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Registered charity · Coventry

Central England LAW Centre Limited

Central England LAW Centre Limited is a registered charity (number 1087312) based in Coventry, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Dr Sarah Raistrick since 2022. Latest income £4.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £4.2m (2025)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Birmingham City, Coventry City
Website
www.centralenglandlc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Central England LAW Centre Limited
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.2m£3.7m
  • 2024£3.6m£3.4m
  • 2023£2.7m£3.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.6m£3.5m
  • 2021£3.8m£3.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 19% · Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND OTHER FORMS OF DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVISORY REPRESENTATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN CENTRAL ENGLAND TO PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THEM THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HAVING REGARD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE AREAS OF THE LAW WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO POOR PEOPLE OR ARE DIRECTED TO THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL ENGLAND.

Grants received

55 grants · £5,479,070 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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Most recent

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

4.2y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 8

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 8Arts and leisure 2Property 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4.2m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021

87 from 67 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.
43%
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
1087312
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 JANUARY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 OCTOBER 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 MAY 2015
Companies House
Company number 04149673 · Active
Contact on the register
02476223053 · enquiries@centralenglandlc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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