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C40 Cities Climate Leadership

Registered charity 1173124 Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

1.1y median 0y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7Environment/conservation/heritage 6Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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 8Arts and leisure 2Public administration 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£13.9m 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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.9 in 2020

153 from 115 in 2020
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.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.c40.org/c40-uk
Emaillegal@c40.org
Phone02035251919
AddressFirst Floor, 44 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RN

Finances

£15,859,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,453,152£8,285,297
2022£11,131,327£10,033,122
2023£12,998,000£11,832,000
2024£13,901,000£14,238,000
2025£15,859,000£14,385,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 2.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY BY PROMOTING THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES (INCLUDING CARBON DIOXIDE, METHANE AND ANY OTHER GASES THAT MAY BE IDENTIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AS HAVING A GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL); 2.1.2 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;2.1.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND2.1.4 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS, AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 MAR 2017 as amended on 01 Jan 2026 as amended on 01 Jan 2026

Trustees (8)

8trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

C40 Cities Climate Leadership UK · 10401717 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/09/2016

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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