THE LINKING NETWORK

Registered charity 1163901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCHOOLS LINKING

Education Consultancy and Training

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Latest income

£823k

Latest spending

£815k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,811 for the year, with total income of £823,196 against expenditure of £815,385. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £597,473, which is just below the stated policy target of £606,000 (nine months of operating costs). The charity is funded primarily by grants and donations, with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee earned more than £60,000 during the current or previous financial year.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: nine months operating costs (£606,000) (held: £597k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds, excluding fixed assets, should be maintained at a level of a range of at least nine months operating costs, this amounts to £606,000.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £712 remuneration for work done and £15 travel expenses.

“One trustees of the charity received £712 remuneration for work done, (2024 £217, one trustee). One trustees received a total of £15 reimbursed for travel expenses, (2024 £nil). No other benefits or expenses from the charity were received during the current or prior year.” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£823k

Total spending

£815k

Reserves (reported)

£597k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Bishop Toby Howarthchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexandra Jane Enyori
Alisha Batool
Molly Beth Conrad · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev DENISE JUNE POOLE · trustee of 1 other charity
Yvette Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
Zahra Niazi

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£823k	£815k
31/03/2024	£541k	£441k
31/03/2023	£492k	£641k
31/03/2022	£798k	£544k
31/03/2021	£897k	£658k

Common questions

Is THE LINKING NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,811 for the year, with total income of £823,196 against expenditure of £815,385. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £597,473, which is just below the stated policy target of £606,000 (nine months of operating costs). The charity is funded primarily by grants and donations, with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LINKING NETWORK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE LINKING NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LINKING NETWORK as a grant recipient include THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND, Vivensa Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£275k	Schools Linking in partnership with DfE and DLUHC
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£250k	Rosetrees Pears Chair in Bioinformatics
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£250k	Core funding renewal
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£250k	Core funding
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2024	£105k	The Linking Network core costs
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£50k	Core funding
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	FY2022	£40k	Towards core costs.
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£36k	#iwill Rural Intergenerational Linking
Vivensa Foundation	FY2022	£5k	#iwill Care Home FaNs intergenerational linking project - Inter-generational linking project in Bradford

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	04/12/2024	£38k	Schools Linking
UK government	01/04/2023	£75k	Schools Linking
UK government	16/09/2021	£195k	Schools Linking
UK government	01/04/2020	£94k	Schools Linking

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION	1	£1.2m
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION	1	£600k
THE JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
Arthritis UK	1	£316k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£100k
PROSTATE CANCER UK	1	£76k
RIVERTREE TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY LINKS TRUST LIMITED.

COMMUNITY LINKS TRUST LIMITED income £213k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k
1692 income £462k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
LINKS INTERNATIONAL income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LINKING NETWORK	£823k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY LINKS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025	£781k	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD FY2024	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1692 FY2025	£462k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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