# CENTRE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1089503
- **Other names:** CLES, Centre for Local Economies
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04242937](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04242937)
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1089503


## Contact

- **Address:** 52, Oak Street, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M4 5JA
- **Phone:** 0161 832 7871
- **Email:** sarahlonglands@cles.org.uk
- **Website:** www.cles.org.uk



## Activities

**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”.

**Activities:** CLES undertakes research, organises confereces, seminars and training courses, produces publications and runs a library, information service and database in relation to the formulation, direction, organisation, administration and effects of economic, fiscal and employment policies and initiatives in the UK.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Carolyn Wilkins OBE** | Chair | June 10, 2022 |
| Caroline Wilson |  | June 11, 2025 |
| David Meller |  | Oct. 31, 2020 |
| GAVIN LUKE WHITE |  | Sept. 17, 2025 |
| Geraldine Brown |  | June 11, 2025 |
| Huw Thomas |  | June 10, 2022 |
| Joe Dromey |  | June 22, 2023 |
| Naila Wood |  | June 11, 2025 |
| Paul Dennett |  | May 24, 2016 |
| Rebecca Deegan |  | June 10, 2022 |
| Sonia Halliwell |  | June 22, 2023 |




