2014

Official officers record.

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LLOYDchair
• COUNCILLOR KEITH HOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Bailey
• Kaya Comer-Schwartz
• Malini Nebhrajani · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR CITIES.

• CENTRE FOR CITIES income £1.6m
• EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK income £1.3m
• AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE income £319k
• THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES income £132k
• LEADERS IN COMMUNITY income £327k
• LONDON EDUCATION TRUST income £231k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.