The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Central England LAW Centre Limited

Registered charity 1087312 Registered since 2001

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City

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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

8.1y
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

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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£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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.centralenglandlc.org.uk
Emailenquiries@centralenglandlc.org.uk
Phone02476223053
AddressKIRBY HOUSE, 16 LITTLE PARK STREET, COVENTRY

Finances

£4,231,273 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,756,529£3,469,263
2022£3,573,899£3,469,009
2023£2,730,294£3,031,109
2024£3,624,055£3,399,006
2025£4,231,273£3,670,430

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (8)

8trustees
62median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Central England LAW Centre Limited · 04149673 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/01/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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