CENTRE FOR CITIES

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Chariot House Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “2024 was a year of notable political and policy activity, shaped by a pivotal general election and significant metro mayor contests.”
• “At the start of the year, we launched our flagship annual report on the UK's urban economies. This report laid bare the persistent challenge of weak economic productivity across cities since 2010.”
• “As the country prepared for the General Election in July, our engagement deepened. We worked closely with policymakers across the political spectrum and supported national and regional media coverage through expert briefings.”
• “In the second half of the year, our influence was clearly visible in the new government's national growth agenda. Our report Climbing the summit: Big cities in the UK and the G7 highlighted the underperformance of UK cities compared to their international peers and directly informed the Government's Industrial Strategy Green Paper.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.4%

  £1,878,873 → £1,923,328

• Cash

  +147.6%

  £824,034 → £2,040,409

• Net assets

  +11.2%

  £959,321 → £1,066,983

• Employees

  -5%

  20 → 19

• Wages

  +1.5%

  £1,069,748 → £1,085,275

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers