Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE LINK TEES VALLEY LTD 

The Link Charitable Trusts works with children, young people and adults to promote positive mental health by providing one to one counselling and supportive activities for all.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£261£246£16n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£238£255£-18n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£252£170£82n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£125£107£18n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£62£33£29n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£25£18£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£6£17£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

thelinkct.org.uk

linkteesvalley@gmail.com

01642989198

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£920,000
National Lottery Community Fund£703,304
County Durham Community Foundation£50,101
DCMS£43,869
BBC Children in Need£30,221
Wates Family Enterprise Trust£6,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Adventure Beyond-Group Grant-July 2023
£6,500 17/07/2023
The grant will be used to strengthen the support we offer through our Children and Young People's service. The service supports children and young people aged from 0-25 to improve their emotional ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Hub Project
£9,997 29/06/2023
The funding will be used to run a specific parenting group for parents and carers raising children diagnosed with Autism/ on an assessment pathway. The project aims to empower parents and carers to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Hub
£238,537 18/01/2023
This funding will be used to support disadvantaged families adults children and young people experiencing emotional well-being and mental health difficulties in Redcar and Cleveland by providing ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Thriving minds
£9,757 19/12/2022
To support the Thriving minds project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Silverlink over 60s social group
£5,967 16/12/2022
To provide a Silverlink over 60s social group.
County Durham Community Foundation - Basic Food Hampers
£2,000 23/11/2022
To provide Basic Food Hampers,
County Durham Community Foundation - Linking In
£12,953 16/11/2022
To support a staff members salary.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kreative Kidz
£9,912 13/05/2022
The funding will be used to further develop the organisation’s programme of activities for disadvantaged children and young people. Activities will include cookery allotment activities stick ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Link Tees Valley Ltd
£30,221 30/07/2021
This project will deliver supportive group, one to one and outreach sessions to children and young people affected by poverty, living in Redcar, increasing confidence, improving relationships and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Spaces
£215,448 21/04/2021
The funding will help the project to continue providing the support of mental health workers and a range of programmes to services to help children and families affected by poverty. This aims to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Spaces
£9,894 19/03/2021
7
The funding will be used to continue to run a mixture of online and face-to-face social groups for children and young people facing increased anxiety and low mood since the pandemic. The project aims ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Young Mentors
£9,600 02/02/2021
To support the Young Mentors project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,869 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Link CT - Keeping in Touch (extended)
£4,945 02/07/2020
To extend the Keeping in Touch project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Link CT- Keeping in touch
£4,880 14/04/2020
To support the Link CT- Keeping in touch project.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - COMMUNITY HOUSING FUND
£320,000 01/04/2020
To support an increase in housing supply in England by the community-led housing
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MOVE ON FUND
£600,000 01/04/2020
Grant funding to free up hostel and refuge spaces by increasing the availability of affordable move-on or second stage housing
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Hub
£219,516 16/05/2019
36
Family Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - OASIS
£9,861 03/01/2019
12
This organisation will use the funding to expand their services provided to children and families with mental health issues by providing one on one and support sessions 'out of hours'. They will also ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Young Volunteers
£5,000 13/06/2018
To support young volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - OASIS (Outreach and Support Intervention Service)
£9,991 20/09/2017
12
The project will expand its services for children and families with mental health issues by providing new one on one sessions and support activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Link Tees Valley Ltd t/a The Link Charitable Trust
£29,700 10/05/2017
36
This project will fund activity groups, advice, guidance, signposting and some outreach awareness for children and young people with mental health issues. The project will focus on building emotional ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Youth Volunteering Award
£4,879 26/04/2017
Towards the youth volunteering award.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2016, number: 1166207
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/07/2015, number: 09687965
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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Palace Hub
28-29 Esplanade
Redcar
TS10 3AE

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ADULTS TO ENHANCE EMOTIONAL WELL BEING AND POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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