SOLAR LINKS INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1110013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLI, GLOBAL LINKS INITIATIVE

Solar Links Initiative mainly assists disadvantaged communities in Uganda through the introduction of solar lighting.

Objects

(I) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES ON THE BASIS OF APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE OF DISADVANTAGE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES;(II) TO RELIEVE POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, THE PROVISION OR FACILITATION OF INFORMATION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF BEST PRACTICE;(III) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WORLDWIDE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £59,447, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining less than £3,000 to cover immediate operating needs. The filing confirms that the charity has no paid staff and that trustees received no remuneration, with only travel expenses reimbursed.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN DAVID HUTCHINSON MA FCAchair
• NICHOLAS DEREK FEENY
• PHILLIDA ANNE PURVIS MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shree Mandke

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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