The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Centre for Local Economic Strategies Limited

Registered charity 1089503 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Economic/community Development/employment 9Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 8Education 2Business 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£1.2m latest income
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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.8 in 2021

18 from 16 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.
19%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cles.org.uk
Emailsarahlonglands@cles.org.uk
Phone01618327871
Address52, Oak Street, MANCHESTER, M4 5JA

Finances

£1,232,868 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£984,616£923,139
2022£1,015,710£1,279,714
2023£1,241,973£1,113,322
2024£1,097,648£1,232,988
2025£1,232,868£1,171,433

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE FORMULATION, DIRECTION, ORGANISATION, ADMINISTRATION AND EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC, FISCAL, REGENERATION AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND INITIATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHETHER ON A LOCAL, REGIONAL OR NATIONAL LEVEL AND ALL RELATED SUBJECTS AND DISCIPLINES INCLUDING THOSE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELATED TO THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR TO THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND PLACES.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS”.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13/08/2012

Trustees (10)

10trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Centre for Local Economic Strategies Limited · 04242937 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 28/06/2001

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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