Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

GLOBAL LINK (LANCASTER) 

Global Link is a Development Education Centre, providing creative and participatory learning experiences, to increase awareness of the global dimension and action towards a more fair and sustainable world. These include the 8 key concepts of: global interdependence, values and perceptions, sustainable development, social justice, diversity, citizenship, human rights, and conflict resolution.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£475£357£118n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£364£250£114n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£251£187£65n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£267£258£9n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/19£268£263£5n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/18£158£134£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£50£51£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£35£50£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£61£69£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£79£88£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£189£187£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£190£208£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£195£190£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£139£168£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£177£188£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£248£222£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£270£245£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£134£128£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.globallink.org.uk

info@globallink.org.uk

0152436201

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£314,128
National Lottery Heritage Fund£232,364
Henry Smith Charity£143,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation£67,238
Sport England£8,702
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Global Link (Lancaster)
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Active Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£8,702 26/05/2022
This project will offer refugees and asylum monthly bike rides, start a running club and develop an app to encourage running within the community, weekly gym sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Integration & Community Cohesion in Lancaster
£294,283 18/03/2022
The organisation aim to provide support through a range of activities to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community. Funding for the group will enable them to continue offering their services ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Global Link
£143,500 10/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support for refugees and asylum seekers in Lancaster, Lancashire.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Global Link (Lancaster)
£232,364 27/09/2021
Stories & Maps of Migration in the Northwest of England
National Lottery Community Fund - Food Growing and Well being at Claver Hill
£4,950 29/04/2021
This project aims to enhance the health and well-being of refugees and asylum seekers through participation in a community gardening project. Claver Hill has been the only physical space which could ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Global Link (Lancaster)
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Global Link (Lancaster), awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Well being at Claver Hill
£5,000 22/10/2020
6
The organisation will enhance the health and well-being of refugees and asylum seekers through participation in a community gardening project with the aim of reducing social isolation and anxiety.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Global Link (Lancaster)
£14,988 20/11/2019
12
The Charity supports Refugees and Asylum seekers to settle and integrate into the Lancaster area through weekly social, educational and immigration services. The grant funding will establish new ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Asylum Seeker & Refugee Support Drop ins
£9,895 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run three weekly drop in sessions for asylum seekers and refugees to access support across a variety of areas including health, education, legal, social and housing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Global Link
£9,000 28/02/2019
Growing the Seeds of Global Citizenship
National Lottery Community Fund - Training & Development for Volunteers supporting Refugees
£8,689 26/03/2018
12
The organisation will provide training to volunteers to enable them to support refugees and asylum seekers who have settled in the local area, with the aim of improving and increasing the provision ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Matters: Preparing for Life and Living in the UK
£290,238 17/05/2017
60
This is a development of existing work delivered by Global Link aiming to improve the life-skills, employment prospects and social opportunities of refugees and asylum seekers living in Lancaster. ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Global Link
£9,900 31/03/2017
World War One sowing seeds of Citizenship
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Global Link
£10,000 02/09/2014
Conscientious Objectors in Lancashire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Global Link
£76,800 30/04/2013
Documenting Dissent: a community digital history project documenting political and religious dissent in Lancaster
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2005, number: 1107471
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/06/2004, number: 05143051
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR14: 110 days late,
Main office

29 Queen Street
LANCASTER
LA1 1RX

Objectives

1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC (CHIEFLY IN LANCASHIRE) IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL ISSUES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH REGARD TO TRADE AND ECONOMICS, CITIZENSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.2)TO ADVANCE THE PROMOTION OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY COHESION AMONGST RESETTLEMENT AND LOCAL POPULATIONS IN LANCASHIRE3) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY ASSISTING WITH THE RESETTLEMENT IN LANCASTER OF SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, GRANTS, ADVICE AND ONWARDS REFERRAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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