Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

LINKABLE WOKING 

Provides leisure and recreational activities for people with learning disabilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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
Established: 17 years

www.linkable.org.uk

info@linkable.org.uk

01483770037

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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£519£535£-15£44£209£1653.74910
31/03/22£456£451£4n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£413£390£22n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£597£550£48£68£197£1964.35942
31/03/19£509£509£0£45£150£1503.55850
31/03/18£365£458£-93£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£458£473£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£535£517£17£56£258£2586150
31/03/15£529£569£-40£26£241£2415.1160
31/03/14£537£655£-118£67£281£2815.1150
31/03/13£414£398£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£352£320£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£330£332£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£306£263£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£279£222£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
  • 10 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
Community Foundation for Surrey£102,972
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,978
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Crisis Funding
£10,000 20/03/2024
2
Crisis funding for a charity experiencing a cashflow crisis to bridge the gap until expected income in received.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to LinkAble Woking Limited
£10,000 09/10/2023
Refurbishment of meeting room and kitchen for a charity which works with children, young people and adults with disabilities in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Performing arts groups for adults with learning disabilities
£5,000 20/12/2022
Funding for a performing arts group for young adults with learning disabilities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Life Skills Plus
£7,000 10/10/2022
Funding for a project providing life skills and learning opportunities for adults with learning disabilities to improve wellbeing.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - LinkAble Woking Limited - 30/08/22
£3,000 13/09/2022
Core Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - Support towards core costs for delivery of groups and activities for children and teens with learning disabilities
£6,000 07/07/2022
Funding towards core costs for delivery of groups and activities for children and teens with learning disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - Support towards 2021/22 LinkAble Core Costs
£9,978 26/11/2021
The group will use the funding to support children and young adults who are living with disabilities. This will provide a range of positive social activities for vulnerable people who have learning ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - LinkAble Woking Limited - 05/08/21
£1,500 03/09/2021
Core Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - Support towards charity running costs
£15,000 19/07/2021
8
Essential running costs of an organisation that offers life-long support to people with learning disabilities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Application for donation towards running and core costs
£10,000 17/06/2021
11
Towards core costs for charity supporting children and adults with learning disabilities in Woking and Surrey Heath.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£24,400 03/09/2020
2
Essential running costs associated with the resumption of LinkAble's face to face services for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 03/09/2020
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
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£5,000 01/04/2020
To fund support of children and adults with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation for Surrey - LinkAble Core Costs - a charity to help those with learning disabilities
£10,000 01/04/2020
11
LinkAble Core Costs - a charity to help those with learning disabilities
Community Foundation for Surrey - Tasty Days
£10,572 16/10/2019
12
Cooking classes for adults with learning disabilities with a focus on healthy eating.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/07/2018
Core costs
Community Foundation for Surrey - LinkAble's core costs
£13,000 05/06/2018
11
Core costs for a charity supporting people who have learning disabilities.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 21/02/2018
Sports, social and recreational activities for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Engaging Adult Lives
£303,048 02/07/2013
48
This is a new project by Link Leisure Ltd (LLL) which aims to increase the quality of life for adults with learning disabilities (LD) in Woking. It will provide a drop-in centre that will act as a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-67
  • ALAN WHITEHALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Facilities And Office Manager
  • COLIN EVANS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Mechanical Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/06/2007, number: 1119596
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/2007, number: 06056940
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE LINK
2 BOARD SCHOOL ROAD
WOKING
SURREY
GU21 5HE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(B) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE HEALTHY, HAPPY AND INDEPENDENT LIVES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WOKING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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