 It was formed in 2016 as a rebranding and refocusing of CentreForum, a Liberal Democrat think tank that had been formed in 2005 with funding from Paul Marshall.which itself was a relaunching and rebranding of the Centre for Reform which has been launched in 1995.After the death of its principal benefactor, Richard Wainwright, in 2003, the Centre for Reform's future appeared uncertain.