01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 9 June 2023
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11813153
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £185,979
- Latest expenditure
- £344,835
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
Website recorded by the regulator: www.commonwealthclimatelaw.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative is a legal research and stakeholder engagement organisation. It examines and reports on the legal basis for directors and trustees to manage and disclose on climate and nature-related risks.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £185,979
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £344,835
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £332,484
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £248,432
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 25 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £185,979
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £344,835
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £332,484
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £248,432
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Australia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Oceania
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Malaysia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Philippines
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Canada
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- North America
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- India
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- South Africa
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Hong Kong
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Singapore
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COMMONWEALTH CLIMATE AND LAW INITIATIVE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2023-06-09T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 FEB 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 JUN 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO ADVANCING THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) RESEARCHING STRATEGIES AND MECHANISMS THAT MAY ASSIST TO FACILITATE A RAPID, ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT RE-ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL TO BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRANSITION TO A GLOBAL LOW CARBON ECONOMY TO ADDRESS THE THREAT OF CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH;(2) RESEARCHING THE MATERIAL RISKS OF FUTURE LEGAL LIABILITIES FOR COMPANY DIRECTORS AND PENSION FUND TRUSTEES, AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH, IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE A BEHAVIOURAL SHIFT TO TAKING ACCOUNT OF PHYSICAL CLIMATE CHANGE RISK AND SOCIETAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING;(3) PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF THE FINANCIAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS ALL FACETS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT PRACTICE; AND(4) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE LAW, PRACTICE AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN CONNECTION WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 663103
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- CCLI
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures