Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

LEADING LINK LIMITED 

The main activities undertaken are youth leadership opportunities, Future Proof transitional activities to move into the world of work, building relationships between schools, businesses and families, cross - sector partnership development. Community projects including Carnivals, Celebrations, Community Events,Lead VCSE co-ordinating Northumberland Holiday Provision for families & children.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 11 years

www.leadinglink.co.uk

lyn.horton@leadinglink.co.uk

01670 820088

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UN SDGs
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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
30/03/22*£234£257£-23n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/21£242£132£110n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/20£111£123£-12n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£105£114£-9n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£129£114£15£0£0£0n/a020
31/03/17£114£106£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£160£153£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£134£142£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£131£147£-16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Tyneside, Northumberland,
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
  • 65 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£35,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£33,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£21,750
DCMS£9,957
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leading Link
£1,912 22/10/2022
Young leaders are critical to the development and operations of the 2021/22 Leading Plan, as they deliver a range of activities across Northumberland to support those impacted by coronavirus.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Leading Link
£1,000 03/02/2022
Project costs for support, training and experiences to new potential young leaders and emerging leaders
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work to address the emotional and educational needs of young people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£15,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work to address the emotional and educational needs of young people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Leading Link
£15,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work to address the emotional and educational needs of young people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - training young leaders in South East Northumberland, activities resources and uniforms
£750 04/02/2021
training young leaders in South East Northumberland, activities resources and uniforms
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,957 24/08/2020
"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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - For organisational running costs to support vulnerable communities in South East Northumberland during the Covid19 crisis
£4,000 03/07/2020
For organisational running costs to support vulnerable communities in South East Northumberland during the Covid19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - for organisational running costs to support vulnerable communities in South East Northumberland during the Covid19 crisis
£4,000 03/07/2020
for organisational running costs to support vulnerable communities in South East Northumberland during the Covid19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting vulnerable families over the 3 month period who are affected by the Covid-19 virus
£5,000 22/05/2020
Supporting vulnerable families over the 3 month period who are affected by the Covid-19 virus
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting vulnerable families over the 3 month period who are affected by the Covid-19 virus
£5,000 22/05/2020
supporting vulnerable families over the 3 month period who are affected by the Covid-19 virus
National Lottery Community Fund - Living the dream!
£35,000 18/07/2019
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Living the dream!
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - For a Summer Camp for targeted children in Blyth (4x4x4 model)
£5,000 03/07/2019
For a Summer Camp for targeted children in Blyth (4x4x4 model)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Most Inspirational Group
£2,500 13/03/2019
Most Inspirational Group
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
A project to take a youth club around isolated villages via a camper bus that will act as a mobile youth hub
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leading Link
£4,072 29/11/2017
Help us create a film based around mental and emotional health issues identified by young people as being the greatest cause of concern.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leading Link
£3,104 04/08/2017
With a community garden young people can develop enterprising, transferable skills, helping to improve lifelong opportunities & employment.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leading-Link Limited
£60,000 17/10/2016
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Towards core costs to develop and expand support services for young people to rural areas of Northumberland.
County Durham Community Foundation - Doctor Pit Park Sona Play and Dance Arch
£5,500 05/10/2016
Towards improving Doctor Pit Park.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/12/2012, number: 1150296
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/02/2011, number: 07528154
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR22: 77 days late,
Main office

The Lodge
St. Benet Biscops
Ridge Terrace
BEDLINGTON
NE22 6ED

Objectives

4. The charity?s objects (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to the following: 1) To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 living North of the Tyne by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of: (a) advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; (b) advancing education; (c) relieving unemployment; (d) providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons. 2) To advance the education by such means as the trustees deem fit, in particular but not exclusively by assisting the provision of facilities not required by the local education authority and promoting learning for pleasure by people no longer in full time employment through the continues development of their individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding in subjects of educational value. 3) To promote the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of North of the Tyne in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society. 4) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ?socially excluded? means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society). [Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008].

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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