Links International

Analysis

Links International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Links International reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Links International 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sussex Interpreting Services (£1.6m), Yeldall Christian Centres (£1.6m) and Carefree Cornwall (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and charitable activities 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £505. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £253k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.