Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Pension deficit: -1
Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

COMMUNITY LINKS (NORTHERN) LIMITED

To provide support, both in community and residential settings, to people with significant mental health problems, substance misuse problems and people with a diagnosis of Personality DisorderOur Mission: Pioneering life-changing mental health and wellbeing servicesOur Values: Behaving with integrity, Embracing individuality, Valuing people, Taking pride in what we do, Achieving excellence

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There is a pension deficit of £1,189,836

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		£12,723	£12,141	£582	£0	£3,420	£3,420	3.4	274	31
31/03/22		£11,059	£10,875	£184	£0	£3,258	£3,258	3.6	252	34
31/03/21		£10,453	£9,993	£460	£19	£1,971	£1,971	2.4	248	13
31/03/20		£10,100	£9,509	£592	£0	£2,856	£2,856	3.6	227	13
31/03/19		£9,132	£8,859	£273	£0	£1,007	£1,007	1.4	200	26
31/03/18	*	£8,342	£7,900	£442	£12	£2,210	£2,208	3.4	199	0
31/03/17		£9,217	£9,089	£128	£0	£1,768	£1,759	2.3	216	0
31/03/16	*	£9,015	£9,016	£-1	£0	£1,640	£1,626	2.2	207	0
31/03/15		£8,692	£8,279	£413	£7	£3,063	£3,048	4.4	203	0
31/03/14		£7,436	£7,292	£144	£8	£2,650	£2,635	4.3	171	0
31/03/13		£7,129	£7,099	£31	£7	£2,506	£2,494	4.2	171	0
31/03/12		£6,670	£6,440	£230	£0	£1,628	£1,612	3	161	0
31/03/11		£6,810	£6,468	£342	£0	£1,398	£1,378	2.6	154	0
31/03/10		£6,888	£6,687	£201	£0	£1,062	£1,035	1.9	149	0
31/03/09		£6,224	£6,157	£67	£0	£861	£833	1.6	143	0
31/03/08		£5,795	£5,697	£98	£0	£795	£794	1.7	140	0
31/03/07		£5,292	£5,179	£113	£0	£696	£695	1.6	136	0
31/03/06		£4,913	£4,803	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£4,362	£4,301	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£4,201	£4,143	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Established: 40 years

www.commlinks.co.uk

info@commlinks.co.uk

01132739660

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

274 employees
31 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - AG Winter Warmer Project
£2,580	30/10/2023	Grant to Community Links
Leeds Community Foundation - AG Winter Warmer Project
£5,100	20/09/2022	Grant to Community Links
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Dementia Leeds Covid-19 Virtual Connection Project
£5,535	22/05/2020 11	The funding will be used to provide online support to clients and carers in the form of quizzes and classes. The project aims reduce anxiety and support people with their caring responsibilities and ....more The funding will be used to provide online support to clients and carers in the form of quizzes and classes. The project aims reduce anxiety and support people with their caring responsibilities and receive respite during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Community Links
£34,420	30/10/2018 11	Addressing health inequalities across all residential services by focusing on physical health, emotional and mental health, building confidence, resilience and increasing service user’s awareness ....more Addressing health inequalities across all residential services by focusing on physical health, emotional and mental health, building confidence, resilience and increasing service user’s awareness and knowledge on health pathways. Recruiting Health and wellbeing Champions.Also setting up Young Dementia Leeds Cookery courses, nutrition sessions and CBT. Basic pack produced with recipes and tips. Carers supported.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Community Links
£3,871	16/10/2018 4	The Accommodation Gateway already works across the city and has established partnerships with LYPFT and other housing providers in the city. Therefore, the infrastructure is already in place to ....more The Accommodation Gateway already works across the city and has established partnerships with LYPFT and other housing providers in the city. Therefore, the infrastructure is already in place to facilitate referrals. The Service Manager will oversee the project and promote the Winter Warmer Packs across the partnership, through provider meetings, social media and existing newsletters. Pack lists will be created with pick and mix options for clients to promote choice from within a budget, workers can take these to clients and help them to create their individualised packs. Outcomes measures & feedback structures will be set up to measure the impact & learning of the project. On-going measures of the wider impact for clients based around maintained tenancies and reduced re admissions to hospitals will be monitored via the Care Programme Approach & ReQoL quality of life outcome tool held within LYPFT statutory services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Dramatherapy (for clients with early episodes of psychosis)
£171,289	26/01/2015 60	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 22-75

OMOWUNMI AFOLASADE LADEJOBI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Human Resources Professional

OSAMUDIAMWEN TOSIN IYEKOWA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Product Manager

BRADLEY STRUTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Group Head Of It

DUANE MARTIN SAMUELS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION, INSPIRE NORTH,

KARL JOHN RICHARD MILNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION, INSPIRE NORTH,

OLIVIA BRADSHAW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor Apprentice, Other trusteeship: FOUNDATION,

CLAIRE VILARRUBI (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: N/A, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION, LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND LEEDS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS, TOGETHER WOMEN PROJECTS (YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE), INSPIRE NORTH,

LISA BRADLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION, INSPIRE NORTH,

PHILIP TURNPENNY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: FOUNDATION, OGLETHORPE AND DAWSON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE BRADFORD COURT CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, INSPIRE NORTH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/1984, number: 514779
Registered at Companies House on 11/08/1982, number: 01657652

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 8 days late, AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

COMMUNITY LINKS LTD
3 LIMEWOOD WAY
SEACROFT
LEEDS
LS14 1AB

Objectives

3. The Objects are specifically restricted to advancing such purposes which are exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales, as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine, for the public benefit, and in particular (but not exclusively) for those in need due to their age, housing need, and/or mental or physical illness, including (but not limited to): 3.1 the prevention or relief of poverty, financial hardship or other charitable need; 3.2 the relief of sickness and the preservation of health; 3.3 the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment; 3.4 the advancement of education in such ways as the Trustees think fit, including (but not limited to) providing support, advice, therapy and training to those in need; 3.5 promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and the effective use of charitable resources (for the purposes of this object, charities are organisations which are established for exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the laws of England and Wales).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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