THE LINKING NETWORK

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

Education Consultancy and Training

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO: 4.1. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BY: 4.1.1. PROMOTING SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION IN AND ENCOURAGING PROJECTS INVOLVING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS; 4.1.2. PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS AND TRAINERS THROUGH ACTION, RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS; 4.1.3. DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM OR OTHER SETTINGS EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; 4.1.4. OFFERING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL LEADERS AND GOVERNORS INSTRENGTHENING THE PROCESS OF EMBEDDING LINKING AND CITIZENSHIP WITHIN SCHOOLS. 4.2. ADVANCE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY IN PARTICULAR BY: 4.2.1. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY;4.2.2. FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SCHOOLS? PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND/OR TO WORK WITHIN THEIR OWN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF IDENTITY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; 4.2.3. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY. 4.3. ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP IN CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £7,811 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £823,196 and expenditure of £815,385. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £597,473, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £606,000 (nine months of operating costs). The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially incorrect.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRAINING LINK.

• TRAINING LINK income £91k
• THE LINKS GROUP income £68k
• THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k
• LINKS INTERNATIONAL income £1.6m
• LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS income £688k
• THE CHESTER LINK income £2.1m

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