Centre for London

Analysis

Centre for London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08414909). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Centre for London reported income of £645k and spending of £594k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income fell from £965k to £645k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Centre for London sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beauchamp Lodge Settlement (£644k), Brongate Ltd (£645k) and The Kangyur Rinpoche Foundation (£643k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61% and donations and legacies 39%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. It employed 8 people.