Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 23

THE LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

The Trust delivers general education to advance the social development of learning disabled people developing the skills necessary to enable them to qualify for useful and gainful occupation.Linkage provides education,develops employment opportunities through its cafes & adult skills provision and provides personalised support through its residential, respite and community support provision.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually 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 gender 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 but unrestricted reserves are available

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£19,500	£18,802	£697	£462	£23,728	£23,436	15	616	20
31/08/22		£17,194	£16,511	£683	£507	£23,158	£19,832	14.4	591	20
31/08/21	*	£15,626	£15,004	£622	£491	£21,957	£18,709	15	587	9
31/08/20		£15,000	£14,719	£282	£61	£20,061	£16,822	13.7	593	3
31/08/19		£14,810	£14,404	£406	£62	£19,769	£16,506	13.8	621	12
31/08/18		£15,193	£13,908	£1,285	£45	£19,502	£16,194	14	620	0
31/08/17		£14,905	£13,782	£1,123	£47	£17,905	£15,655	13.6	619	0
31/08/16		£13,546	£13,589	£-44	£72	£16,337	£15,487	13.7	627	0
31/08/15		£13,225	£12,928	£297	£115	£17,265	£16,351	15.2	633	0
31/08/14		£14,013	£13,616	£396	£97	£16,398	£15,810	13.9	659	0
31/08/13		£13,939	£13,596	£344	£85	£16,296	£16,125	14.2	718	0
31/08/12		£15,360	£16,450	£-1,089	£86	£15,920	£15,762	11.5	782	0
31/08/11?		£24,155	£23,461	£694	£145	£17,009	£16,897	8.6	770	0
31/03/10		£17,589	£17,499	£90	£147	£17,420	£17,153	11.8	946	0
31/03/09		£17,101	£16,889	£212	£49	£17,690	£17,426	12.4	950	0
31/03/08		£16,366	£15,061	£1,305	£69	£18,035	£17,593	14	774	0
31/03/07		£14,012	£13,081	£932	£65	£16,630	£16,521	15.2	728	0
31/03/06		£11,972	£11,527	£445	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£10,424	£10,203	£221	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£9,213	£9,023	£190	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 15 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 48 years

www.linkage.org.uk

info@linkage.org.uk

01790755073

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£277,000
Wolfson Foundation	£75,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,040

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Linkage Community Trust
£75,000	06/06/2024 24	Small animal care facility for students with special educational needs at Linkage College, Grimsby
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Linkage Community Trust
£25,000	14/03/2023 12	Urgent roof repairs to the Grade II Weelsby Hall in Grimsby to enable its full use as a centre supporting people with learning difficulties and disabilities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Linkage Community Trust
£277,000	08/03/2023	An inclusive and sustainable future for Weelsby Hall
National Lottery Community Fund - Linkage Weelsby Discovery Suite
£8,040	25/11/2022	The project is to fund a multi-sensory classroom in a college to assist young people and adults with learning difficulties and other disabilities. The organisation has already trialled the use in one college and intend to roll out to others. This ....more The project is to fund a multi-sensory classroom in a college to assist young people and adults with learning difficulties and other disabilities. The organisation has already trialled the use in one college and intend to roll out to others. This project is specifically for their site in Grimsby and aims to help participants with emotional regulation physical health and achieving their aspirations.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Linkage Community Trust
£500	20/10/2022 0	‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Linkage Community Trust
£110,125	26/06/2019 36	This project will provide information, advice, guidance and holiday activities for children and families living with special needs and disabilities. The project aims to increase confidence and self-esteem, promote inclusion and improve social skills
National Lottery Community Fund - Linkage Outreach Project
£438,996	26/10/2018 60	This project will provide a mobile sensory service to people with learning disabilities. Delivering a range of activities to the wider community. Its 'sensory bus' will enable greater access to services for those in remote rural areas. It will ....more This project will provide a mobile sensory service to people with learning disabilities. Delivering a range of activities to the wider community. Its 'sensory bus' will enable greater access to services for those in remote rural areas. It will develop a model of working with clubs and societies, starting with Skegness Rugby Club where people will play touch rugby, attend matches and join club meals. The project aims to widen access to sensory equipment and experiences across the country.
Masonic Trust - Individual Career Action Planning
£61,236	21/02/2018	Employment support and training for adults with learning disabilities and/ or autism
National Lottery Community Fund - Linkage Sensory Library
£371,821	25/09/2015 36	The aim of the project is to run a sensory library across greater Lincolnshire to encourage young people and adults with needs including learning disabilities, autism and dementia to gain learning, development and therapeutic benefits from a range ....more The aim of the project is to run a sensory library across greater Lincolnshire to encourage young people and adults with needs including learning disabilities, autism and dementia to gain learning, development and therapeutic benefits from a range of multi-sensory resources. LCTL will store library resources in two accessible Linkage sites that can be loaned including tactile story books, ultra violet products, music equipment, mirror balls, projectors, vibrating shapes.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-66

ADAM COOK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

EMMA CAMPBELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor

KEITH BATTY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Education Consultant

MARK SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

RACHEL ZOBKIW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Deputy Director Of Communications&Charitable Funds

SALLY WOOD MBA Appointed: 2023

SIMON HATCHMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Housing Association Finance Director

STEPHANIE SIMPSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant

TRACY NEWTON-BLOWS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief People Officer/Strategic Special Adviser Hr

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/12/1976, number: 504913
Registered at Companies House on 14/01/1976, number: 01240377

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; AR21: 25 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from FLIGHTS FOR LIFE on 02/05/2024

Main office

Linkage Community Trust
Toynton Hall
Main Road
Toynton All Saints
SPILSBY
PE23 5AE

Objectives

To assist by such means as are charitable any persons who are vulnerable or disadvantaged whether by reason of learning or other disability or difficulty or otherwise through the provision of services to support them, and to enable them to develop their potential for learning, self-determination, independent living and employment, and to maintain and improve their quality of life.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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