THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1118821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Relieving children who are in condition of need, hardship or distress through provision of grants of money or provision of items or supplies or facilities.

Objects

RELIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,417 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £8,465. The trustees maintain a policy of keeping reserves at a minimum by distributing funds directly to children and families. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06040746

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Link Foundation (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).

• Mattel — “News Mattel produces care packs for teens Mattel's play it forward team triumph” (source page)
• Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd — ““What a lovely addition the story book is to this campaign. Keep up the Great Work. From All at Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd"” (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.

• ROSS, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 21/04/2021on trustee list
• WELCH, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 05/12/2018on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Kathryn — director, appointed 14/09/2013on trustee list
• JEYASINGHAM, Elizabeth — director, appointed 03/01/2007on trustee list
• LOUGHREY, Una Mary — director, appointed 03/01/2007on trustee list
• LOUGHREY, Una Mary — secretary, appointed 10/02/2014

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH SARASWATHY JEYASINGHAM
• KAREN LORRAINE WALTER
• KATHRYN ROBERTS
• Nicola Ross
• Sara Elizabeth Welch
• Una Loughrey

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · India · Kenya · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Common questions

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 THE LINKS GROUP.

• THE LINKS GROUP income £68k
• LINKS INTERNATIONAL income £1.6m
• TRUST LINKS LIMITED income £2.9m
• CHILDREN'S LINKS income £3.5m
• THE LINK COMMUNITY HUB income £197k
• THE CHESTER LINK income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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