LINKING LIVES UK

Registered charity 1170325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC053855 (OSCR)

Linking Lives UK is a national charity working to reduce loneliness and social isolation amongst older people. We achieve this through the development of befriending schemes and social events and activities which are set up in partnership with local churches and other agencies.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;(A) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PERSONS WHO AREEXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSE-BOUND FOR ANY REASON, BUT IN PARTICULAR THOSEWHO ARE ELDERLY OR IN POOR HEALTH, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

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

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Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,643, a decrease from £11,920 in the prior year, while total net assets increased to £142,141 due to the recognition of a £50,000 endowment. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £48,215, driven by the endowment grant, though operational unrestricted funds saw a deficit. The trustees and examiner confirmed the accounts were prepared on an accruals basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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 31/03/2024 (received 11/02/2025, 11 days after the 31/01/2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul James Livingstonechair
• Bev Boden
• Catharine Worsley-Tomlinson
• Dr Ashley Liston
• Dr CHARLES PETER ASHALL
• Kolawole Oladipo Oshin

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONNECTED LIVES.

• CONNECTED LIVES income £260k
• LINK UP (UK) income £43k
• LINK VISITING SCHEME income £544k
• CONNECTED LIFE CHURCH income £213k
• LINK AGE SOUTHWARK income £530k
• UNITED LIFE (U LIFE) income £70k

Side by side with its peers

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