Interlink RCT

Analysis

Interlink RCT is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in RCT. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07549533). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Interlink RCT reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £1.2m (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Interlink RCT sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Working Families (£1.2m), The Share Foundation (£1.2m) and Refurnish Devon (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £303k. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.