Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas)

Registered charity 256303 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

6y median 7y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.2y

average years in governance

3 vs 3 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Religious Activities 7Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience

Health and social care 3Education 2Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) 4 shared trustees
Catholic Truth Society (Diocese of Salford) 1 shared trustee
Caritas Diocese of Salford 1 shared trustee
ST Neots and Huntingdon Methodist Church Circuit 1 shared trustee
ST Mary'S and ST Giles' Centre 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) 4 shared trustees
Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society 1 shared trustee
ST Mary'S and ST Giles' Centre 1 shared trustee
Catholic Truth Society (Diocese of Salford) 1 shared trustee
Greater Manchester Churches Together 1 shared trustee
ST Neots and Huntingdon Methodist Church Circuit 1 shared trustee

Boards that overlap with this one through shared trustees, or govern in the same field. Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.clas.org.uk
Email	info@clas.org.uk
Phone	02072221265
Address	140-148 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB

Finances

£80,605 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£84,896	£85,530
2021	£87,179	£82,930
2022	£85,105	£84,241
2023	£79,456	£85,155
2024	£80,605	£88,894

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF ITS MEMBERS BY PROMOTING THEIR COMMON INTERESTS IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE DELIVERY OF THEIR WORK.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 5 MARCH 2008

Trustees (7)

7trustees

69median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 7 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Joanne Mary Anderton since 2024
Mary Macleod since 2019
Memuna Levan-Harrisage 50 since 2019
Richard Chapman since 2013
Rev David Stuart Walkerage 69 since 2025
Rev John Stanley Kenneth Arnoldage 73 since 2024
Rev Paul Rochester since 2016

Connected charities (15)

Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) 4 shared trustees
Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society 1 shared trustee
Bishop LEE'S Scholarship 1 shared trustee
Manchester Diocesan Board of Education 1 shared trustee
Greater Manchester Churches Together 1 shared trustee
ST Cuthbert'S College Ushaw 1 shared trustee
ST Mary'S and ST Giles' Centre 1 shared trustee
The United Society 1 shared trustee
Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
Catholic Truth Society (Diocese of Salford) 1 shared trustee
Caritas Diocese of Salford 1 shared trustee
Churches Together in Lancashire 1 shared trustee
ST. John Vianney RC School 1 shared trustee
The Salford Diocesan Trust 1 shared trustee
ST Neots and Huntingdon Methodist Church Circuit 1 shared trustee

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