MENTOR LINK

Registered charity 1169026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a one to one mentoring service to young adults who are at risk of disengaging from their learning. Our aim is to improve their engagement in learning and the service is delivered mainly but not exclusively delivered in schools and can include support to the families of these young people. Mentor link operates in the Midlands and South Midlands area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£207k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,739 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £190,201 to £178,949. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Total funds carried forward stood at £178,949 at the end of the financial year.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Leicestershire · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£207k£211k
30/11/2024£210k£170k
30/11/2023£187k£184k
30/11/2022£157k£147k
30/11/2021£167k£154k

Common questions

Is MENTOR LINK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,739 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £190,201 to £178,949. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Total funds carried forward stood at £178,949 at the end of the financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MENTOR LINK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MENTOR LINK as a grant recipient include THE HOPMARKET CHARITY, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, E F BULMER TRUST, THE BRANSFORD TRUST, THE NORTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2024£42k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£18k
E F BULMER TRUSTFY2025£8k
THE BRANSFORD TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kGrants to institutions
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kHCF Mental Health Fund
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2023£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kEducation and Training
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE HOPMARKET CHARITYFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2025£20kEmotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£20kCore Costs for Therapeutic Mentoring Delivery
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2022£10kTherapeutic Mentoring for Vulnerable Children and Parents
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2021£10kPost-Covid Restart - Staffing Costs for Mentoring Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/04/2020£10kMonitoring outcomes for young people
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2018£10kMental Health Training Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2016£10kOnline monitoring and evaluation project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2014£10kMy Time
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2012£414kMentor Link West Midlands
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2010£10kSolution Focussed Mentoring
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2005£5kRecruit Volunteer Mentors

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MENTOR LINK£207k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL LINK FY2025£536k—0unclear—no doubt
MENTORING PLUS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET FY2025£770k—0below—no doubt
THE ISLAND N1 FY2025£283k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD FY2024£113k—0unclear—no doubt
TRAILBLAZERS MENTORING LTD FY2024£499k—0below—no doubt

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