LINKS INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1168872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide training and resources to partners around the world bringing strategic, sustainable solutions.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £38,119 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing to £943,605. The trustees note that securing funding for core operations remains a central hurdle due to economic pressures, though unrestricted reserves of £252,771 remain in excess of their stated policy target of six months of operating costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income)

“Donations 1,411,417 71,374 1,482,791” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of usual operating costs (held: £253k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain an ongoing reserve within general unrestricted funds of six months of usual operating costs.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity has informal connections to Links USA, a US-based entity, operating under the “Links International” banner, which operates autonomously. Though it is a separate entity, Links USA works in relationship with the ‘Head Office’ in the UK, holding to Links’ vision, mission, ethos and values, following the Charity’s methods, branding and also utilising Links’ training resources and operational models.

“The Charity has informal connections to Links USA, a US-based entity, operating under the “Links International” banner, which operates autonomously. Though it is a separate entity, Links USA works in relationship with the ‘Head Office’ in the UK, holding to Links’ vision, mission, ethos and values, following the Charity’s methods, branding and also utilising Links’ training resources and operational models.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Links (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Joe Gisbey — CEO (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 · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£253k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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 (19/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr PHILIP DANIEL MOOREchair
Benjamin David Peter Ansell
Benjamin Gisbey
Danielle Turner
David John Kirby · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Gladwell

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

Operates in: Australia · Brazil · China · Colombia · Ethiopia · France · Honduras · India · Kenya · Lebanon · Malawi · Mexico

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.5m
31/12/2022	£1.5m	£1.5m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.5m
31/12/2020	£1.3m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is LINKS INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £38,119 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing to £943,605. The trustees note that securing funding for core operations remains a central hurdle due to economic pressures, though unrestricted reserves of £252,771 remain in excess of their stated policy target of six months of operating costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Who funds LINKS INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINKS INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include RIVERTREE TRUST, THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, NEWICK, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST, GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
RIVERTREE TRUST	FY2024	£25k	A charity that works with local organisations around the world to confront poverty and provided sustainable solutions for lasting change.
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, NEWICK	FY2022	£5k	Giving
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Girls Empowerment Project in Malawi.
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2024	£500
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM	FY2021	£0	General grants

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 PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£1.4m
THE DULVERTON TRUST	2	£286k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£382k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£80k
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LINKING NETWORK.

THE LINKING NETWORK income £823k
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES income £13.9m
FULL FACT income £2.9m
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED income £479k
COMMUNITY LINKS TRUST LIMITED income £213k
THE INTERLINK FOUNDATION income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINKS INTERNATIONAL	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LINKING NETWORK FY2025	£823k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES FY2024	£13.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024	£2.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025	£479k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY LINKS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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