NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE CARELINK

Registered charity 1046115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Carelink is a not for profit self funding charity that uses practical and technological solutions to support vulnerable people to lead independent lives, feeling safe and well in their community

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY IN ANY MANNER DEEMED CHARITABLE IN LAW AND TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF THE DISABLED, INFIRM AND OTHER PEOPLE CONSIDERED VULNERABLE OR AT RISK IN SOME WAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PRINCIPALLY IN YORKSHIRE, THE HUMBER AND LINCOLNSHIRE.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PRINCIPALLY IN YORKSHIRE, THE HUMBER AND LINCOLNSHIRE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income surplus of £22,242 and unrestricted reserves of £256,237, alongside designated funds of £410,000. The trustees report a working operating cash surplus of £87,000 and confirm the charity has sufficient funds to continue operating for three months if required. The filing notes that the charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under the small companies regime.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery — “Thanks to a £49,000 Lottery COVID-response grant, Carelink has upgraded its digital infrastructure” (source page)
• North East Lincolnshire Council — “Thanks to generous funding from North East Lincolnshire Council and the Lincolnshire Community Foundation” (source page)
• Lincolnshire Community Foundation — “Thanks to generous funding from North East Lincolnshire Council and the Lincolnshire Community Foundation” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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

• STEVE WAKEFIELDchair
• Cllr MARGARET CRACKNELL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dennis Robert Batty
• Jennifer Horton
• Jenny Cowling
• Sylvia Smith

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

Operates in: North East Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POSITIVE CARE LINK.

• POSITIVE CARE LINK income £183k
• LINK-ABILITY income £7.4m
• SOCIAL LINK income £597k
• CLINKS income £1.1m
• PARENT SUPPORT LINK income £345k
• THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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