01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 17 July 1995
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03069329
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £2,125,054
- Latest expenditure
- £2,176,064
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 5-7 Montgomery Street Lane, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH7 5QT
Website recorded by the regulator: www.linkeducation.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
LEI works with partner organisations in Sub Saharan Africa to:(1)To improve schools and the quality of education they deliver so that children have better opportunities(2)To build the capacity of district departments of education (3)To support government education policy and to inform national and regional strategies (4)To facilitate partnerships between European and African education sectors.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,125,054
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,176,064
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,537,144
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,622,473
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,702,090
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,691,627
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,949,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,804,777
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 November 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £3,724,182
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,700,123
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,125,054
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,176,064
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 190179
- Income From Government Grants
- £874,642
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,537,144
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,622,473
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,382,031
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,702,090
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,691,627
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £4,560,418
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,949,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,804,777
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,031,083
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £3,724,182
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,700,123
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,031,083
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 22 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 159040
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 424
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1961966
- Income Investments
- 3634
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2125064
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £64,177
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,111,887
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2176064
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 135313
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 10820
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £180,071
- Assets Total Fixed
- 119666
- Assets Own Use
- 119666
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £544,605
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £322,516
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £341,755
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 322516
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £455,641
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 180071
- Funds Restricted
- 161684
- Funds Total
- 341755
- Count Employees
- 6
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 December 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 47941
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3479747
- Income Investments
- 9456
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3537144
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £67,892
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,554,581
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3622473
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 46464
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 119676
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 852
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £327,368
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1418
- Assets Own Use
- 1418
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,084,792
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £693,455
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £392,755
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 693455
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £355,844
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 327368
- Funds Restricted
- 65387
- Funds Total
- 392755
- Count Employees
- 7
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 86911
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 115
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4612256
- Income Investments
- 2808
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4702090
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £52,784
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,638,843
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4691627
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 65310
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 180778
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 539
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £403,224
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2270
- Assets Own Use
- 2270
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,859,429
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,383,615
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £478,084
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2383615
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,150,054
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 403224
- Funds Restricted
- 74860
- Funds Total
- 478084
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 50009
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 110
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3899217
- Income Investments
- 62
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3949398
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £61,957
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,742,820
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3804777
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 82335
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 611
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £346,846
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1553
- Assets Own Use
- 1553
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,059,419
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,593,351
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £467,621
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2593351
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,646,314
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 346846
- Funds Restricted
- 120775
- Funds Total
- 467621
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 41730
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 130
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3681586
- Income Investments
- 736
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3724182
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £64,839
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,635,284
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3700123
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 25604
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 72827
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 826
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £248,141
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1553
- Assets Own Use
- 1553
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,742,929
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,421,482
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £323,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2421482
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,549,929
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 248141
- Funds Restricted
- 74859
- Funds Total
- 323000
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Rwanda
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Uganda
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Ethiopia
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Malawi
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Link Education International
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1995-07-17T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/06/1995AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/12/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/01/2014 as amended on 06 Jul 2020 as amended on 15 Jun 2020 as amended on 03 Nov 2020 as amended on 03 Nov 2020 as amended on 03 Nov 2020
- Charitable Objects
- (1) TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND/OR IMPROVEMENT AND /OR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA (2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING (INCLUDING STARVATION, SICKNESS OR ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR AFFLICTION) IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WHETHER ARISING AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD OR OTHER NATURAL PHENOMENA OR BY REASON OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE 2 (A), (B) AND (C) OF MEMORANDUM
- Area Of Benefit
- AFRICA AND WORLD WIDE
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 542856
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- LINK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL
- Charity Name Id
- 658180
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- LEI
- Charity Name Id
- 276764
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- LINK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Charity Name Id
- 276753
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- LCD
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures