INTERLINK RCT
Registered charity 1141143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERLINK
Interlink is the County Voluntary Council for Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total resources expended exceeded incoming resources by £141,191, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. However, unrestricted funds reported a surplus of £51,942 after transfers, and the charity holds available reserves of £675,212, which the trustees note provide scope to invest in priority areas. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are held to cover operational risks, including potential redundancy costs and the risk of losing large contracts.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: over six months operational costs (held: £675k)
“The trustees have built up reserves equivalent to over six months operational costs” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party disclosures note states transactions occur with organizations where members/trustees have an interest, but no specific transaction details, amounts, or parties are listed in the provided text.
“Due to the nature of the organisation and its members and trustees being drawn from a wide range of local organisations, it is inevitable that transactions will take place with organisations in which a member / trustee of the organisation may have an interest.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RCT Covid-19 Fundraiser for community organisations (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Simon James — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Julie Edwards — Deputy Chief Executive and Communities Lead (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/06/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Dilys Jouvenat · trustee of 1 other charity
- James Watts-Rees
- Janet Whiteman
- Joanne Baldock
- Lisa Ann Wills
- Lynda Davies
- Richard Cox
- Richard Flowerdew · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Walters
- STEPHEN DAVIES
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INTERLINK RCT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total resources expended exceeded incoming resources by £141,191, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. However, unrestricted funds reported a surplus of £51,942 after transfers, and the charity holds available reserves of £675,212, which the trustees note provide scope to invest in priority areas. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are held to cover operational risks, including potential redundancy costs and the risk of losing large contracts. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.
Who funds INTERLINK RCT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERLINK RCT as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION, BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED, THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited.
Known funders
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