Clinks

Analysis

Clinks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03562176). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Clinks reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.1m (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Clinks sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Gateway Community Services (£1.1m), Fix It (UK) Limited (£1.1m) and Wirral Change Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and trading 6.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £279k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.