HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT WORK-LINK PROJECT

Registered charity 1002750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT WORK-LINK PROJECT, HINCKLEY AREA COUNCILS OF CHURCHES WORK-LINK PROJECT, WORK-LINK PROJECT

WORK-LINK is a Hinckley Charity, based on the Recycling of furniture/electricals. It provides sheltered, meaningful opportunities to help unemployed individuals, who are not ready/able to embark on a more formal training/educational programme or to directly enter employment. It is an integrated scheme catering for a variety of people, many of whom have special needs, including mental ill health.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIEF IN NEED AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEAST QUALIFIED AND WHO HAVE THE POOREST EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTARY WORK EXPERIENCE OF SUCH TRAINING FACILITIES AS WOULD ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS.

Area of benefit: HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £23,058 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to exceptional costs related to a property move and lease settlements. Despite this loss, unrestricted reserves stood at £193,216, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operating costs (£166k). The trustees confirm the organization has sufficient funds to meet obligations for at least the next twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Ennis Renderchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bron Witherford
• JOHN MOORE
• Martin Roe

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).