THE NZ-UK LINK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 802457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LINK FOUNDATION, THE WAITANGI FOUNDATION

ENCOURAGES BILATERAL LINKS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDENT AND TEACHER EXCHANGE SCHEMES, GRANTS, ALLOWANCES AND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDENT IN BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL TO BRITAIN OR NEW ZEALAND (AS THE CASE MAY BE) TO STUDY OR TEACH THE WIDEST RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL DISCIPLINES OF THE HIGHEST CLASS AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO STUDY AND TEACH THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND, THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE BOTH COUNTRIES AND ALL ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND NEW ZEALAND LIFE AND THOUGHT; ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND NEW ZEALAND

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £46.3k to £1,114,867, driven by investment gains and income, despite a net cash outgoing of £78k. The charity holds £571.8k in investments and £98k in cash, with no creditors due within one year, indicating strong liquidity. The trustees report being comfortable with the infrastructure to deliver long-term plans.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Joanne Martinchair
• Andrew Barkle
• Bevan Edward Killick
• Catherine Nesus
• Dr Logan Baber
• Hamish Cooper
• James Lowery
• Jonathan Sinclair
• Keith Johnstone
• Mark Finch
• Peter Bird
• Sam DeSilva
• Sarah Emilie Goodhew

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

Operates in: New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

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 THE LINKS GROUP.

• THE LINKS GROUP income £68k
• THE LINKING NETWORK income £823k
• TRANSPLANT LINKS income £199k
• THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD income £223k
• THE LINK FOUNDATION LTD income £113k
• ZAZAI ASSOCIATION IN GREAT BRITAIN income £76k

Side by side with its peers

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