We are pleased to announce today that CCLA becomes part of the Jupiter Group, a UK-based active investment management company. Becoming a part of Jupiter secures our ability to serve the sectors we were established to support and to extend the reach of CCLA’s stewardship approach. Please find a summary of the announcement, a message from CCLA and Jupiter CEOs, Peter Hugh Smith and Matt Beesley, and latest FAQs.  

Our first global benchmark on modern slavery reveals that the 100 largest global listed companies (UK companies excluded) underperform the 100 largest UK companies benchmarked at the end of 2025. 

In this update we reflect on 2025, outlining what’s worked and what hasn’t, what needs to change and what doesn’t. We set out the conclusions we have reached and our confident outlook for 2026. 

A monthly market update from our investment team. 

A monthly market update from our investment team. 

In this article for the CFA Institute®’s Enterprising Investor blog, CCLA’s investment team looks at the long-run outperformance of ‘quality’ shares over the broader stock market. At times, quality shares may lag the market over shorter timeframes. But they have delivered long-term outperformance for investors with that time horizon.

UK Community Foundations (UKCF) announces significant expansion to the Care Leavers Programme (launched in 2024 by the Local Authorities' Mutual Investment Trust (LAMIT) and UKCF, in collaboration with CCLA) which helps young people who have experienced care survive and thrive as they transition to adulthood.

UK companies have improved their performance in addressing modern slavery, according to our third UK Modern Slavery Benchmark. But with governments in the UK and overseas tightening rules designed to tackle forced labour and related abuses, companies need to go further to meet regulatory requirements and avoid economic risks from fines and litigation.

Quality shares’ performance has been hard to predict from one quarter to the next. But in the long run, their outperformance, of the broader market and of growth shares, has been significant. Find out why in our latest article. 

Ahead of the upcoming budget, journalists will fill many column inches speculating what the chancellor may or may not do, should or shouldn’t do. Instead of speculating, here’s what the government’s finances actually look like, and a helpful rule of thumb.