Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas)

Analysis

Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) reported income of £77k and spending of £92k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £87k to £77k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Churches' Legislation Advisory Service (Clas) sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Datchet (£77k), Fivehead Baptist Church - Manse for the Minister (£77k) and Immanuel Church Bodmin (£77k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.