Link Education International

Registered charity 1048007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCD, LEI, LINK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, LINK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL · also registered in Scotland as SC045011 (OSCR)

LEI works with partner organisations in Sub Saharan Africa to:(1)To improve schools and the quality of education they deliver so that children have better opportunities(2)To build the capacity of district departments of education (3)To support government education policy and to inform national and regional strategies (4)To facilitate partnerships between European and African education sectors.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources decreased to £2.125m from £3.537m in the prior year, while resources expended were £2.176m, resulting in a net deficit of £51,000. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £180,071, which the trustees note is equivalent to seven months' running costs and falls within their stated target range of six to twelve months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by AAB Audit and Accountancy Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange — “Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange” (source page)
• International Development Research Centre, Canada — “International Development Research Centre, Canada” (source page)
• The Waterloo Foundation — “The Waterloo Foundation” (source page)
• Open Society Foundations — “Open Society Foundations” (source page)
• coles-medlock Foundation — “coles-medlock Foundation” (source page)
• The Wood Family Trust — “The Wood Family Trust” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Wokowuchair
• Alasdair Beaton
• ELAINE GRAHAM
• Fasil Bogale
• Richard Santandreu
• Roderick Maclennan

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Malawi · Rwanda · Scotland · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

• EDUCATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA income £4.2m
• A PARTNER IN EDUCATION income £168k
• AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m
• LINKS INTERNATIONAL income £1.6m
• AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD income £283k
• KIZAZI income £501k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.