01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC045011
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- EH7 5JT
OSCR note: Former Name Link Community Development International changed to Link Education International.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Association is established are, either acting alone or in association with others and in such manner as the Association shall determine:- (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 and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for that purpose:- (a) to provide food, healing, clothing, shelter and training and education and to undertake or assist in work calculated to achieve that purpose. (b) to promote, and to disseminate the results of, research into social, economic and political conditions and medical, nutritional and agricultural matters related to the relief of such poverty. distress and suffering. and (c) to undertake projects which will advance the understanding among the public and governments both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world of such poverty, distress and suffering.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,125,064 | £2,176,064 | 6 | 4 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,537,144 | £3,622,473 | 6 | 19 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,702,090 | £4,691,627 | 6 | 25 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,949,398 | £3,804,777 | 6 | 7 July 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £3,724,182 | £3,700,123 | 6 | 14 October 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- MYEDINBURGH, 5-7 Montgomery Street Lane, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://linkeducation.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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