Learning Disability Network London Limited

Registered charity 801081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LDN London, Learning Disability Network London, THE WESMINSTER SOCIETY, THE WESTMINSTER SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, THE WESTMINSTER SOCIETY FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Providing quality services and creating new opportunities for people with learning disabilities and their families. Our services include registered care, supported housing, community support, leisure activities, short breaks, a drop in, playschemes, a children and family centre, a pre-school nursery, play and youth services and a family support service.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:-(A) TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN OR HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH GREATER LONDON OR ITS ENVIRONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE OF ACCOMMODATION, SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES, ADVICE AND SERVICES (INCLUDING SERVICES PROVIDED TO LEARNING DISABLED AND NON-LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE ON AN INCLUSIVE BASIS);(B) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY BY:(I) PROMOTING THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY TO MAKE ACTIVE CHOICES CONCERNING DAY TO DAY LIVING(II) ENCOURAGING THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO RECOGNISE THAT PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO ALL SERVICES, AMENITIES AND FACILITIES ON AN INCLUSIVE BASIS(III) HELPING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY CAN BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY?

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER (OR OTHER PARTS OF GREATER LONDON)

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: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an operating surplus of £257,898 and total income of £22,700,031 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £538,734, which the trustees aim to increase to approximately £2.0 million to cover six months of indirect costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02325273 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Learning Disability Network London (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CRANE, John Edward — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
• WELLS, Denise Hazel — director, appointed 26/09/2025on trustee list
• SHORTLAND, Theresa Mary — director, appointed 14/08/2025on trustee list
• RAGURAJ, Dharmaratnam — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
• BLAIR, James Gordon — director, appointed 17/01/2024on trustee list
• SHUFFLEBOTHAM, Lindy Jane — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
• RODWELL, Martin Keith — director, appointed 26/06/2023on trustee list
• BHARUCHA, Adam — director, appointed 01/04/2023on trustee list
• LUSCOMBE, David Richard Vernon — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
• BAIRD, Emma Siobhan — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
• MENDZIL, Jeffrey Martin — director, appointed 19/03/2020on trustee list
• JACKSON, Ian Spenser — director, appointed 19/03/2020on trustee list
• HAARMANS, Martin Joel — director, appointed 09/10/2019on trustee list
• WEBBER, Michael Frank — director, appointed 30/03/2017on trustee list
• MACHELL, Gabrielle Angela Carmel — secretary, appointed 12/11/2004

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Learning Disability Network London — Registered, 14 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 04/12/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Kingsbridge Road: Good (09/02/2026) · CQC record
• Alison House: Good (09/09/2025) · CQC record
• Piper House: Good (12/10/2021) · CQC record
• LDN London Domiciliary Care Service: Outstanding (30/08/2018) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Bharucha
• David Richard Vernon Luscombe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Denise Hazel Wells
• Dharmaratnam Raguraj
• Emma Siobhan Baird
• Ian Spenser Jackson
• James Gordon Blair
• Jeffrey Martin Mendzil
• John Edward Crane
• Lindy Jane Shufflebotham
• Martin Joel Haarmans
• Martin Keith Rodwell
• Michael Webber
• Theresa Mary Shortland

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND.

• LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND income £381k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES income £3.4m
• LD:NORTHEAST income £1.4m
• LODDON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LTD income £194k
• BEDFORDSHIRE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES LTD income £599k

Side by side with its peers

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