The Link Foundation Ltd

Analysis

The Link Foundation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06040746). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Link Foundation Ltd reported income of £113k and spending of £121k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £95k to £113k (+19%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Link Foundation Ltd sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tools for Self Reliance Cymru (£113k), West Kent Debt Advice (£113k) and The Dakri Charitable Trust (£113k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.