Registered charity (CIO) · London
Expert Link
Expert Link is a registered charity (number 1187188) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Peter James Smith since 2019. Latest income £146k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £146k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Expert Link. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Peter James SmithChair · since 2019
- Deborah CraigTrustee · since 2024
- Gareth MurphyTrustee · since 2024
- Marcin BieleckiTrustee · since 2024
- Mark Debower BanhamTrustee · since 2024
- Marnie BurdenTrustee · since 2020
- Nicola PlumbTrustee · since 2020
- Ryan SnapeTrustee · since 2020
- Shane Robert BrittonTrustee · since 2024
- Steven Mark NevilleTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.expertlink.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£146k£167k
- 2024£158k£157k
- 2023£122k£168k
Earlier years
- 2022£156k£145k
- 2021£146k£40k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND NEED AMONGST PEOPLE SUFFERING SEVERE AND MULTIPLE DISADVANTAGE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMELESSNESS, SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL MISUSE, MENTAL ILLNESS, PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVOCACY AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT
Grants received
8 grants · £329,457 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
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £149,407 (3 grants)
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £111,550 (3 grants)
- Trust for London · £68,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Peter James Smith Chair since 2019
- Deborah Craig since 2024
- Gareth Murphy since 2024
- Marcin Bielecki since 2024
- Mark Debower Banham since 2024
- Marnie Burden since 2020
- Nicola Plumb since 2020
- Ryan Snape since 2020
- Shane Robert Britton since 2024
- Steven Mark Neville since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter James Smith Chair since 2019
- Marnie Burden since 2020
- Nicola Plumb since 2020
- Ryan Snape since 2020
- Steven Mark Neville since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Peter James Smith Chair since 2019
- Deborah Craig since 2024
- Gareth Murphy since 2024
- Marcin Bielecki since 2024
- Mark Debower Banham since 2024
- Marnie Burden since 2020
- Nicola Plumb since 2020
- Ryan Snape since 2020
- Shane Robert Britton since 2024
- Steven Mark Neville since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187188
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 03 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02078404413 · david@expertlink.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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data