LYNX WORKSHOP

Registered charity 1139855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINKS

Links provides supported learning opportunities for people with mental health issues. An example of courses we run are: Information Technology and accredited Learndirect courses, pottery, art, textiles, creative writing, digital photography, film making, cycling, waking and greencraft.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND WORK RELATED OPPORTUNITIES IN A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. THE AREA OF BENEFIT WILL BE THE DISTRICTS OF LLANELLI AND AMMANFORD

Area of benefit: THE DISTRICTS OF LLANELLI AND AMMANFORD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £184,094 to £149,255 due to a net expenditure of £34,839 against incoming resources of £187,745. The charity maintains a reserves policy to ensure financial stability, and the trustees confirm there are no funds materially in deficit. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales; Financial Conduct Authority; Homes England; Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW); Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education); Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07363827 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• BURFORD, Sharon, Dr — director, appointed 02/09/2026on trustee list
• DONOGHUE, Stephen — director, appointed 02/09/2026not on trustee list
• THOMAS, Matthew — director, appointed 07/10/2023on trustee list
• GENNER, Claire — director, appointed 01/03/2019on trustee list
• HOWARTH, Jayne Belva — director, appointed 02/09/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steve Donoghuechair
• Claire Genner
• Dr Sharon Burford
• JAYNE BELVA HOWARTH
• Matthew Thomas
• Nicola DeStefano
• Rev ELDON PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Teresa Lupini

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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