Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD

Relieving children who are in condition of need, hardship or distress through provision of grants of money or provision of items or supplies or facilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely female
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/12/22		£116	£125	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/21		£95	£87	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/20	*	£142	£122	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/19		£83	£96	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/18		£120	£118	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	40
31/12/17		£97	£97	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£103	£108	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£59	£99	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£175	£129	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£109	£104	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£124	£143	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£140	£117	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£120	£117	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£120	£112	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£113	£114	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£91	£72	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

http://www.linkfoundation.co.uk

UNA@LINKFOUNDATION.CO.UK

01628400600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, India, Kenya, Windsor And Maidenhead,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

DCMS	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Masonic Trust	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£6,000	31/01/2023	The provision of cots and beds to children & young people who do not have a safe place to sleep at home.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cots and Beds project
£10,000	30/03/2021 6	The funding will be used to deliver cots and beds for children living in the community who either don't have one or are sharing with other family members. The project aims to help people obtain ....more The funding will be used to deliver cots and beds for children living in the community who either don't have one or are sharing with other family members. The project aims to help people obtain appropriate beds or cots and thus give them access to vital household items.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	16/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	10/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-59

NICOLA ROSS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

ELIZABETH SARASWATHY JEYASINGHAM Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Study Management Director

KAREN LORRAINE WALTER Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Director

KATHRYN ROBERTS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Management Consultant

SARA ELIZABETH WELCH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

UNA LOUGHREY Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2007, number: 1118821
Registered at Companies House on 03/01/2007, number: 06040746

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR20: 136 days late, AR13: 349 days late, AR08: 19 days late,

Main office

THE OLD BARREL STORE
DRAYMANS LANE
MARLOW
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
SL7 2FF

Objectives

RELIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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