Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

CHILDREN'S LINKS

As an innovative and growing organisation, focused on customers and stakeholders, we have grown a wide range of services in response to needs and identified gaps. Our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in, employers, and other children and young people organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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		£1,871	£1,912	£-41	£0	£127	£116	0.7	119	20
31/03/22		£2,219	£2,072	£147	£0	£207	£170	1	142	11
31/03/21		£1,484	£1,446	£38	£0	£60	£32	0.3	74	20
31/03/20		£1,729	£1,782	£-53	£0	£24	£-12	-0.1	85	50
31/03/19		£2,259	£2,159	£100	£0	£-317	£-362	-2	97	20
31/03/18		£1,710	£1,782	£-72	£4	£-426	£-441	-3	126	0
31/03/17	*	£3,423	£3,610	£-187	£0	£-303	£-320	-1.1	167	0
31/03/16	*	£2,767	£3,072	£-305	£497	£-57	£-135	-0.5	120	0
31/03/15	*	£4,259	£4,354	£-95	£11	£213	£58	0.2	129	0
31/03/14		£4,169	£4,120	£49	£12	£308	£214	0.6	103	0
31/03/13		£3,585	£3,534	£51	£926	£259	£255	0.9	104	0
31/03/12		£3,312	£3,227	£85	£12	£208	£203	0.8	94	0
31/03/11		£2,101	£2,475	£-374	£26	£123	£122	0.6	69	0
31/03/10		£2,370	£2,364	£6	£10	£497	£496	2.5	73	0
31/03/09		£3,287	£3,333	£-46	£727	£335	£334	1.2	58	0
31/03/08		£4,200	£4,200	£0	£532	£381	£380	1.1	60	0
31/03/07	*	£3,300	£3,556	£-256	£299	£401	£385	1.3	82	0
31/03/06	*	£3,584	£3,637	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£3,044	£3,214	£-169	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,437	£2,421	£16	£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: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 26 years

www.childrenslinks.org.uk

bdm@childrenslinks.org.uk

01507528300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

119 employees
20 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	£124,668
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£57,600
Youth Music	£18,835
Ministry of Justice	£13,350

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Playscape
£10,000	23/09/2022	The funding will be used to provide soft play and creative play sessions. The project aims to improve emotional well being
National Lottery Community Fund - Women in Third Sector Leadership
£114,668	30/06/2022	The funding will be used to develop the Women in Third Sector Leadership network across Lincolnshire. £114000 over 3 years will be used to employ a co-ordinator to facilitate the network supported ....more The funding will be used to develop the Women in Third Sector Leadership network across Lincolnshire. £114000 over 3 years will be used to employ a co-ordinator to facilitate the network supported by a women-led steering group. The project will create opportunities for women leaders to come together to share their experiences to learn from mentor and support each other and raise up emerging leaders of the future with the aim of creating a stronger and more resilient third sector and better support for local communities. Activities will occur both virtually and face to face at locations across the county of Lincolnshire and there is a particular aim to include a wide and diverse membership representing all communities.
Youth Music - Sounds Together
£18,835	30/10/2021	Sounds Together
Sport England - TGC CF Children’s Links Mum Fit
£5,105	27/04/2021 11	This project will run a 12 week programme plus 4 week introductory sessions at Darkside Training for 18 inactive mums. The programme will provide specialist post natal pelvic and core strength ....more This project will run a 12 week programme plus 4 week introductory sessions at Darkside Training for 18 inactive mums. The programme will provide specialist post natal pelvic and core strength classes for each of the mums.
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children's links Covid Project
£10,000	30/09/2020	Infrastructure support
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children's links Covid Project
£10,000	30/09/2020	Infrastructure support
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children's links Covid Project
£9,000	08/09/2020	Employment & skills support
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children's links Covid Project
£9,000	08/09/2020	Employment & skills support
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children’s Links Covid Project
£9,800	06/05/2020	Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Children’s Links Covid Project
£9,800	06/05/2020	Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£19,316	01/04/2019	Expansion project based in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire delivering befriending service to older people living in nursing homes and nursery children living in rural areas. Local volunteers will help to ....more Expansion project based in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire delivering befriending service to older people living in nursing homes and nursery children living in rural areas. Local volunteers will help to deliver the project by purchasing a campervan and visiting the most rural areas and delivering activities including board games, craft activities and group activities. The organisation are well connected and work with local councils, schools, children's services, police and a number of local businesses. They have suitable plans for evaluating the project.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£19,316	02/01/2019	Expansion project based in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire delivering befriending service to older people living in nursing homes and nursery children living in rural areas. Local volunteers will help to ....more Expansion project based in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire delivering befriending service to older people living in nursing homes and nursery children living in rural areas. Local volunteers will help to deliver the project by purchasing a campervan and visiting the most rural areas and delivering activities including board games, craft activities and group activities. The organisation are well connected and work with local councils, schools, children's services, police and a number of local businesses. They have suitable plans for evaluating the project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Links
£49,168	26/11/2018 36	Building Links
National Lottery Community Fund - GLinc/3/4 - Steps Forward
£166,816	05/06/2017 36	Steps Forward will help economically inactive people move towards and into employment, by giving them the confidence and skills needed to progress. The range of support provided will include ....more Steps Forward will help economically inactive people move towards and into employment, by giving them the confidence and skills needed to progress. The range of support provided will include employability coaching, financial inclusion activities, and youth and community work.
National Lottery Community Fund - GLinc/3/4 - Steps Forward
£22,261	22/09/2016 13	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support 120 unemployed people across the Great Lincolnshire LEP area. The project will offer a tailored development programme focusing ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support 120 unemployed people across the Great Lincolnshire LEP area. The project will offer a tailored development programme focusing on improving participantâ€™s mental health and wellbeing with the aim of moving them towards employment, education or training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Greater Lincolnshire Partnership Development Funding
£10,000	20/08/2012 12	This development grant will enable Children's Links, a charity and registered company based in Horncastle, to work up proposals on how they will use their Talent Match funding to deliver creative ....more This development grant will enable Children's Links, a charity and registered company based in Horncastle, to work up proposals on how they will use their Talent Match funding to deliver creative ways of helping young people find work or start their own enterprises in the Lincolnshire area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Energise! (The Community Active Project)
£188,690	13/07/2011 36	This new 3 year project will take place in 3 deprived wards in South Bedfordshire (Tithe Farm, Parkside and Manshead). It aims to increase physical activity levels for hard to reach children aged ....more This new 3 year project will take place in 3 deprived wards in South Bedfordshire (Tithe Farm, Parkside and Manshead). It aims to increase physical activity levels for hard to reach children aged 0-14, young people and their families. Two activity rangers will be employed to deliver activities along with sessional workers and volunteers aged 15-19. There will be weekly 2.5hour sessions both in term time and out of term time. Activities will take place in the grounds of community centres in the target areas.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-63

DR JONATHAN MARK WAINWRIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None

DR KATIE RUANE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Practitioner Psychologist

HELENA KUCHARCZYK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Self-Employed Company Director

JESSICA MARY BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate Solicitor

VICTORIA ANN LOFTHOUSE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Worker

ALISTAIR JOHN WRIGHT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed

RACHEL CROFT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Education

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/08/1998, number: 1071058
Registered at Companies House on 22/12/1997, number: 03484661

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

25/02/2013 - Asset transfer in from THE ROYAL AIR FORCE ODIHAM CHILDCARE CENTRE
15/07/2015 - Asset transfer in from LINCOLN TOY LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP COMPANY

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 311 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR07: 29 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 2 days late,

Main office

SUITE 1 & 4
Gymphlex
Boston Road
HORNCASTLE
LN9 6HU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION, CARE, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ADULTS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS PROVIDING SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATION OF SUCH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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