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Centre for Local Economic Strategies Limited

Registered charity 1089503, on the register since 27 November 2001. The 8,250th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

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.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Economic/community Development/employmentEducation/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

Figures are the latest the charity has reported to the Charity Commission, current to 27 September 2026. How this site works.