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.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(D) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY (I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS".

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

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

Registered contact address: Arun, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

Volunteers: 20
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2020 (received 03/11/2021, 3 days after the 31/10/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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, EURASIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, NEWICK, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

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.
EURASIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION	FY2022	£6k	Helping refugees in Afghanistan (5 grants)
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
KIDLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2025	£1k	Spend on other causes from 10% fund
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2021	£1k
ASHWOOD CHURCH	FY2021	£1k	Financial support during pandemic
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	FY2024	£500
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM	FY2021	amount not stated	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	1	£1.6m
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£176k
THE VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£71k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	1	£40k
THE RC SHERRIFF ROSEBRIARS TRUST	1	£22k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

LATIN LINK INTERNATIONAL income £45k
THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k
THE LINKS GROUP income £68k
THE LINKING NETWORK income £823k
Crosslinks income £3.6m
TRAINING LINK income £91k

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
LATIN LINK INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£45k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD FY2024	£113k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LINKS GROUP FY2025	£68k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LINKING NETWORK FY2025	£823k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Crosslinks FY2025	£3.6m	—	2	below	2.8%	no doubt

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