LINK UP (UK)

Registered charity 1147467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Link Up (UK) offers a new approach to dealing with issues of citizenship and belonging. Developing projects that promote a sense of community and belonging ? and therefore combat a segregated society - by showing the benefits that diversity has brought to Britain both historically and today.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY):-(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN, AND RAISING AWARENESS OF, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND NEGATIVE STEREOTYPING ISSUES;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER A POSITIVE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT AMONGST THE PUBLIC IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Link Up (UK) reported a net deficit of £2,494 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £43,100 and total expenditure of £40,606. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £854, which is significantly below the stated policy target of three months' running costs, although a high-value donor has pledged to underwrite this policy.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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 07203872 · 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.

• CLEMENTS, Jane Lesley, Dr — director, appointed 26/04/2013not on trustee list
• OLISA, Victor Paul, Dr — director, appointed 24/04/2013on trustee list
• SMEDLEY, Susan Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 24/04/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anjali Greenwell
• DR VICTOR PAUL OLISA
• Dr JANE LESLEY CLEMENTS MBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr SUSAN ELIZABETH SMEDLEY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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