THE BROKERAGE CITYLINK

Registered charity 1059173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7720284 · also known as THE BROKERAGE

To provide a 'pathway' of opportunity for state school students in London to access careers in business or the financial services and improve their employability skills. This includes delivering awareness raising workshops for students in local schools, bringing groups of young people into the City to visit City companies and matching inner city young people with work placements.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY AMONGST DISADVANTAGED PERSONS RESIDENT IN AREAS OF DEPRIVATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, WOMEN AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR BY:A) THE ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING;B) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; ANDC) THE PROVISION OF ONGOING JOB SEARCH SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: INNER LONDON AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £210,015 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £445,681. The trustees acknowledge financial risks related to funding pressures and have implemented a restructuring process to mitigate these costs. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03087362

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Brokerage (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Worshipful Company of International Bankers — “The Brokerage thrives thanks to the foundational support of two esteemed livery companies: The Worshipful Company of International Bankers (…” (source page)
• The Worshipful Company of Insurers — “The Brokerage thrives thanks to the foundational support of two esteemed livery companies: The Worshipful Company of International Bankers (…” (source page)
• The Quilter Foundation — “The Quilter Foundation was established in 2018 with a clear mission: to help young people overcome barriers to brighter futures.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DITTY, Carole — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• CHAIWALLA, Manaal Maksood — director, appointed 19/02/2024on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Kahar — director, appointed 19/02/2024on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Sean Edward — director, appointed 21/02/2023on trustee list
• LEE, David Hantae — director, appointed 22/11/2022on trustee list
• MARIKAR, Mohamed — director, appointed 07/07/2016not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 16.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carole Ditty
• David Lee
• Kahar Hussain
• Manaal Maksood Chaiwalla
• Mohammed Marikar
• SEAN EDWARD TAYLOR · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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