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SC027493Registered charity from 28 January 1998

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Notes:

This charity intends to wind up and transfer its assets and liabilities to LINK- Fife Mental Health Befriending Projects SCIO (SC051094).

Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By Link Befriending Project East Fife

Address c/o Thorntons Law LLP
49 Bonnygate
Cupar

Postcode KY15 4BY

Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee

Website www.linkbefriending.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

The aims of the group shall be to relieve the poverty, suffering and distress , advance the education of and promote the welfare of the inhabitants of the East Fife area who have or have had mental health problems and are identified as being socially and rurally isolated by the provision of a befriending service to encourage them to participate more fully in the life of the community.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

LINK provides befriending support to adults and adolescents who have or have had mental health problems and are identified as being socially or rurally isolated. Referrals come from external parties such as social services and CAMHS. The charity is split into two projects, one to support adults and one to support young people under the age of 18. LINK employs a Project Manager and a Project Co-ordinator for each project. The staff recruit, train. match and support volunteers in befriending service users, as well as organising social events, well being events and, most recently, a peer support group for adults. LINK has a hugely positive impact on the lives of its service users, some of whom go on to become volunteers themselves. The funding required to support the work of LINK primarily comes from grants.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 28 Jan 1998

Main Operating Location: Fife

Number of Staff: 4

Number of Charity Trustees: 7

Number of Volunteers: 51-100

Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "People with disabilities or health problems"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received
31 Mar 2021	£109,496	£87,824	29 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£119,464	£101,037	29 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£85,361	£109,971	28 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£135,983	£116,679	31 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£144,264	£134,345	31 Dec 2025	Yes
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Lisa	Hainey
Susan	Matson
Dorothy	Woolley
Alison	Clissold
Carole	Anderson
Neil	Kinmont
Jacqueline	Goodall
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