GLOBAL LINK (LANCASTER)

Registered charity 1107471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Global Link is a Development Education Centre, providing creative and participatory learning experiences, to increase awareness of the global dimension and action towards a more fair and sustainable world. These include the 8 key concepts of: global interdependence, values and perceptions, sustainable development, social justice, diversity, citizenship, human rights, and conflict resolution.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£416k
Latest spending
£391k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £440,951, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £44,575. Per the trustees' report, income and expenditure were as per the planned budget, and the charity holds sufficient funds to cover its core activities and future commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £44,575, which is 6 months of staffing and overhead costs (held: £441k)
This has been calculated at approximately £44,575, which is 6 months of staffing and overhead costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £280k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£511k
Total spending
£379k
Reserves (reported)
£47k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£416k£391k
31/03/2024£511k£379k
31/03/2023£475k£357k
31/03/2022£364k£250k
31/03/2021£251k£187k

Common questions

Is GLOBAL LINK (LANCASTER) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £440,951, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £44,575. Per the trustees' report, income and expenditure were as per the planned budget, and the charity holds sufficient funds to cover its core activities and future commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2025£68k"The Role of Carnforth Library – From 1936 to 2026 and Beyond"
Sport England17/01/2024£10kExercise for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in Lancaster District
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/09/2021£232k"Stories & Maps of Migration in the Northwest of England"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2020£5kWell being at Claver Hill
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kAsylum Seeker & Refugee Support Drop ins
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/02/2019£9k"Growing the Seeds of Global Citizenship"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2017£10k"World War One sowing seeds of Citizenship"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/03/2016£10k"Women, War & Peace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/09/2015£8k"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender online Town Trail"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/09/2014£10k"Conscientious Objectors in Lancashire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/04/2013£77k"Documenting Dissent: a community digital history project documenting political and religious dissent in Lancaster"
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2009£2kSeeking safety and belonging in Blackburn
The National Lottery Community Fund31/03/2006£5kTelling stories
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2005£215kto change the prejudice faced by refugees and asylum seekers.
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2005£45kescape to safety exhibition
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2004£5kFestival

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINKS INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL LINK (LANCASTER)£416k0unclearno doubt
LINKS INTERNATIONAL FY2023£1.6m0aboveno doubt
THE LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£25.6maboveno doubt
GLOBAL DIALOGUE FY2025£4.7mwithinno doubt
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC LINK FY2025£441k0unclearno doubt
POSITIVE CARE LINK FY2025£183k0belowno doubt

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