Registered charity (CIO) · Buckinghamshire
Social Link
Social Link is a registered charity (number 1158743) based in Buckinghamshire, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £536k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £536k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- www.sociallinkcharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£536k£510k
- 2024£449k£483k
- 2023£437k£450k
Earlier years
- 2022£370k£388k
- 2021£375k£333k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE."LEARNING DISABILITY" MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MIND AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE.
Grants received
2 grants · £85,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Postcode Community Trust · £75,000
- Rothschild Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
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
- Christopher Thorn since 2024
- Claire Heloise Wheeler since 2022
- Glynis Wiseman since 2014
- Janet Shuttlewood since 2014
- John Craig Kaye since 2025
- Linda Laurance since 2026
- Sarah-Louise Fox since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Glynis Wiseman since 2014
- Janet Shuttlewood since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher Thorn since 2024
- Claire Heloise Wheeler since 2022
- Glynis Wiseman since 2014
- Janet Shuttlewood since 2014
- John Craig Kaye since 2025
- Linda Laurance since 2026
- Sarah-Louise Fox since 2024
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
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158743
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 01 OCT 2014 AS AMENDED ON 04 AUG 2020AMENDED ON 15 OCT 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07799026655 · karenm@sociallink.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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