Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas)
Registered charity 256303 Registered since 1968
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Joanne Mary Anderton since 2024
- Mary Macleod since 2019
- Memuna Levan-Harris since 2019
- Richard Chapman since 2013
- Rev David Stuart Walker since 2025
- Rev John Stanley Kenneth Arnold since 2024
- Rev Paul Rochester since 2016
6y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Mary Macleod since 2019
- Memuna Levan-Harris since 2019
- Richard Chapman since 2013
- Rev Paul Rochester since 2016
11.3y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Memuna Levan-Harris since 2019
- Richard Chapman since 2013
- Rev Paul Rochester since 2016
Portfolio (4)
- Joanne Mary Anderton since 2024
- Mary Macleod since 2019
- Rev David Stuart Walker since 2025
- Rev John Stanley Kenneth Arnold since 2024
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 7Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Health and social care 3Education 2Hospitality 2
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£81k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.
Related organisations
- Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) 4 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- 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
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.churcheslegislation.org.uk |
| info@churcheslegislation.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 ActivitiesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsHow
Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable 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+
- Joanne Mary Anderton since 2024
- Mary Macleod since 2019
- Memuna Levan-Harrisage band 50-54 since 2019
- Richard Chapman since 2013
- Rev David Stuart Walkerage band 65-69 since 2025
- Rev John Stanley Kenneth Arnoldage band 70-74 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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