CHILDREN'S LINKS
Registered charity 1071058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN'S LINKS', KIDS' CLUB FOR LINCOLNSHIRE, KIDS' CLUBS FOR LINCOLNSHIRE
As an innovative and growing organisation, focused on customers and stakeholders, we have grown a wide range of services in response to needs and identified gaps. Our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in, employers, and other children and young people organisations.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £174,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, enabling it to hold unrestricted reserves of £317,265. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, with assets deemed adequate to fulfill obligations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income)
“Income from charitable activities was £3,364,000 (2024: £1,532,000)” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months’ central running costs (held: £317k)
“hold reserves above our minimum requirement of three months’ central running costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Linking Up Limited
“The Charity has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Linking Up Limited” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rachel Aylmer — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Helena Kucharczyk — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 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 (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (25/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alistair John Wright
- Dr Katie Ruane
- Helena Kucharczyk
- Jessica Mary Brown
- RACHEL CROFT
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHILDREN'S LINKS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £174,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, enabling it to hold unrestricted reserves of £317,265. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, with assets deemed adequate to fulfill obligations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
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