LINK HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 296226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINK HOUSE, THE LINK HOUSE TRUST

Link House Trust (a Christian charity) provides a supportive 'home from home' for overseas graduate students on first arrival in the UK and Cambridge, encouraging friendship & international understanding among these key people in tomorrow's world. It accommodates 36 students of any culture or religion. Over 750 students from more than 100 countries have enjoyed what Link House offers since 1988,

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION WITHIN A CARING CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS AND IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS FROM OVERSEAS WHO ARE FOLLOWING AND APPROVED COURSE OF STUDY IN CAMBRIDGE AND SPOUSES OF SUCH STUDENTS. (B) THE RELIEF OF NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST SUCH STUDENTS. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £329,360 in bank accounts plus £101,368 in investments, with no loans or overdrafts. The trustees report that resources are sufficient to cover more than six months' running expenses, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew James Keillerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANGELA PALMER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Jarvis · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Paul Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Johnston
• Rev Dr IAN GEOFFREY SILK · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Dr Jonathan Holmes
• STUART ANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE income £7.5m
• THRESHOLD HOUSING LINK income £1.6m
• BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £112k
• INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £17.6m
• TRUST HOUSE BURY income £117k
• CAMBRIDGE HOUSE AND TALBOT income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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