LINX YOUTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1208024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Linx provides Youth Services in various wards in the Middlesbrough area. Our delivery includes youth clubs, open-access youth care, outings, trips, and support for young people and their families. We deliver targeted interventions aimed at preventing antisocial behavior and criminal activity, helping young people find alternative pathways to avoid risky behaviors.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN MIDDLESBROUGH AND THE WIDER TEES VALLEY THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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: Middlesbrough, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£486k

Latest spending

£414k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,111 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £485,719 against expenditure of £413,608. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £118,087 exceed the stated policy target of approximately £90,000, providing financial resilience. The trustees also express a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operational expenditure (approximately £90,000) (reserves figure: £118k)

“The charity aims to maintain free reserves equivalent to at least three months of operational expenditure (approximately £90,000).” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £192,105 — contracts £104,638 (2), grants £87,467 (5); 40% of the £485,719 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £108,268 — contracts £82,416 (1), grants £25,852 (2); 37% of the £293,954 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Linx Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rebecca Robertschair
Alan Neil Blair Geddes
Connie Buckley
FAY DAWSON
Gail Frances Crossman
Imaan Rahman
Kevin Franks · trustee of 1 other charity
MISHECK JULIAN NKHATA
Susan Margaret Campion

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£486k	£414k
31/03/2025	£294k	£320k

Common questions

Is LINX YOUTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,111 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £485,719 against expenditure of £413,608. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £118,087 exceed the stated policy target of approximately £90,000, providing financial resilience. The trustees also express a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LINX YOUTH PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINX YOUTH PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500	Children and Young People

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2026	£38k	#iwill Lead with Linx

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 HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	2	£2k
E C GRAHAM BELFORD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£158k
THE SHOE ZONE TRUST	1	£41k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS	1	£19k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG LEICESTERSHIRE LTD.

YOUNG LEICESTERSHIRE LTD income £290k
LUX Youth Project income £187k
LISS YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED income £116k
HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE income £267k
LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £379k
XLP income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINX YOUTH PROJECT	£486k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YOUNG LEICESTERSHIRE LTD FY2026	£290k	not more than £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LUX Youth Project FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LISS YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£116k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE FY2026	£267k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£379k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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