Registered charity · Cheshire
The Chester Link
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.chesterlink.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Chester Link
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.8m
- 2024£1.8m£1.7m
- 2023£1.5m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.4m
- 2021£1.1m£1.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN THE CITY OF CHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS AND OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF SUPPORTED ACCOMODATION. 2) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Maria Theresa Mannion Chair since 2020
- Emily Patricia Offer since 2021
- Graeme Ross Dick since 2021
- Helen Caley since 2014
- Ian Matson since 2023
- Ian Paul Spink since 2021
- Karen Anne Robertson since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Maria Theresa Mannion Chair since 2020
- Helen Caley since 2014
- Karen Anne Robertson since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Maria Theresa Mannion Chair since 2020
- Emily Patricia Offer since 2021
- Graeme Ross Dick since 2021
- Helen Caley since 2014
- Ian Matson since 2023
- Ian Paul Spink since 2021
- Karen Anne Robertson since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059064
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 OCTOBER 1996
- Companies House
- Company number 03267791 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01244 314866 · info@chesterlink.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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