The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Link Education International

Registered charity 1048007 Registered since 1995

Operates: Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

7.3y median 7y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 6Other services 1Property 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

6 from 12 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
50%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.linkeducation.org.uk
Emailinfo@linkeducation.org.uk
Address5-7 Montgomery Street Lane, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH7 5QT

Finances

£2,125,054 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,724,182£3,700,123
2022£3,949,398£3,804,777
2023£4,702,090£4,691,627
2024£3,537,144£3,622,473
2025£2,125,054£2,176,064

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

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

Governing document: 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

Trustees (6)

6trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Link Education International · 03069329 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/06/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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