Chavty registration numbèr 504913 {ETh9￿nd arKI Wales)
Comparby reswstration number 01240377
LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Truste8s
KJBatty
E J Carrpbel
Dr P K HgrTraiwinpn
S J Hat¢fvM8n
(Appinted 25 Juty 20251
(Apwnted T No¥ernber 20241
*5 S M Srrps(
K l T[￿tt
Rzobk
Profewr J
(Apwxnted 25 Marth 20251
(Aptxynted 27 November 20251
Miss V Awaby
Ch3rfty number (England and Wa￿s)
504913
omparhy number
01240377
Principal addrvs8
Toyrnon Hal
Main Ro
Toynlon AJI Sa￿ts
Splsby
Linm ￿5￿[e
United Kirylorn
PE23 SAE
Roglstor•d office
Toynton Hal
Man Ro
Twton Al SawrtS
Splsby
Lin(yJlnsk¥re
UnilB(l ￿n￿j0M
PE23 $4E
Audilor
Azets A￿1 SeM¢es
Y4fj5rpoill
Lynthwc
Camydgethiie
United
PE2 6F
Bonkors
Lloyits Borhk PLC
202 Hwh Street
Linco'n
United
LNS 7AP

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
CONTENTS
Pa9e
Chairpe[￿& Slatew￿Trt
TrLths' report
2-10
ststemenl 0[Tr￿e2s. res[￿￿St￿l￿ES
Independent aLYJiiorf5 rewt
12-14
Statementoffinarwl adMt¢s
15
16
Statetnpntofcash
18
Notes to the finanaalststement5
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CHAIRPERSON'S STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
The Chair wesent5 Ihar slatetnEnlfDrtr*yw.
ye8r 2W24nS sowLinke9¢ Cerrrnunty Twtwckc￿￿C B￿c￿ery AcotsryTrL'st inlc*ts group 109Cther Tr
Mdboume centre CIC and Blueberry CIMn￿Unty Enlerpw Tr3iniro CIC. This partne%hip enhartes
geryraphic spread a(xoss York5hre bases rKAY In 8eveW. York. SrartKwh and North￿￿rtI￿.
We conbnued 10 iwtyemeni cwr Ctwate str8ie9y Nth-.hry about you Wlthoul you ?0?>￿?8 altyvjsde our ctmmitmentto
orovéino i)dMdu*s a kamiw dtsabhty. autw or tth walitve¢ucab(￿. Care a*d suottYiwLI enabling If*m to
8chieve further Iftdeper￿e￿e Tr Irusi remains [(￿5ed rts ￿$1(￿Tr feogk *￿ir¥j disatiliues. auiign or both
have otwknnilies al￿ cMx¢es ¥rr are wpp)rted lo¥heve iwr wrabtyis and Ils ryMssK)n lo proiryde person centred
6eMces Ihat e￿a￿e i￿1¥￿ual5 todevek)p t￿r sknlLs atMI behaviDuf5to INe irWerKknI Ive&. In a chdlengng envirmtn8rt
Linkage remains In a sound finanoal Wthlion*d 3 success￿1 tesuh inthe period thants to wniinL*d
control ofusts and eifKIwwg•r￿.
TTre Trust'5 ReS￿ential Care w0y15K￿ serves 154 ￿d￿du*S. Alur1her 104 it￿l¥￿uaL5. supported through the Community
SÈrvi¢È. livtr in the ¢tK))munrty in eit￿r tr.¥ro¥vn m)eTtssor thtfwh iJnka9Ès ￿ pathÈTthip wrth Flattorm
Housing and L(￿1 Housing Assc<L8Mr
Iii Lifeiwg Lvatiiifvj Drwia-ak>. t￿r Coiw nu[n[￿r 91(Yii It) 232. aiml Lw*ay¥ Day
Semce continu&% to Ihrive. h offered a rangeol OP￿lu￿￿es. with over61KJ datrs. offered perV￿th.
T* Twsl's Dig18li¥ton strategy l¥urKhe¢J In 2019. ccrtinued at pace duriro Ihe yearwd we introdLKed an iniewaled HR
and Payr&l System. We upgradedall hartt*ave to 11 and to improve OJr repTrrt￿g th￿￿9h our
bu5ines5 intell￿errt plarfo'm via the of P(wer&.
We have conb.nU￿ lo￿￿e[el[￿8￿CY thrwJh the depl￿T￿nI0[ 5tsff lttrwh thB ele£iwictiTne and attendance and ￿ta
system PLqnday. rerrA)%in9 adminL4tratwe from Mantyers slaff helFAThJ to deploy resaurcÈs morÈ
Fdlowng Ihp successful to thE NatsLy￿1 Lottwy HeribJE Furvj. £3.5 rnilv)nwa5 SUC(xsstully aw￿led in Seplernb8r
2024. fundra￿lf¥j Èam have been [C￿￿d on rai4r¥ the addi1v￿al £1 5 rnillion ¥JOrth of malch fL￿dIty to erkqNe US 10
evelop the Hall ￿t9 a train*ig facil ty. sens(wy Frtegiabrm centre atKI ￿￿1poSe.JE Inlo we provision with Ih05e
with rnore complex betr￿￿0￿5 needs.
FJndraisingforguresialB5 ar￿ c4ital waJed5 a Wf(w)J5 lar ihE yew. wth a number of signthcaDI awards being
ratsr￿ed induding £395K far the reknthshmenl ￿ the MatrAeltrwE Bo*liry Gr￿ as a nth¥ tsy sÈr4K£ in the conmunity for
our Llnkageclvji￿S s￿￿e. We received 0￿r Él(K)k ol low*s IIE (*velownenl ofa new Small Aryrnal Care
Facility Ill &irnsby aTyJwe ganedE52K worth offutvjng towaqts 1rar.ing r.ew Eciurets 10sLPPOrt ￿a[￿e[S in IheirgrowLh
8nd devek)pmeni.
Very sadly wr dedicated Chair Mark unexpededty passed away in Decernber 2024. Mark was a highly vaued Trnstee
3nd *a5 ap￿￿ted Chairin May Like al Trustees *a$eAtrev￿IY genwr￿￿'th his trne on a ¥dunt3ry bas￿. Hi5
enthus13srr. SUPPDrt avd pass1￿ frJr knnkagevras g￿tY tn 5sed. St8* &rnp50n. Ihe Vice Chair Stepaed up and has lortr
lasi 12 months carefvlly led and dw8¢ts0 thwJTh a wc*J orr8￿ 9ro*th aThJ ch*)9e.
Finally. I musl pay trit>￿et0the s￿)1& aTht ded￿1￿ of &affin es￿allY￿¥ngtirr￿5*thOhaVeG4red forthu5e we 5UPPOrt
gmd have mad8 Link*Jè'$ a¢hiev*nents in thE past year.
Jayne Mitch811
Chairp•vson
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The T￿Slee8 Ih8ir annual reFKXt atNlfinarnial Slat￿nts frythe ￿[e￿ed 31 *￿gUSt 2025.
firh8nciel slolem¢nts hevc b¢en prepared in xoydwwwth ￿ occounbry OKies xt wt in notc 1 to ihe fin?nciol
StslemenLs and cornFAy wiln the Tr￿￿1.$ govwity Qrwmenl. the C(xnpan*s 2(KJ6. FRS 102"TYe Financral Reporbng
Standard ap￿iCable In the UK and ReputArcf Ir*Tht' ￿￿1 the Chrn SORP"AcrA)untiry and Reputing bycharibes."
Statcment of Rttcthmended Piadte apl4￿￿)le to that*És piepa[M￿ thti" att￿niS In *wrdantÉ wrth Finanu
Repo￿n¥ Siandatd appli¢a¥e in Ihe UK**J R8rwNicol Iweland IFRS 1021-.
Objedin*es and activ￿¢$
T* objects oft* Twst are set out in IFtArt(les ofAsxo8tity). Mtye ¥￿[￿1￿. It* Tnjsl spetsalist Futher
resrenlK31 (¥re and comrrunity wpport. adul.. sk Ib and a ra￿ of efiwoyrrent serri*s lakw together.
3re intended lo enatAe peO￿e wth dfficu ties and otherdISa￿ItheS to realise theirfvll wtenbal and achieve
dependertt. TfEte been nc substsnl￿eeh8rW)e in thaniable obietts dumy IF*perK￿ un(*r review.
Strakws fDrachieving 8ifflS 3ndDtypcths
r straieoy"Noihing a￿ul you 1411￿Ul ytyj" was L8un(W in 2023 outy1￿ h)w we Mll a¢h*veour Vi8ion itsi pe4)
with learning dIsa￿l￿eS. auknsm both ha¥e optx)rtunities are supp(Yted lo achieve their asprations. It
seeks to on Dur achievements *thiLst aL*) MakIr￿ the mrASt of rÈw CwirtUryt￿ al￿ ￿arThngS. Throughoutour2023-28
*rale9y periDd we VAI mqtsnue low(xk across greater knnmkn5hrearKI East RKling lo achieve our by deliver￿￿
person cenir&4 s&ryKe5 that enthle IndNidLds to developthe skills and btha¥N)urs lo live independent lives. ¢)Jr (rHin
prI￿tres through￿rt 2￿￿28 a￿..
lrywd. Ir￿￿a￿e Ihe Impact Ihataur scrvKe5 haye on tx pecylc we supptyt.
Capaclty- IrKrpase ￿pa￿ty lo delNer h1glFqu￿rtY ser￿.
SystslnaWIty- Ensure Ihe $￿trinalY.￿ty ty surwt*E to keep us strorq. and t*iro Steps to
enjure our envitonmetts. a[￿ fit for the luiutE.
Giowth. Grow the thariiy to our
pl* $etseut the Tru* ￿$th".
'Pe¢rde wlh learNThJ dfficulknes d$8bilthes K9ve we to their aspirations..
Thp Trusvs mi5510n".
'To provide 08rson ¢enir8d $8fvic8s that enatts i)dwidu* to dev4op sk•$ 8nJ t*hawouTS lo live Ind8r6nd8nt live¥.'
Trust wll do this by developinj a cu￿￿1hat wntr*d5 a"Th)thry about you wdhoul yw" approach to shaping ser¥ws
and models ofddiverywilh Input frDn kne pewe I.. SuFWts.
We Will ¢onbnJe to hohy wrselves aC￿ntable forour tycgress in ￿leyM9 ow full rKIN￿e$ throLyhinternal monitoriry
quarterfy repDrting to tJur BDaT¢ ofTtU51oBS. a5 well a&throwh thp pubhcabon of an ￿nUal rBFVI.
Public benei
When revi￿1ng Ihe Trusf5 obiecbves and aim5 arKY in planniro fulwe athviiEs. tts Trustee$ confirm that they h8ve
cornplied with relevant legi￿31￿￿ have ￿K1 due regard to gUrAn￿ Pu￿1Shed by Ihe Charty COMTh￿s1o￿. Th2 TnJ51ees
have refe￿ed to the guidance and have airr&l to sJrnrnarise the activrtEs In lfils reFOrt to demM5trate ihat they have
helpad furthÈrthtr Trus".'s aitDs and (tycbvesas above.

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A¢hiw•m¢nts and porfwm0￿*
Si9nifKantactivrt￿S and&c*ièven*ni6 agaithst 0tye¢fr￿È
folwry poges h￿hlYThI son70 oFwr ryor ¥th￿¥￿ne-ts •-d¢holkn9esduriry 9024D5. In dvIe￿pIn9 st￿l¢9Y
and acwmpanying a¢￿￿tY in anTrJal a¢c(Mfftts the trustees have ¥ver due consvJerab¢
to the Charity Commiss￿￿ for ErGlaM and Wales pubtshed guKldkies pubk"c benefft rpquIr￿nenI undpT the ChariiE5
Aci 2011 *5 %veii as tht work tarrEd txjt by Linkayt ts tonststÈni the thaT*dble KxJtwJsÈs as ￿enIthe￿ In the Ch8ril*S
Ad2011.
Irrw
What we said we Y￿uld do
We w￿1 to hdp peop￿ reach ther own PDtential atKI bea￿e io INethe best lives wsssth. To we %Yill."
devdw a ￿ltUre Ih3tembeds a-￿thiry atK>ut Without approKh across all our serv￿e5 Improve the
conststerw of oui pr8cti¢p$ 10 ertsutE ali i% effe¢fvÈ. that aro the besi they (an bè and
Ihal arbve sUP)Jt Ena14ing Ir￿1¥￿v￿[S lo
• imwove the health and wellbeing ol the pe(* ￿￿ suprth ￿ ourcdleagues.
becixne a organisati￿.
• ir)crea5e the opp(Yiunities knr acc￿￿9 purtXJ5ethJl a(thitIeS￿d err¥AwenL
buikl eftecbve partnerthips.
What we dkl thls year
In 2024125 ￿n￿age slaft d￿Nered overs00.(￿ IMyJrs of 5UPWft to pw in ourre5identsl Ixre. sup￿rted living
communty s&Nces.
We eXp￿ded wr lrfeknng ￿ar￿n9 pn)VtsK>n OVerir￿ 2￿ to young pe(¥le n our ethcation wo¥Non and W0VKI￿1 i>ver
72Ddays of 5UPPDrt perweek to pwle altetKJiry our Wowtunrties.
We fjJrther developed our Syst￿ aryj ￿￿eSseS utilr•ng P(V￿r &. to our qualty and p￿ctICe prDce58e5 real
time Informalh)ry for learning wlwmes. ThÉ efithed us -.o prwe assuvte o. ￿&stent ¢ompli$rce ￿*th reguiqlory
requiremenls. to undwstand before they t)e(¢￿ w(Wms arml lo pioathvely ¢evdop as an wganisaknw throu
shared learning.
We Ihe (yJl of NDunsh. L￿r d￿rfal Izre xlutK>n lo all service5. ￿VId1[￿j cLlleayu8s wlh up.lTrdae Infortnalvjn
relatsw 10 ￿diVidual$ th81 are SUFP)rted I￿j1￿ ng in needs. We naKe Ullised tral ume dats from Wuri$h lo c¢a
oulconE and engagernwl reports l(Y care in CtM)Ices Io ￿llOr risk and lo wwre th81 goals arKI 25FMralions ol the people
we SUPPDrt are tnel.
We furt￿tr devewd our people'wth Iiwed eKperiertt b) ¢)ur 4U8&ty team to ins*d ènd urKJert8ke audits of
our s8rvi¢es. We have ulilis8d f8edback r￿￿ed from ¢(¥nplairts ano from parenl carer lowrns lo shapa and l¥
3cIMlies in ￿nkage C￿l￿s.
We have continued lo rDake eff￿*¥8 partnBtship5 ￿th LyJf o)TP 8lrdlrypG p*Br5 Lino)kn5hwF. Easl LinOJln5h￿E
East Riding and ￿ve wotkiTwJ cosÈty wlh Ihe City of Yt¥k 10 devek* firt￿r opportunibes indvdiw the transfer of mé
Minster Provision fty (*livery ol a PMLD Servte f'thr s￿￿ber 2025 onw¥ds
We de¥￿ed a revised Curnculum Stralew and Skills for Work atKI Lrfe Straegy whK* f￿￿SeS heavily un d2veloping
*mpbyablity skills foi i&amars aryj twi8 we $wto enaLqe lh￿ 10 le*J mL*e ￿n￿ofUl and impa¢tTul livès.
Capacity
What we said we tA￿uld do
We wanl to be r￿niSed as a gre* pW¢e b) tor cdk8gues 10 kam and grrrw and devdop lo meet
the changing needs of ..he use OLr serV￿es. To do this we Will..
ltr)yer and 81 tO9eiher effethdy* Link* team.

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devdrp a highly skil￿d aJile ne￿LIe ¥¥1￿ a frKJJ5 on Ifekng ￿mi￿j.
d￿￿0Y our resourc95 u8ng a hub anQ spokgs io onaNo rnorg effic￿t rota PlaT￿l￿g. alryf￿d io thionl ￿Dd￿S
for drffew.. types CD￿p￿xibps Of$er¥￿ wny ￿aneraThI Improvpd SySkm$ 8nd
ulili58 v￿￿teerS. dedi(aliun. pass￿￿. 8ntrMJsia5rn. eX￿18￿e arvj io a differen(Y io ntxpasB thB
and scope of whai we do.
What we dKI th55 year
er the calendar year of 2025 we recruited and deVel0r￿ o¥er 157 nv•i staff Mnlh 135wc￿k1rVj diiedy with tr* people we
support and 51uden15. Our comprehen5we rduC1K￿ at¥J traIn￿g Pfoces5 enabled 33% Irf aptA￿at￿e new staff lo c(xnplele
the Care CertrfiGate and ]h￿r.eVe1 2 qJalrficalion 4*ith T'è wo[k￿g loward5 thB award.
Wa com￿*￿￿ our Agile Proit¢i aré intrcéu¢•J hub wtrking kn ￿abl& irthaswj mbility of staff so that tho mst
8PFKoprialdy sknlled staff membersupp(wls ttre appr0r￿ale ndwMlkkal.
We nave Inprovèd the thbOard￿9 rgJu¢¥ ts timè fivm Inter¥1￿ tr) startfar w Stsff nwnbors. Wg havè set up
8 we On￿rdiN swem for enable Ihem kn xcess ￿n(age aThJ tsainiry tro￿1ng us enabling Ihem
hawe a Wid¥ underst8ndirKJ ofts cumure ar￿ vahjes of (w5antsat￿ ￿1(* tr) ioinirKJ. Ille have devebped HR systems ¥rfJ
processeg kn irnprov8 the traryargncy of dala and ￿m￿lanCe ￿th IrrtJeased rev** of effedye 8bsence Monitori￿j,
digilaltsabon of p¥er re￿r￿S aTd furtherde¥eknFThenlatlhe 51apterneaver pr￿ess.
We havg TewewFd our artd io enswe full HR in linè ¢haTr)ng legislalon and h8V8
ewea G￿r curren.. offer ro siaff ty) Imwove re￿71￿ v• IrÈ oevWWWII 018 rewa￿ pa¢K84*.
What we twère not *e to achle¥e
Linkage were urk4tAe lo (*liw s(me of its FAanr*d 202Y24 ￿e b limiknj Capauly We ttad 10 pnoribse proieBts
throughc￿ ts year lo ensu￿ tkwtwe are best meetYl9 ts r￿ts dlhe pwAe wtm) Use wr Servicp.
The develownent of a WO￿Orce tAan that addressed both fulure arKI Cu￿ent n￿dS was ¥Aanned for this year bul was
el8yed. Our w4e¢i +0 review artd Feftesn arml trthn was Th)t fulty ¢cYntlÈied in y&ar ar￿ thi8 propci
rolb(l over to'.hs nexl frnancial ye¥.
Sustsinthfjty
What we sald we would do
W8 working io 8nsut8 <Jur sus1ait￿￿llty bv socuring to kB8p us and tsking sl8psto
ensure our environTents, acknvrfies and arefr. fo" tre fuibre. We ￿an1 to".
be ¥ fin8ncially strong ¢vrity, 8bk 10 ye￿￿e$l ifi our services to enmronments where people with leam
dubililies. aulisrn or both can fk)urish.
d￿e￿fy strengthery our irKOr￿e stream5 by I￿)nUir¥j to ensure the statut(xy entitlern￿t for peoFle and al our
costs 8re cove'fd th￿￿h our fees
IrKrea5e the ol sy5knns arKI pTWe￿S. itwestiTwJ in dwJla 5yslerns 501ul ons ￿ processes lo enab
Colleagues mop 8¢tive $￿p[A)rt thr(￿9h invesfrY*ni and iethrtb9y syste￿ work flows ro supwrt the lean
proc05SO5.
enhance our e￿41rO￿rnentsS0 they are er*ryy ethaenlarKI lrtfor ￿1p￿Se.
What we this year
We ￿ave continued to dwersrfy strerulhen wr stream5With new g.anl atKI IrLsI fmdiry strea￿S established Our
key project of devek)txng ￿ inrJusNe atKJ suslanable lUlU￿ f(￿t￿e 1ran5f0rrna1K￿ of the W￿lSbY Hall Estate has resulleo in
¢ainiry ¥ number of w g￿nI fundirg ar￿ trL*I strV￿S irdudiNJ ¥ >9nift8nt frem N¥t￿nal L01ery Herit89e
Fund af £3 5 milli(￿. In we received wgDTficanl funds fro￿ UKSPF NoTlh &sl Lincdnshire Radioactive Waste
Management IRVVMI TheddIe￿IKt. HurnbÈr MusÈumsPartnership. Pt£tttAle

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Lottery, Bir(*wryJd BVJ Give. Ta￿￿9 Teaching Futher. The Or3bJ Easl c￿lcoTt￿nunrtb Fund lh8 wom5(￿ FoundalTh.
invgslm•DI and str•ngthwirKJ of wr Fundra￿*￿9 Tgam ffi tho preyKbLS y•ar Saw Linkag9 b9irvJ roc￿￿1$9$ for ils
significant £chieYements tris year and %%ere awarded The Charity Tmes Award Fundraisi?g Team ot the Year f(
024 The Team successful y raised over £1 millK)n of"estrded fu￿Ing aimed al key aeVek)￿rn￿t project5 including Me
Wed$by H81 Pro *t. the develtyment of a Smai Ammal Care S*4ict. refurknshrner* of thè ma￿@th￿e eowling Gr*n
8nd ¢r8auon of a new trainiryJ eenwe. Inves1n￿l in (Ji¥er Housea regiqief•J care other key profftth weas.
We contsnu8 lo access new fundIr￿ strearn$ suth as *cess lo lundiNJ incws8d wr ffinanty81 $uslalnabilily by
ensuring thal all the peDplewho ale stalul(ryeThliUed locare receNe ap[Yw￿efU￿d1￿9 ITOM kKal aulhoritses.
We have Mnlinued to 8nwronments atKI InvF5ted heBvdy In (MNpr reg￿le[ed rare IyJTne whth
cpened in June 2025.
We also began the redeve￿￿￿ ofAbbey H￿se in Grirrw ￿due to be rw)pt*d in earfy 2026.
We h8ve wnbnued to nvest in dydal ¥yslern$ 8nd 8 Si9f¥fK*nt Inarwl up]r•Je to t￿¢v￿n¢￿)WS 11 systems.
We began rhe redevdoDment of Oa5s E￿ateS 8￿￿ling Into a v￿￿￿teer Is dL* fcf In t>ecernber 2(Y25
and de￿k)ped a new &TwII Animal ca￿ CeDtre due f(KoperMrwJ ￿ 14th January 2026.
Env ronrnentally we heve be9un 10 invesi in ekrtric ¥ehKJes the firsi ￿ e ettri¢ vehdes Join n9 (ur f*ei and h8¥e
iivested In pholovoltaic panels t￿11￿1￿9$ Sm*1 Anunal Cafe ¢sntr8 il Grimsby and 8$ of Ihe r8deY8lopmenl
ofthe Mabworpe ￿Ing Gr¢ery
What we YA*re not aAeto aC￿e¥e
Linkage wa5 unable to delNer of its ￿anned aGbTrites tor2024f25 to limit￿ wacty. We had to proieGts
through(Mrt y￿r to ¢r¢urt or¢ bost mÈ¢tr)g fv n¢ryls vg¢ wr sthi¢¢.
We undertcth 8 ￿￿eW ol our kty properte8 and had red * EPC ratiig tor each of these kYoFerties. Unlortun81Iy
re50urang resulted in the actop. ￿an..0&dresS the en￿gY efKlet￿les ha5 Jeen ￿li￿ed m the year.
Crowth
What w• sald would do
We want lo gro¥v tharty $n¢ ipcrease tie number of people who attests our seM¢s. Growtr is irnport8nl to us a$ 8
charity as Il enables us lo (k> rnore for ny)re ￿pIe It bulols up Sca￿ crynrnpyially Viab￿ il protec15 wr loDg-kn
5uslainability. We want to grow w Ser￿￿S so thatwe can ￿￿￿er more thng5 tor more reop￿ and be tre go tD' yoyidertor
YDUW and YOU￿ *tults. fami4ps In ￿1[9)e￿aliThg areas across LI￿)Inshire, Easi Flding. Ènd our
eighbouriTr] Gountie5. We wll".
build our rewtaicffl suprthing people wth learriro disabiihes a*ism to lead rrA)re bidependent Iries across all
the u)mmunities in which we th.
• reach out to larni1￿5 SCI￿15 to take our se￿￿ where and *then peoSe rieed Ihem. exp3nd opwrtunities
chIN￿ by providin9 tp(Ke 5UWXKt to day optKKknities. eduLztK)￿ and emJoyrneDt semces In mre lo￿tIOns 50 that
m¢*e people ¢8n access t￿￿)).
eXp￿d long.*rm IiViThJ ¢)PPOrtunitEs. eilher directy ty thrcwh parmers we ¥￿11 pro¥Kle a￿MM0￿all0n lo enab
people lo live Iwr lives as theywdnl.
de¥*(y more services for twe.
iKrease our offer lo 16-17 year (A<ts provKling re￿denli￿ edwation arKI lor Itrx)se tra￿￿tioning to
•YultrK)c*J and en8Yirw Ih¢8e out ￿are* b) Th*)vt b8dL iottw ts)mmurMty.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Whatwe th15 year
ID October 2024 ¥￿ Kquired the ￿￿91)￿rry O<*eryTrust. The Udiw)urne Cwtre CIC Wuebery Cornfwnity an
Enterprise Training CIC Es p3rt ol ourexpansKJn nto he Yorkshiie reg￿n and rKYbV ￿ave Ser￿￿S delwer&J In Ycrfk.
Scart>Drough and ￿￿aller.1)n This strdtegK move furth￿5 tx>lh (xganisabon5' lo wo¥iditvJ Inckjsive.
high-qualily educaliun emkloynwi pathways.
In ourcore business we ha￿ cijnbnupd loddNer the su5tainabl2 fulurp for ProJ8ct viilh RIBA
stage 4 pL4r5 del￿ered and leThlered In Ihe year.
We devdop8d a Snal An￿￿1 CaTe C￿..re based ￿ the Wee15by Hal &le aTrd Ubl￿d 1*5 wi￿l￿g as a c¥)tnmunity
en9zgernenl admty ddiverhig trdiday dubs over tre s￿m￿￿T and Cfe•iry furtsr Op[￿￿t￿nItie$ tr stLQents to undertake
work expwence in Care h(WTES th￿Ugh erwwL
Tvough wr partner5hp%%ith Bldeberry Acadpmy Tru5twe have w(xked ck>selrf the Cty Df Yotk Council have
worked to enable Ihem to devekya r• ￿l￿ter proms￿ for Pr¢fi>Jnd and MLdliple Le￿1Th9 DL%ablities thai
Qpened in September 2025
fjro¥*lh ￿ ckarfy ifflPJrtantto Trust We wecan th) i￿r￿J$ for peop* through growth we
are ab￿ to beGOtne ￿re effvieThtand SUSI￿rEt￿e.
FundraisingpTaclKes
m¢d of Ils hL%t¢ry. the Trust Tras been at* 10 rdy uwn fee from lis¥￿tI￿lES. In recent years. trtye%*r. il has
become increasingly clear thai. rf the Trust wishes to mar'.ain the t￿TSUit0f ex￿ to benefil from opptrturMli8s to
explore nevJ tnarkets and test T￿wse[VIr￿￿. it wdl need b devdop a non4ee based strearn. reason, in the
previous fnanual ypar. Il has effl￿rkeC uwn a new fU.-d[a￿ng strategy The 5trat￿Y wmarily aimslo f￿uS Dn key
eveloprn8rt ptDieGt5 indudng ary Incluswe ard sus1a1na￿e Fuiurefo" the WEd5by Hall E5tste and succeEsful i
Se￿￿mber 2C24 of reL￿Vin9 ar Jhard of rJ.i rr41kn worth o. N*￿￿31 Lottery HÈri-.4È Funding for tre redevekpmenl ofthe
estate. In total lrys year lIE'ur￿rw$lng learn •*Eved o*r£l ffli w(Kth Olfestr￿￿ve fur¥Jing fwused on key propcts
cliiding d￿￿0Pm￿tofa new Small An mal C¥e Se￿. a ne* acquirpd Setw vehde and library service
fonding for key WLiects thrwghoul year
Flnan¢l81 rovlow
Reserves pol
1118 the policy ofthe TtuslthalunTrslricted INAb￿n desi9tthd fora 5tKNJkl be t[Hintain￿l al
a levd equivaenl to belweer three and expe￿rtUre. Tl* TntsteeSiXNY￿erlkn3t re5eTve5 al￿15 level ￿11 ensure
thai. in th• &v*ni of * signif¢ani dTOP in fundin9. tsy be th to Continue T.￿.$ Currant 8¢tivthe$ Whi￿ C￿d&"¥ti0)
gr￿n w ways in whrh addit￿n81 fvnds maw be raised Thks le￿ of reserves has tyeen maintwne(IlhroughwtttE year.
InWstrn¢ntpol￿Y
TTre Trustees. Invest[r￿￿t wwers are prescri)ed ￿ the Tru51'sPxbths of As￿)uatiOn. The Tru51ees ￿e p￿T￿itted to invest
any Tnonies of the TrLJSt iThmpdvalply its PUTPDse suth Investmwrt5, S￿￿tieS0[ property as the
Man¥￿ment conYftill* shJl t￿Ink fil alltrrtd by bw. the rerthiw peritij, Itre Trust'8 invesimeni portFolio vos
managed ltingswo￿l lin assocwtk?n with J¢H.' KknageN*nt servi￿ LTh1￿1.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
T￿e Board of TtU5tees Is ullimaldy reSt￿s￿ for Risk ma￿er￿lt. The Board rewews key T15ks aTh1 Ihe adequw of
mitvJation aGIIDns un a rogular basE. A (x3[npreh￿8ly& ￿n￿al P￿￿nIng k￿d9￿ting r& apwovod by t*p BDa
whth a th0f0￿h a￿sesSmert of kpy exterDal arQ intefflal th is undertaken. The Boare alsD re￿￿e$ r￿k
Valuat￿nson any new rnapr areas Repc¥tit¥ atvj ofR15K ha5 an overh3u a I￿LES gn
Trtsstees. aFpetile for rtsk and of detsl rep¢fftd afjd considered. Ttis r*w aFvroach is designed lo enable the Board
to expres5 rfs bigh levd risk tolera￿ arNI to ntorm str3￿cCh0￿e diiectsn. Linrfage underslandsthe str0Tr9
connethion betwe8n risk rnanagetn8nl aTrJ a55Utaru thlips. FoLfn5k5 ale Gutrpnly ￿garde& as high level after
mitvjation a5 f(Ak)ws".
Risks
Mitigatio
tknjmpntpd ￿1pn￿. plan% prf4Prt8
Imp￿￿enItr?lfi n9
Funding lails to keep up wth the im￿1 of
osl IncreaEes from éxternal cirCU￿￿￿r￿&S
and political ¢h8ng81èg. pc¢l-COVID.
Brtxit. C￿1 of L vin91
Pra.adNe ￿t￿EMent CmfftunK2tson ofeh8rvJè
Cormun operly wtr, FurwYetsictymrthsswr8
8Y¢*r¢y ittr(whu* of staff reswrcss
Rewolla￿￿ ot L￿al Aknlhffj fur￿lIng IResKlentHI Carel
Use of LA Hatship Funds
on utwstainable p&knJes
WotkiTu wacbce5 to Increase effirAè
rewpw system5 re1w1reTr￿r
agBe upJa'.e prograrntne
alt-fArp. ro.SPfAJrp. and
security systems
• insurartt cover for InSurdb￿ risks
CytEr Protection I Insuv￿". enha￿ed Ihird ￿rty mnilonng
BCP
• IT Dtsaster fi￿V•y P
Depaywenra 4usMie%s Rewvery Plans
Cybw Es*nliaLsAccrgdi1al￿ (alwtyb￿ 8t￿1 ¢0 be Trkgde for CE+
IT Systems failur8. loss of tsta. Cyber
securty attacks
Work to 010. 013 8 014 *ill th8 rec￿￿￿ent
art telenti￿ ofw(xkfoTR lo enab￿ the ¢￿1Very of (x)ntraded CSL
H¢MJts.
c[￿￿L￿j fLKU5 rots rwage[t￿l D 311 CSL 3BMCFS
Regu ar morytoring ot Cap￿lty vs contraded hujrs via the R￿k and
Poienlial fnancigl unsu5tainablty of the
Community Supwrfed Living
C[￿knUed CiWJS5iDns LCC re slthg (apacity and
A9ie iiduJiTh) Hub w¢Mkirg".o c(ffitirw
Local rnanw managnj kvl SeThi￿$ lo sU[¥)(￿t better InlewatK)n
between CSL aThl Re&thitial Care su¥rE5.

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P￿$ f￿ntrO s pJl In arvj urxlaied regularfy
Uwalgd Finarcial RggulatiDn
Fina￿ nuuu5 ItWDvemeni P￿n beiny Upda￿ 8rKJ relaunched
Finave wr9e'e￿a￿￿&'￿*ts
R￿￿1￿ Pr(¥*.Accwt*anl on Fix& Term contract to review
systetn5 atKI thive itnwo%etnpnt
lnir0dbct￿ ￿reW AcwJnis Payabk swem ￿n￿sU￿M¥202fi
Lack of sy$*msand processes
PlaThs foil￿tUre petiodB
Strategic PlanrHng
*ral¢91 sytryth L5 an￿￿ by the rovfjrs Ihe pEr￿ 2023 10 2028 oD'tN)triry about y
witthut yob.. The plan oJUines ow N)urrTey for Ihe fve ys anLI sets Wt (apthy Tr￿VS wgon, rrmssion a[￿ values,
the Ihe T¢u* wdl 18k&tO 8¢ht¥e Ils Wives
Stru¢turfr, govemanu and manag￿ent
Th& Trust Is governed by a 8ts3rd of TrLsiees rTreets ethl times a yewen a we.pLHnned bas6. frequenlty il
required. In ad¢iiiM. Ikie Board has an annua strategy day ¥ThY Trustees re¢we fn8nc al and olher Jpdaies behveen board
￿￿tIngS Al Trustees give theii tne freety. frust￿ are requ red to d¢sck)se all relevant interests atKI to wil￿draW from any
deGisKins ¥thpre a cOn1￿l of inlprEsI all￿￿. rNrtK2 YA5 received of awry d￿￿e5 to T[USt￿. interests dunng ywdr.
TrÈ Tru51ees. who areaso Ihe dyectors for￿ puyofcoryary Lw4. 3Th1 durirvJ Ihe year ar￿ up to the da
of signatureol the st*.Brrents **re'.
Mr K J BatLy
Mrs E J Campbell
Mr A G)d(
Dr P K Hamaiainèn
Mr S J Halchrna
M$ T A NewtOTFBk)ws
Mrs S M Simps
Mr$ K l Trus¢y)tt
Mrs R Zobk
Profes*)r J Mii¢WI
(Awxxnw 25 Juty 2W251
IA¢w"nied 7 fknemiw 20241
(Aru¥nieO 25 March 20251
IA¢w"nied 27 t*)vÈmtw20251
Recnrilmenl and apwftÈn7entOft￿sIeeS
Sulèct tts rÈ4uirÈrnÈnts Of￿ law and Trugyg Artdèg ofAgg0(iatitin. Board je éwÈrÉd to arodnt Ag a
gmy person'wM Is williw to ￿. eithorto fill a ¢Asua v*ancy or byway ofan addibon to tho Trustèè&.
O@anisalionalstFUCtwe
ReSpon￿bil￿Y fur each aiEa L￿*v￿lY ILifehxu LfarnirN. Care Itthpwthrce and Finan￿ and Re5oyJrce31 15
dp.IP.gal￿ ln what L1rnka￿. ItrArt vrt H￿1￿.) ep.qrrihps a% a Dirprjrf. afwthm rprx)rts tn Ihp fhp.l Exprjilivp..
T* Chief Exewbve ar￿ the chred￿$ make uptr* Executive Le￿erShv Team IELTI. rep)rts regJ8rfy rcvlindy
to the Boar¢ ol Trust￿.
IAYIK*on 8nd¢rainingoNlwstees
A pwramrne of IrKI￿￿on and develop￿en-. has been aYdI￿bIe kb all Ihe Trusiees. covering ￿1 Ihe main features of Ihe
Trusfs act￿ltieS and the dJtie5 les￿￿￿bIrt1es of Tnjstees. In addith￿. m05t meetings of Board are pre￿ed by
develowÈDI sesslODS, V4herÈ wÈsentalw5 are 10 Tr￿lee$ on varous of the Trust's atli¥ilitrs and on
eveluptn8rts ￿ IhF envi￿[￿1 In whith the TtU51¢Jpwales.
T* remun*raiv)n ￿ key rn¥n*Jwntrnt P8tsffin81 1$ an annual t*g4s by the Board.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Olhsf matte.Th
LMkage Staff
ThB staff al ￿nkagO romains 115 gEatgst Th￿r ujrnnrfmenlio Ihg oducakn. (a￿ and dDvgk>pmgnt ol IndgpgndptK
8nd welfare of Ihe pp(WÈ suppoded by tr￿ Tntst has fwainec hw. Year ￿ year, the achievempnt5 of all
aff are reHecled In pw5unal targets and revewed in amual <yaw15. P￿r￿marKe against iargels built Into eath 3efYiC8'5
perating plan is also monitored routinely rewewed annualy. Duriw the un(kr review. the Tmst's Care serVI￿S
continued lo obtain co?Si5tenly high gr*s frorn Ihe Care I￿alty C(Mnrnw￿ and Ihe Linka￿ ¢￿￿ge Olsle<J rnaintairEd
s rating of Ykoj. svith outstanding elernents'in rt5 h5t
T* Trusi c¢rr￿itrff*ni 100 traiA Thj arnl e£¥ebpment is Considerable and seek5 both to enhance the quality of its work and 10
mainl8in it5 enviable market positi￿. Varw% means a￿ empk)yed to en￿re th81 stav at all lev¥s a￿1 al 911 sites •re
formed Of3￿ aNe to contribut8 to the devekv￿nts (￿currit￿ acnkss the (￿gan￿. Mandatorytsning for L￿kage siaff
achie¥& 97¢/o the year.
Allhcwh Ih8r8 is M I(￿81 bxd8 un￿n Inv¢fvemeni a knnkagtr-v￿de thisults￿n tKwJy. 8 $18YT r&pr*s8n￿1rth group ersuws
staff have a Vol￿ and assists the Executi'je Leadership Team in rts decish)n makinj. ThroughrArt the yea. this grwp
parlicularty focus8d on our agle vrt>tkng Syst￿￿5 and pr(Ke5SBS.
Disableil Persons
The Tru51'5 PDIicy 15 to give lull fair c0n5NJ￿at1O￿ to athKxbDn5 for ernploYv￿nt by <*sabled penson5. having
1¥9ard lo ￿1r particu￿r aptilL￿•S and abililtss LI$8Yed em¥oyees rec*￿ appropriate training 10 fa¢ilitaiè and •n¢our&¥
career deyeknp￿nt. Eryloyees WIM) bewe disabieG are ￿tar,ed in trwr exLsiin9 ￿￿$ possible or retrained f
suita¥Ae all￿natIve p)sts The TIUST ￿)n￿n￿2¥tO use dÈ¥eW t&<xthmrfment 10 bcks'd&£blllty symbol prcMa￿a
by the OeFkrtmwt foi W(wk arKI Pen$K￿8.
Refer￿fiSh￿ wrth w*rnerk49%*
T* Trust Is a full merter¢flhe Asso¢iaiiw OIC￿egeS Iprovidity an thmbrel4 lo" Ihe etiti￿ FE secWI, the Associatiw ft¥
Real e￿ange Iwovidiry an um1￿e1￿ overthecare seL*o-l. Ihe Britr5h Assoaat#)n fof sUpp￿d Efflplo￿ent. the Nabona
A¥soo8bw for Special Educational Needs. Itre Ass￿laJcn of SFwia&sl Further Educat￿ Col*ges, Naliw81
Coun&1 of Voluntary 0wan1sati￿￿. VolLWtary (hgatysalK)n5 015abilty Gr￿p ￿ Ihe ￿n￿￿[￿hire ￿ Hutnbprs¥18
charr1)8￿ of Commer¢tr.
Other Orga￿sa￿S which the Trustkn5 (knely the Ed￿a￿)n aKI Skn115 FurxhngAgency. lo(xl au￿10￿ty. Adurt
Social Care and Chi drens ServKes Depth￿rts. vsrious inSpecbC￿ regimes (especially (Y51&¥ and the Care Quality
Commis&onl and a nunberofwalty aSsUra￿e ￿gan￿s.
Both formaly ¥ThJ infornally, l*e TrJst cb)sety .aff￿ oYi3boWwdy *i1h a *ide rarye of other swtrice pro￿¢￿S,
Incl￿1￿ rnain51ream and speaalisl FE colw. ￿￿Ing as5Oua￿￿s. kKa autMritEs, (ther care pro¥ider5 and local
ernployer5, Mth IndIV￿￿3]lY and a wthety of professi￿ nei%*)rks.
Fund$ h&ld as custodlan tYu*
Ipcluded in creciliK balances Is £512.55512024.. £fj10.7791 ¢ve to and residents r woect of monies Pekj on th￿r
behaK in bank accounts in the Trusys name. This arr￿￿t 15 a150 inc.uded in he tyre forcash al bank in k.and M the
b8larte she&t.
Auditor
In accordanct wth company s artides. a rttdulityi wr¥xysing th81 Azets Awjit serv￿￿$ be w¥winied as 8uditor Of il*
company be pul al a G*eral Mefjling.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Dis¢lo$urgof infonnalion ts* oyditor
Each of Ihe Trustees ha5 confirmed Ihal Ihere ￿ rN) Infortnation of tlw ￿ aware Is ￿e￿ant lo Ihe audit. bul of
which Ihu aUdItr￿ unawsrB Thgy furthw confir[[￿d Ihalthgy lak&n appropriaie steps io Idonbfy such rdevanl
formalion and to est￿lsh Ihaitbe audrtrx Is aw¥e dsuch 1rthTTT*t￿tt.
Trt Twslees, repLVt was apwoved by Ihe B(wd elTrLL¥£ts.
Professor J UildWI
Truststr
17 M8y 2026
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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
The T￿Slee8, who are aso Ihe dwBctor5 of Lnwe ComThwnity Twustfor the wrkK)5e of cowpany law. are respDnTAL48 for
prEpanTh9-￿￿ Trustees. Report 2nd tr* fir￿1¢￿￿ s13..e￿￿IS n accor￿￿ wth ap￿￿12 lav4 aThJ Uniteé Kin9dom
Accounlin9 Standards lun1￿ GBneraly Accepted ACC(￿ntIng p￿11¢•).
Company requires the rtUsleES lo prepare firancial staleq*nts fr￿e￿h f￿a[Ki31 yearwthich gve a true andfair ¥￿V of
Ihe 51alp of afairs of ITe Trust arKI of the rp5CYJt¢es arvj #￿ICall￿ drÈsoLfCÈS. Indudrg irrtotnÈ and
expendiwre, of the ¢hwitabk ¢crfnpanyfor IW year.
In wep¥ing these finar¢￿1 $￿tements. th8 Tnjstees are requiieLI Io..
- select suitable ￿0Until¥j atKI then awty therTr wfjsis:enly.
-rA)SÈTVÈ IhÈ melht*Jsand In C*ati¢*S SORP."
- ￿￿kejUd￿Menl5 snd esknrnaie51FHI reasotth and prL¥J8nt". and
. yepare the financial statements rAI Ihe goro baSiS unless it is napwiwate to presume Ihat the Trusl will continue
oper8b¢n
T* TNslees are rssponsible fc* kw"rKJ adewaie ￿)J￿Ilro rect￿$ Ihai ￿￿1)Se reasrThble accuraty al any time
the financKql positon olthe TrJst znd en3￿e thern lo enKre Ihal Ihe fnanual <tstements compty *ith the Companies Acr
2006. Tney are aLs0 reswns tAe for safeguardin9 tre assets of Ine Ifu5t tte[￿ kKtaknn9 reasonatA8 Steps forth&
prEvenbon detecbon af fraud olh2r Ireg￿la￿￿e5

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT
TO THE MEIABERS OF LINKAGE COklMUNITY TRUST
lon
We have aLKJrted the fillanC￿l Slatemenls of L￿￿￿Je com[n￿ty Trust1lhe'Tru5t'l for thp yearerted 31 Augus.. 2025
cornpriso th& statBrnon" of financ￿1 actvibos. Ihg b&lancg Stat8[[￿nt0[C3Stt fiDWS and nutos tD thB financ￿1
statetnÈnts, including sgnffjrant accounting tyAKie5. The finaryaai fr¥rpw¢Mk that has been applEd In Ihpir
pr8p3ralv)n 15 law Unrfgj s￿[￿jardS. IDL4Jding Fitkino4 RBPQttsng Siandard 102 The
Finan￿al Reporting siantsrd app*￿tsIe in the UK afidReW￿ (Untec lQry(k)m GenerallyAccepled AccDuntirvJ
pr*￿e).
In ￿r0E￿￿K￿, the StalP￿￿ts".
give a true and fair vi&Y ol the state ot ￿ett￿ritaL￿e ujrnpanls atrdirs as * 31 August 2D25 and of its InLxJrning
re50urtEs and re￿)ur(￿ Inthditwj 15 I￿Aj[ne Èwervjtuie, frwthe year ￿en£￿ed,.
have tr￿en prepaTgJ in acco[dan￿￿11h ￿NAdoM Gpt*Talfyf A(wted AuyJunlvvJ PractTr."
have been in aGuwdarKxwith the requrementsof the COrnPan￿ Act 2￿￿.
Basi5 fDropinion
We rxJndu¢iÈd aud¢ In accord*￿ wth In￿rr￿tKI￿aIS18￿a1tts ￿ Audthfvj IUKI IISA¥ {UKII apphcable law. Ouf
1È8FxxNblib&S md8r those siaTrlards *e further de￿ribed in trye Al￿110rs￿¥￿￿&lwh￿s forthe&uthtoflhe financ181
SlalFmtrnls *dJon 0f￿r rep¢wt. WF artr I￿￿￿e*)￿nI ollhe Trust ￿ a¢￿T￿arth wth the elhiral reouiremnis Ihal ar8
relevant t¢ wr aLKlit of fina￿101 stareThEnts in the UK. indudinglts FRC'S Elhral Slandard. and we have fuylled wr
other eLry& ￿SponsIbl111￿S in 3ccorda￿e wth these requi'ements. We b￿￿¥￿ thal the audit widen￿ we haveoblain&J Is
sufficient arKJ appropria'.e to provide 3 basB lo". ourop.twn.
Conclusions ￿lating to goin9 ￿nCern
lft èudrtiDg IhB financial siaietnÈDts. wp havÈ c¢￿t￿ldedthèt ihe TntsteÈs' bse of the bass£rfatwunting in the
prEpara1￿￿ ol the [￿a￿al siaiwTr8nls r6 app￿￿818.
Based on'.FE waTk we have perfoirTred. we ha¥e ￿e￿Ithe￿ naleri4 UTr￿rta￿..￿S [￿ati￿ to events or conditi￿5 that.
diwdualy or cdlectivdy, Thay cast SW3n1r￿n1 doubl on the Trust's to o￿tinUe as a g(m￿ concern for a period of al
leastlwdveThontrsfiorn when Ihe financial slaterrHts ate auth0ri5ed lor Issue.
r reSpOn￿bill￿e5 ar￿ the resrx)rtybiliknes olthe Trustee$4%ilh resw lo c<wm ￿e descriw in Ihe re*¥ant
sections d this rep(wt.
Olh•r Infomi8ll•n
T* other Irrforrnal￿n QJTDprises inforrnalKJn IrKIL￿￿ in the anrwjal rppjqolher than the fi[wG￿l staiemBnts and Dur
sudilorfs repcrt Iheyeon. The Tru￿eS are resrA)n￿￿Ie fu the otrÈr Infam￿1￿ cu)taAied within the annual report Our
opiniw on the finanoal slaleynents does not Coverthe other rf(Hrvbon and. excepl lo the exlwl otrewse eXplic￿Y stalg¢
our report. we dD not expre55 any fonn of a55uiaice co[￿u5 an tttetECfft. OLf tes￿nSibl1ty is to read the olher infotrnati(
and, in doing so, ConS￿erWhelhe[ tre other1if0rrTra￿ matenal i i￿()￿Stent wth Ihe f nancxal statements or our
know￿￿9* obiaithd In Imv￿r$8 ofthB audiL c￿￿tr*%￿Se 41)F8ts lo be mat￿81￿ misstsiBa. Ifwt id8niify Such maltrriai
iiconwsien•es ￿ app￿1 tr*Lenal mBstaiw(erits. we ¥e wuyed ￿ ¢erenThne fftltter IhL4 gi¥es rise ￿ a matsri
mis51atenEnt In the finaFKial stalernents ttrwnselves 11. based on tre work ￿ have p¥fatmed. we c￿￿de that th¥e is
tnalenal t4isslatetn9nt ofthis o'thei mfiwmalw. we a￿ required lo report Ihal fact
We hav& ndhiry ￿ rerK)rt In ths W.
nl¢)n$ on other maners pres¢rlbed by ts Conwnles A¢t2006
lry our0￿￿￿￿). based rm thtr wo'k ufhyertaken In tre oftsji ￿dit
Ihe informab.on 9ven In the Trustees, rewwt f<Y the fnarDal Ihe f￿er￿al stalwents 8￿ prepgreil, whrh
includes the direGtor5' re￿ prepared fDr the pUl￿se5 of kw. Is con95tent ￿nth kne financial state￿ents. and
Ihe drectors. reFX)rt Inckjthlwthin kne Tnjstees. reFKKt has prppared In accorda[￿ with aP￿icat￿e ￿gaI
regul￿rn￿nIs.
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEIABERS OF LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
Ma¢¢ers ¢)n which w ar¢ to ropwt by $x¢eplion
Ip the IvJhl of the knowedge and ￿￿e[st￿￿1￿ o'the Twsl atKJ its en￿[￿r￿ent otkn￿ed In thp a)ur6e ofthe a￿11. ￿￿ ha¥e
OL idBntifiBd maEBrial rnrastatgrnents ￿ thg argctots. inEludgd wthin IhB T￿￿1￿5. t
We have nfthin9 to report In respect oftt*￿￿￿ThY mattws in iel*•)n c¢mnr￿rneS Act 2￿6 wuires us to
r8port lo ytyJ If. in our winw)n-.
adequate recJ)rd5 have rh)tbeen kept. ty reLYn$*JeqL48te aL¥Iit have ￿(beeTh received from
branches not visite(I by us.
the f￿anC￿al state￿ents are ￿1 in agr￿rnent ¥thlhe ￿J￿hr￿j reuKds rettIn￿". or
rtan discknsures of trJStees' rerNnelatN￿ specfied by La¥Yare not m*." or
we heve n(rt ieceNed ali Iheinf(*matth and e*p*aiiws * r84uirÈ Ir*ouraudit."
Ihe Trus'.ees were not entitsed to prepare Ihe finatLial staiernents in a(Y￿lar￿ With the STnaIlct>￿pa￿￿S tEgim8 and
takp i(jvAntA￿. nf fhp. %mall (XjrnWS￿. PXPrnNk￿q wl P[PpAri￿ thp. Trti4tpK' rptKJrtand frt)m thp. rpniiirpmp.nr i
ewe 8 strateg¢ repo
R88ponwbliti68 Of Trust••s
AS exlainod mc*e ful y If'.he st¥i•wl ofTrusle8s' reSp￿ts￿￿$. ￿ Trustees. ar& also the dw8thrs TA*tfor
the purpose of coTpary Ldw. a￿ res￿S￿e the weparat￿ of the fnanua ststements and for beinq satisfied that Ihev
oive a lyue and f¥ r VEW. and ￿￿￿jCh inlema eonl'd as the TruS=ees detefTrl￿ Is r￿(￿$sary to enaNe the prvr8Th￿j of
finanaal Stat￿￿entS that are free fri)m fflatei￿ m s5tatemenl. Whet-￿ due ts fra￿ or eircf. In prepanrvJ financial
sLatements, ihe Trustee5 are Tesp0w￿P for assessing th2 T￿￿1.5 lo continue as ag￿ng (X)￿￿[￿. disclosing. as
8ppli¢abÈ, matters rd¥ted lo gfyn9 ¢tyKem 8fKJ usi19 9tyr¥ ctycern basts ¢f8ccoJntf9 urless IFe Tru*ees ether
bite￿ to IIquKlale the dwntable ctynpany orto ceaseopwatws. have Th) •lemabve bul b Ik> so.
AurJit17r's vpspoThsibil*iqs foTthE auditof t1￿ financial 8lalqn
(hJrobiecti¥es are lo obtain [eas(￿aL￿e aSsUw￿ at￿￿￿e[the￿[WlCK￿ statements as a wh(Ae afe free fvom material
missiaterreni, whelherdue-.o Iraud oi err(*. and Io is￿* 8n 8Ltitorfs repM 1481 if￿￿e5 cur opi*ion Reasonab* assur¥n
P3 a high levgl ofasswdnce but ts not 3 gu¥￿188 that ￿ a￿￿11 accorda￿e vAth ISAS IUKI wll al4¥ays delgct 2
material miSStstemÈnt when It exists. Missta*mentsean arse triTh Ira￿ oreiror and are Crjnside￿d rnaterial if, individually
or In aggregate. thEy cwld re15(ww￿Y be eX￿te(l tr> •ifiW￿ ec(wThc ¢eTrsior6 oftysers taken on basis of
these financial slatetnents.
A furtherdescrprion ofow reS￿)nSI￿Al￿es is wailable on the Finan¢x* Rewthg C(xJrrtxl's Web￿le at".
https.'I1¥￿y¥¥frC try.u￿,4udrt[￿spWtmlI1Ie9 This dewptKm for￿￿ Dfow auditi￿$ report.
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEIABERS OF LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
Extent to *thlch the audiiwas consldpred capable of detecting irrylarit*s, ￿clud￿9 fraud
1ry8gub,Ib8s. including fraud. 81$ oln(MFc(Mnrl arKe w'th 8TrJ reau￿110ns. Y4e desw3n pr￿ed￿r•S in line
our re5POnSt)il￿e$. ouliDed above 3nO on th• Financ￿ RepotLDg Cou￿1.5 websrte. lodelecl materHI misstaler￿nls In
spect of Irregul*￿S. In￿L￿1r￿ traud.
We otA8W) aKJ Upda￿ our mdetsknding dtheentity. its admbes. ts cts)bol Ènwronn*nt. *d Iiktlyfu￿rQ dèvtrbwents.
kicluding in relatiw to Ihe kgal ar￿ regLlat¢ry framknrpK appl¢*lÈ aid how Ihe entity Is ¢￿p￿"r￿j With thai framewcrt.
Based on".hs understandiw, we ￿￿tsfy atKlasse5s of rTbatenal Th￿ter￿ent oflhe fin￿c￿ staletn8nts. whether
due lo fraud or error. deS￿n and ￿rfOrni I￿(￿e￿reS reswnsp4e to those risk5. and obt￿n aLdit evi[Sen￿ that 15
suffic￿￿1 arxj appropna".e to prowde a bass f0rouropin￿n. Th￿ c￿sIderat¥￿ oflhe ofacts by the entity that
wet8 cont￿Y IQ *FdK3ble L*vs and rwjlalions. rtaud.
Ir reswnselo the n5k of ￿regU￿1￿ arnl with *¥Ys arKI reguw1￿. fraud we
prO￿dureS indthed.
Enquiry of mana9ewi are.hose C￿rge￿ witr govwn8rtt8roun¢J acbJal and py.enti8l S1i9ation and ct8ims as wel
as actual. susp¢¢W and alleged Iwd..
Reviewng Frinthes of Meethr￿S ofUkKe charged wth 9)VeM￿￿..
Assessry Ihe exlenl ofc(MThpliantr *rth the cor6thfed lo ha¥e a 01￿ct rnateri81 effecl w the
Ih?arrAal statern2nts orlhe operabOr￿ of the entty thr￿gh eDquiT atKI InsJeo*on".
Pev18wing fina￿￿al *aiemeth disd0gJ￿S and *sting 10 >JAx*1iry drxJJ￿entstsm ￿ assess Xxy￿18nce with
8prlic8ble 18v4sand regul811￿$..
• Performing audrtvffjrk o¥erthe rtsk 0fM￿agernent bias and 0￿rIde otaxttrols, i￿￿lI¥j testh?g ofiournal entries
and DlhEI adju51Dier-'.5 fDI appiopiialeTW5. Eva￿1 lig ifE bu￿nESS ial ￿ale ul 5vJii f￿￿]￿)l t'ari5￿11￿1&0￿i￿d￿ UI
t￿)r￿al cOu￿e of business accwnaTrg eSth￿￿tes for I￿￿￿t0[S ofw*ntial txas.
Because of inrrert limit•iors of an audi-. i8 a risk tr8t we Wil deted all irregulantE& In¢ uding those k8dingro
a material nN5St31emenl n the final￿la1 5tatemeits or n(TrCOm￿I3[￿e With re￿￿t￿)n. Trys"Isk increase5 the fflore that
cornpliancg with a or T9gu￿tiOn ￿ retrK>vod frarn trgavgnis andtransaction8 roflgctod in franLial statomgnts. as w
wil be Ipss h'kely to L*cornp a¥Ydre of instanrAs of n¢mFrAwnp1an￿. The risk d tK>l detecting a malenHJ In￿sta￿ent
t8sulling frcTh fIaL￿ 15 higher thanfor resulting frL¥n Brr(r. a5fraud may ivwlve fory￿. inlenliunal L￿￿￿5￿)￿5.
misrepresentstims. Ihe owerride of inwnal contrrl.
U&6 ofour rowt
T￿5 rep(Kt 15 madp to Ihp Gharitable uynpaTrys rrETrkn. a5a Imxty. in ￿￿￿arK￿￿t￿ Chaptw 3 of Part 16 oflh2
CoTnp3niesAcl 2006. Ou. ajditwo'k has bpen Ur￿￿taken so l-al we rnight state lothe cha"rtab￿ coryany s meTnbers
those tnaller5 we atE 'equit8d 10 stace io Ihetn In an a￿j1￿[S repDrtand f(r noolw wrp058. To thB fullest Ferrnitted
by Law. we do not aC￿￿t or assJrne re¥)￿)lIty..0aWne other than tte ￿n[a￿e t￿panY and Ihe charitstr￿ coryany s
￿￿￿bErS as a kndy. fLY Lxjr 3￿rt th, forlhs reFxML orfcrthe o￿n￿)n5 we have f(Krwl.
Mr Mark Jackson FCA DChA {S£n￿r Slalutory Auditor)
For and on behall ol Azet5 Audit ServKe4 StalutoryAuditor
Accountants
W8slpoinl
Lyrth W(x)d
Peterborou9h
Caff&ndged)re
PE2 6FZ
29 May 2026
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITUREACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGLIST 2025
Tokni Unrnstri¢tsd Rgstri¢tod
lunds
funds
2Q24
2024
Total
2025
2025
2025
Notes
In¢gmo endovmients from..
Donations and legacEs
charIab￿ ¥tyvibes
Othe. tradiTrJ actiiibes
Investments
Othor Inc[￿￿@
1677PO
23.752.455
1.4￿.059
1.592.829
YJ.152.455
31.5
20.564.670
30.749
12.333
55.028
1.046,412
1.077.*2
20.564.670
30.749
12.333
S5.￿28
$4.883
54.883
Totsl Income
23.975.308
1.425.059 25.41K).361
20.694.330
1.046.412 21.740.T42
Exppnditurn on..
Raising funds
charIab￿ Kbvrfoes
' expe"dilure
247207
247.207
610.014 rJ.497.4BO
I35.<￿)
53.85S
20.226.512
133.0001
827,173
Bal.￿￿8
20.226.512
133.lJ)01
22.887.466
135.Cd)01
13
Total •xponthturè
22.852.466
857.221
fJ.709.667
20,247.367
827,173 21,074.540
Net gain￿[1*¥$￿sI on
Investments
14
IS2.640
152.640
263.147
263.147
Net incDmÈ
1.275.482
7.838
1.843.320
710.110
219,239
929.349
Transfer3 b8tween futwJ5
I91.￿}
91,966
Other re¢ogni5ed gains
and Ios5es'.
Revalualionof langib
fixed asseis
ActLprial kn88e8 on
dehned benefit pen5K)n
hernps
876.649
876.649
14.5L1.8911
14,$41.8911
135.LYJO}
I35.0￿)
I163.(￿)
1163.(KlOI
N8t mov8n*nt In lunds
2.111131
1.638 2.684.969
14.OB6.T471
311,205
13,7T5.5421
Reeonc1lla￿aTh of fvnds..
Fund balarKes at 1 Sepknber
2024
19.349 254
602.814 19.952.
23.436.W1
291,609 23.727.610
Fund balance5 at 31 Auyusi
2025
21.466.3&S
1.170.652 22,637.037
19,349.254
602,814
19.952.(￿8
T* statsfflenl o1finar￿al aGtMlies inGhJdes all gains* k>￿e5 in Ihe ￿[. irvx¥nB expertrtufp derive
fr(Kn continuiry act￿11￿.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
ASA T31 AUGUST20?5
2025
2024
Fixed Bssel¥
Goodwill
Tangible assets
InvesltneTr15
16
17
18
205.873
18.023.659
2.5CS.327
16,346.119
2.656.687
20.736.859
19.002.806
Curr•nt ass•ts
Debtot5
C8sh 81 bar* and 17 h•
19
3.703.429
2.512.876
2.856.251
1.412,134
6.276.305
4.266.385
CrfrdltOV5.' arnoLwtsfalling within one
year
21
14.128.1271
13.069.123)
Met currentassets
2.148.IT8
1.199.262
Totsl a888ts1o88 ¢urront li8bilit*¥
22.887.037
20.202.(
Creditors.. 3moLmtsfallin9 the after more
than ono yèar
I2￿.0￿)
1250.(X)01
Defined benefrt pension liabilty
Net asgets
22,637.037
19.952.
lund$ Of1￿ Trust
Restricted it￿0￿e fun
u￿reStr￿d funds
25
.170,652
21.466.385
602,814
19.349.254
22 637.OJ7
19.952.(68
The financ*1 ststerr*nts Y￿e apwoved by trt Trusteesw IP May2￿26
Professor J Miicwl
Trusts&
Co￿8nY regisir¥bcrt rwn*er01240377 IEngL8nd Vl*sl
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BALANCE SHEET- CHARrrY ONLY
ASA T31 AUGUST20?5
2025
2024
Fixed Bssels
langible assets
Investments
17
18
17.749.$89
3.195.886
16.346.119
2.656.687
20.945.475
19.002.￿6
C￿￿Ent assets
Debto
Cash at barth and
19
3,873.451
2.140.516
2.856251
1.412.134
6.013.967
4.268.385
CredltOV5'. amoLWtsfalllng the ￿thin one
yFar
21
13.Q49.0SBI
13,06g.1231
Net Cur￿￿ta￿Sets
2,W.g)9
1.199.262
Totsi ass￿ less cuYrent118blltl*s
23.D10.384
20.202.th8
¢reditors'. amowts tslling thje aft¢r more
Ihan yèar
129).0fj01
1250.th)01
Derinea peny)n IiaDilrt¥
24
NBt
22.760.384
19.952.
knnds Oft￿ Tru*
Restricted Ir￿orne
Vnrestricled fuYd5
25
.170.652
21.589,732
602.814
19.349.2S4
22.760.384
19.952.
The finanGEI ststetnpnts wefe by tsÈTru5teeson 17 May2026
PTofBssor J Mitthdi
Trustsè
Co￿anY registraticAI ￿mber01240J77 IEngL4nd waes)
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
2025
2024
Cash flowsfrom ope￿￿fig act￿ltIeS
31
1,995.466
1.395.043
Invèsting aCtiviiio8
PLJr¢hase of tangl￿e asset
Proceeds from disposa ￿￿91t￿e r￿ed ass
724.3731
Ibg,8481
Purchase of sub51dkiriES
Procpeds from disp05¥ ofother 1twestr￿Prts
In¥o5tment w)me reGFi¥¢(J
1465.4341
12.333
Net ¢a$h u$4d Inv4sting oCtl¥ltlgs
1834.724}
Financing activities
Repaytnentof Dank loans
IT66.6791
Not cash used in financing acti￿tieS
1766.6791
Net increase in Gash Cash e4uNalent5
1.1EiI.742
550.849
Cash Gash Bquivalents at twinning ofy
1,412.134
861.285
Cash and ¢ash •4u1V￿*rts * and ofy
2.572.876
1.412.134
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
A￿￿￿￿tIng pol￿185
Charity inlormBtiDn
Linkage ConNYunily Try￿1 Ba Pnvale (xmnpany limited by g￿rantee irK(Kwaled in Eng18n¢ aid W¥es. The
rtyistered offKX IS ToYTr￿￿ Hall. ma￿ R(Hd. T(ytkn Al Saints. ¥¥"tsty. L1[K￿nshI￿. PE23 SAE. United
1.1 Accounting conveThtio
The finan¢ial s-.*ements h8Itr in a¢¢r*darte th the Trtsi's g)¥erMg dwwt. the Companies Atl
2006. FRS 102"The Fin8n¢81 Repybrg S￿darl aKWKable in the UK aThJ Rewblic d Irela￿. and ltrt Chanlts
SORP-Accounling and ReForknng by Cian1￿&". Statement d qecx)Thnerded Pl￿t￿e appI￿ab￿ to chanties pr8panny
r ac(x)un15 in a￿￿'dan￿ wth the Fin3Tth RE[￿tr9 S￿ard ap￿rable in thp UK and Rep￿￿ ofI￿and IFRS
1021. The Tr￿1 i8 8 PutA¢ B￿e￿rt Enuty as defirto by FRS 102.
The financial sAleTnents are prep3red n s￿1r¥j. vknich is Ihp funct￿al curTewallhe Trust. Kknetary in
Ihesefinanckil sk'.ernen'.5 &e riJut*ed to the t￿reSt £.
The fin8rLi81 h8¥e been wep*ed uNJerit* his￿(4 co*. The acwunbn9 rdicyds 8Jopied are
sel cwt below.
1.2 Golng ¢Ortem
Al the Iirne of appro￿￿ Ihefinanrial st31ements. the TrusteES have a reasonab￿ exp￿tstion tral the Tnsl has
adequate reSoUr￿S to continue In ￿rat￿n31 existen￿ tor fOreSee￿ie future. Thus the Trustees t(rtnue io
3doptthe wing ￿ncern b￿5 0f￿n￿[￿j in prwrirvJ fina￿al stat￿￿￿.
1.3 Charflabl• fund5
Unrestri¢led fJnds are avwlatle fcrf use at di%Crem￿ of the Tr￿lee$ In futherartt oftheir tharitsbk cbiectNe*
ReslrLled funds ¥e su*ecttD specffto)Tr*￿ns by dor￿￿ or gr￿tar5 as to hc￿theY may be used. The ￿rPoseS
3nd use5 oflh8 restritsd fwK15 ate seiout in r￿teSt0 Ihp f￿an￿al staknents.
ErVJow￿￿nlIU￿ts are sut*E Iu speats CO￿rtM￿ tythnors ihatlhE Gapoal Thust b& by th8 Trust.
1.4 IncorTre
Is re¢owised the Trust is leg81ty wtilled 10 il aft8f any perttrff4n¢e Co￿1￿¢￿)$ have been mel. the
i[IwiILs LJ¥'Tiwtsur¥Q (¥li¥Dty. aiKI il i¥ pr￿￿￿$
ca￿ d(￿atirns are re￿wiSed on recept. Qther<*Jralx￿s we rwwised i>rKe ￿ Trust has b*n notified of the
donaton. unless perfLYmarKe condibc4￿ requwp oltre a￿vaU￿l Inc0￿e tax recoverab￿ in relati￿ to dDnakns
receNed under fyft ofcoweiont is re¢wised aithetimÈ¢lthetknaiKffi.
Legaues are recogniseAI on receipt or Il the Tru51 has b2en noblied (* an 1rnpendlt￿ distritXJUDn. Ihe amount
is knr￿n. ar￿ rt¢eipt i% exkWed. ttlhÈ amJnl.$r¥Jt krwywn. the iegxry i% Ireaied as a rJ)nti￿èftt 8ssei.
19-

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accounting pol￿•e$
Icontinuedl
.5 Expernditure
Ixpendilure Is r&ognised 1￿Ce1here 15a legal or(ThstTwXwe oblvJabonto tratthecA)nomic benefrttoa third party, rt
1$ wth¥bl& thai a ItanSf*rof￿rth￿ bènafiis ba required ifi str1ty8ff￿I. tho amounl of tnè obiKJaiion Can t
meagjred ￿ly￿blY.
EXpFndltu￿ i¥ das5ifpU by xtyvity. Ttrp (x* x*vtyare tn* ￿P01t1&P ofdirertwsts at¥J 5hare(I rosls.
including suptx)rt(x)sts involved in urKlprtaking eath thty. Dve(* a)5ts at1[*xrtab￿ to a athvity are allocated
direciiy 10 that admty. Shaw costs C￿tri)Jte to mNe than one *iVity 8nd ?uprotf>)sis vJhK* è¢ not
allribblabk to ¥ a¢tM'.y ar& apr*)liwthJ betw Ilw *iviJ&s omsisiwl vJlh lie useof r8sourc*8
Central stsff costs are akncated OTh the b￿S of'Lime S￿t. a￿1 de[￿￿￿*￿ tharges are ￿￿cated on pOrt￿n c>fthe
assw.'s use.
1.6 Intsn&*blo fixed assets- good￿11
Good5¥111 represents lh8 &xtstss ￿ the olaty4uisikn) ￿ U￿¢0￿N￿a￿d twsp)&sses overthe fatr va￿0 ol net assets
acquired_ 11 Is 1nil131ty recognised as anasser at c￿1 and s SLbseGuenl} ￿*3s￿ed al cost less accumulated
3rnottisalion and accumulated I[nw[r￿enl kwe5. GtKXt•￿II shal be col￿ered to TB¥e a finite ￿SefUl lrfe, arx1 shall b2
arnotti5ed ￿ a 5y5ternatic ba515 ovErits lile.
1.7 Tangibk fixed assets
Tarwibk fix￿ assai$ inthaly m6asured at COSLand sUt￿U￿nuym@a*jred att¢8t orvaluabon, n&efdew8oalion
and any impairwit losses.
Depr¥lai￿ ps recognEed 50 as ¢0 W￿1¢e off the cosl ￿ valthbtyi ol assets ￿ ￿lf regdual values ovw ttsir useful
live5 on'.he followiw bases..
and IBaSeho￿j prop8rty
o¥w the twm
Leasethkl Improvements r￿d move3￿& b￿kIll9S cwer1&96e term and 10 b*ars
l eqJpnEnl
F￿lureS arm1 fitt￿95
Computers
MotorvchKacs
straight hre Over 5 yeafs
straighl over 5 years
stra ght over 3 years
slraight ovcr 4 yeaTS
The ￿1n or loss arising on the disFK>sal of an asset L%determi￿d as thedlIfere￿e betsEen sale proce￿IS and Ihe
cairyn9 value ofthe asset. ar￿ is re¢(wtsel in trt stsienwoffiwts¥ acbvrbes.
Free￿11 Property 18 not (Jeprecaled on lh8 9fouT*301irnma'.eri*ity. Freehdd p￿ertY 18 8ubj.ect to re9ular
rrainienance and repair surh thal in tre Tru51ees ￿rIOn l-e ￿PAdual value ts nol rnaterialty drfterenttrorn the value
Ihe f￿anual 5tatefflents arKt has a k>￿ U5ehJl ￿Nb￿￿lIfe. The Tnjstees ￿￿e[the need for ifflpaitrTWant at each
period end.
A r9vbiwfor impainn9nlofa f￿•￿ ass41 Iscarried out rf•v•nts or charyes m ￿eUmS1arK8S IndThtg that carwrvj
alueofany fixed asset may Mt be recoverat4e.S￿WtrallS teTr¥een carrwrvJ Value crf[￿ed asses and thar
recup_rgble a￿￿ts are reL￿nis￿ as iryaitments I￿p￿rn￿nI kjsses a￿ recognised In the StalW￿ent of f￿an(￿81
actmbes
1.ts Flxèd ass•t Inv•stm•nts
Fixed asset InveslmÈntsare Inthally mÈasur& at transathn ryice exdudin9 trnnsacknn eost4and are SLtsequentty
meawred atfairvalue al e¥h retsortiTh3 dale. in fail vJue are twnEed in nel ￿￿￿E￿(expend￿u[0I lortrE
ye3r. Tran5&tion costs are expe[￿ as Incurrpd.

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accounting pol￿•e$
Icontinuedl
.9 Impawment of fL*ed •s8ets
Al e3ch report￿9 end dale, the Trust reviews the (xtTriry arrK￿nts of itstarv•ble and IntarvJiNe assets lodetertnine
whalh*r Inoro is any Indtsith Ihal IfN)se 8SSab $LtW an i￿valTMent h)ss. Ifany $uth Ind￿tion trxists, tha
reCOvera￿e amcuntoflheasset is esDmaied in Or￿10 dewmine tr* exteri of the IrrpairmeN k)ss lil anKI.
1.10 Cash cash equfvaler
Cash rash ewivalents Indude rash in hand. atrall wlh baf*s. olhei short-term IiquKI Investrnents
wilh ongntl mafvril￿S tsftryeè nKthsor ￿. bank ovBrdtafts. Bar* overdrafts trtr ¥Alhin Imowings In
1.11 Flnan¢lal h￿rumonI$
The Trust has elerted to a￿￿Y the prDMsions of &cbon 11 '8asic FinanLyal kn5truments' S8ction 12'0th8r
Financ￿1 InstrunTents Lssues. of FRS 102 10 ¥1 of ts
Financial instruThnts are rwised in the Tr￿'S balarKe sheetkn the TnJ5t bec0[r￿ paty to the rA>ntr*ual
proV￿￿rIS of Ihe inst[u￿ent
Financial assw$8nd ￿¥billI￿a* offsec. Trhith the aft￿nts kY8seni8d thi Ihe fina￿1 staieN**ts. when Ihere Is 8
I￿31￿ enIor￿atIe nght lo set off Ihe recOgn￿ed 3mounts there is an Intenticr io setNe on a net basis orto reali4e
Ihe asset and settle the Iiablty Swnuttaneo￿ty.
Baslc fjnanclal assets
B8sK financial assets. i￿ll￿ deblcrfs (*h bank balances. are inth8lly n*8$u￿ * tr8ns8Cth)n pKe
Including Ir¥ns8d(ai costs and are sulwvwUyf*rri8d at anths8d c(6t eff8¢l￿e Intere￿ melifyJ unless
Ihe arraryernwtconslitute5a fiyanong tr￿5￿1￿. VIt￿e Ih& transacknn is rneasured at thp wesen.. value otthe
futurè fÈcèipts dist￿nt￿￿ a a markèt taté of intwÈgt. FIr￿￿ts1 a#sÈts d2gsifi&d agrte￿V#b￿ within onè war arè not
amotbs8d.
Baslc financlal Ilabllllks
Bas￿ financkql ligbiithes. ir¢luliThJ credilcrfs ¥rd bard( knans ¥re initkglly re¢ogThsed at rr8nsa¢ticJn rrrice unl>ss the
arrarvJemenl ¢￿$bI￿les¥ fina￿r0 tr*WCtM￿. V&there Ihe dgbl instrumwl measured al Ihg pre$wl v8Ju8 of Ihg
ful￿re pay￿￿nts￿l$¢O￿nted ala marka ratr of inieresL Finaroal Ikthlities classified as payabè wrthin yew are noi
arnortised.
Debl Instwmnts we subse4wiity carwd aiamcdsed cosi. usirKJ tr*effeciNe loieiw raie rr￿.
Trade cr8diltr$ 8re O￿l9at￿)nS lo pay fN g¢￿￿$0rseIyKes tsl have tyeen awuir8¢ tydinary ¢J)urse of
operaions frorn suppliers. Arnounts p￿lab￿ are c￿lled ascwrern ithities It &)ment is due within one yearor le5S.
If not, thÈy arp pre$enid as n¢)tFCUtrent l ab4itÈS. T*e IXÈCitory are rwntsed Inrtialty ai tra)saction and
subsequenlty rDeasured al 3trKrtwJ tYJ5t tre effFthe iYlBresi t[￿1
Financ￿1 lthilitses are deretagnised Tr￿.5 Contr￿ obtgaknons expire Or3￿ distharg&l or can￿llEd.
1.12 Employee benefits
The cost of any unused entiU8rnert Is rBcryJnisod in petKwJ Ihe eWDyeesser¥ic8sa* received.
Tem)y￿￿o ￿neffits 8re wni*d 1)Th￿dia￿ly*San expense tre Tru* séemty)str8Lty committed 10
terrninate ts enTdoyn78nl d an ￿ph)Tr￿e Lyto pThide lemiliat￿ b8￿mS.
21

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accounting pol￿•e$
Icontinuedl
.13 R•tlr•ment benefits
PaytTErf.5 ID defned c(thtxthn rEtire￿ent bet￿ xherTESare d￿rge0 as an eXppr￿e as ltrpyfall due.
Cr6tfical accounllng es￿M*S and 1th1￿ments
lil ihy ￿p￿1¢all00 ul Ilw Tru¥i's acrountyry kKIKit95. Ihv TnJs1￿ ai¥ rw4uir* loi Thk*vjutsiDFnis. ¥S￿l￿al￿ aiid
assumplK)ns a￿utthe carrying amoUrtofass￿S and l atm Iiies thal are r￿t reathly apparen-_ from ￿her ￿rCes.
estynates arKI assocK4led ￿￿rDPtK)n5￿E based on h¢storic￿ e￿ie￿ and otherfactots that are (x)nsthred to be
rdevanl Aciual rewN5 tnaydrffer [￿T￿th￿SeeS1i[n
The 05bmatgs and uThYgrlwry a6swnptws we rgvwyed on 3n bgsis. to accountsry eshmgts£ gre
rewgnised in perio¢ ill ¥Jhi¢i the e$bTr￿le 6 r¢￿Se0 rev6on aff￿t$ only Ihal pwiohy. or in the period
the revi%K)n a￿"uture pe[￿S Whe￿ the revision affects tx>ltr curyenl atxl future periods.
Come from donatlon8 arKI legacies
Unrestri¢tod Restrict
Total UnrtStrl¢ted Rèstrf¢￿d
funds
funds
2024
2024
Total
2025
2025
2025
DOnat￿nS and gi15
Legaues
Grants
51.946
51.946
1'5.824
1.425.059
31.55D
35.936
15.824
1,4￿.059
1.042,026
1.C42.026
167.TlO
1.425.059
1.592.829
31.55D
1.046.412
1.077.*2

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
corne from donations and lepcies
Icontinuedl
Talal Unr05trithd
funds
202
RpGtrict•d
Total
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
Grant$
Nab?nal Lottery Heritage
Fund- Hall Pro*ct
217.41
217.4
279,927
279.￿7
Lin¢s County CtyJntil- CSL
Innovat￿￿ Fund
Department for EdLtaits)
Bi9 Lonery Fund
H￿1￿1¢ Houses Found8tA
222,076
212,793
58,376
222.076
212.793
58.376
231.371
42.146
231.3T1
42.146
50.fy)0
Lincs County COUr￿j1-
Digita Care Plathng
System
TrAkiEn Tru51
East Riding of Yorkstrmr
Councl- Dwital Care
Planr¥ng Systptn
Education & Traini
F￿ndatrin
Pilgrim Tru51
The National Lottery
Commun ty Fund
Poslcode Lottery
UKSPF INELCI
Radioactive Waste
Management IRWMI
WoltsDll
8irchw(th 8ig LLral Granl
sChe￿e
Taking Te￿Ing Furllv
Orsl•J East Coa
Commun ty Fund
Oth
46.fDD
45.iJ)O
120.(MK)
120.(M)O
30.f￿9
25,4Lh)
25.400
25.(X)O
86.372
75.(KKI
62.4
86.372
75.(KXJ
62.4
345.640
75.L
345.840
7S.(X)O
51.350
51.39J
13.130
T8.784
13.130
78.T64
46,245
46.245
1.425.059
1.425.059
1.042,026
1,042.￿5
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
kn¢om¢ from C￿ntO￿* a¢ts¥ib*s
Unrestricted
funds
2025
Unre&trl¢tèd
lunds
2024
Educatjon and Llfolong Learnlng
Fees receivab
7.219.4
6,365.203
Carq
Fees receivab
Oth￿1￿c(l￿t
14.231,421
546.455
12.939.210
589.1TO
Employment and EntÈrwkBe
Fees receivab
1.4É3.341
201.709
Corporatè and Cafgs
Training income
otherinctsiie
172.719
119.083
159.680
209.698
23.752.455
20.564.6TO
comè from oth•rtradirv4 a¢ii¥h*s
Vnrostri¢ted Unro$tri¢t•d
fuThJs
lunds
2025
Fundraisin9 events
30.749
kncorne from Irbvestments
UnT￿trItsd Unr*¥triGtwl
funds
fvnd$
2025
2024
Iriierthl re￿Il¥dIle
54.8B3
12.333
-24-

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
O¢hei in¢w
UnvEytricted UnrestrictEd
fund5
nd5
2025
Nel gain on disposal of tar9bleffixed assets
ExporndlbJr• ialsltyg lunds
Total Un￿*bIG￿￿
RNtricted
Total
funds
2024
2Q25
2025
2025
2024
Fyn<kaising and pvbli¢ity
Seeking donations. grai-.s
and kgaoes
otherlundraiFArbg cu5t&
siaif¢Dsts
247.201
247.207
827,173
827.113
12.935
40.920
12.935
40.920
247.201
247.201
53.855
827.113
881.￿28
Expèrndi￿r• on ¢h•ritablo¥¢bvili88
Edu&ilwJn and
Lildon9
Learning
EmploYr￿nCorpOrale and
Total
Enterprise
2025
2025
2025
2025
Dlrect Costs
siatrcosts
Deprecialion and k77PakYDent
Otherdirect Costs
4.815.882 10.478.73
176.544
6.498
1.401.476
3.229.245
61.554
1.975,889
17.332.(￿3
183.042
5.982.375
1.311,562
6.393.9)2 13.714.481
9g6.594
2.039.9B6
101.646
3287,451
13.036.580)
23.497.480
COrr￿le overhead allr￿1&
Anatysis by frjnd
Unre8tricled lJnds
Re5trded lunds
6.780.482 15.754.4ti7
610.014
101.646
2SO,871 22.887.466
510.014
7.390,4￿ 15,754.4D7
101.646
250,871
23.L97,480
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Expernditur? on chantableactivilies
Icontinuedl
Previous year".
Edu¢ation and
LIWon9
Learning
Cwe EmploymènCorporat• and
aTrd
Enterptse
2024
Totol
2024
2024
2024
2Wd4
Dlrect Co￿9
Statr¢osl8
Depreaalion and b77pa￿.efil
Otherdirecl ￿sts
4.527.315
135.629
823.233
.024.754
353.356
1.957,678 15,863.103
135.629
4.227.780
2.04S.663
2S.650
1.333,234
5.486.171
874.118
11.070.41T
2.14C.692
379.QD6
30.356
3￿),912 ZO,226.512
13.045.166)
Sutwrt
Anatysis by fvnd
UnrtstrKled funds
6.360.295 13.211.109
4(rfJ.362
245,746 20.226.512
10 Ngt rrKJ¥oment kn
2025
2024
The nei movementin funds IS Stsied after th￿l￿{￿ed￿r¥Jl".
Fees payable lo the (*aritys a￿lICr.
- ff￿the aJdil ul thp chalit￿5 fir￿[￿￿ stater￿n1$
- fc* Clher fir￿r￿ services
Depreciation of (hvned lang¢lefrAed 8ssets
Profiion disposa of tan9ibl& fixed ass
kn(Yti5abDn of Intangl￿e a&%e15
15.0
3.5
141.869
12001
41,174
13.WO
4.750
135.629
155.tr281
11
Trustses
Nona of th8 Trttst86s lor ¥ny persors Canned￿ wlh thoml r￿81¥•j any r8murerats.cffj or b8n8fi1s fiom the Tru$l
during the year
During the ye¥ eynses tdalliw £614 {2024. ￿Te r￿rn￿r5ed Orpa￿ directly lo 2 Tru*ees12024.' 11.
Expensps ID Trustees rdaled lo Itre rwthrserrenl of rrfeage.
12
Employ•os
The ￿e[age wtnLwr of duritw IhB year
2025
Number
2024
Number
EducaliDn Adutt Ski115 (Linkage
Ca
Corrmie Serbrytrs
Bankstaff
213
319
333
72
Total
780

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
12
Employees
Icontinuedl
Employm•ntcc*ts
2025
Wage5 and salaTE5
cial security ￿sts
Other pEn5KJn c05ts
15.464.594
1.473.231
3￿236
14.491.9)1
1.059.(K17
353.(￿5
17.332.063
15.904.023
The rxjrnber of emplOyees*t￿ anr￿1 rernunerdlion WdS mre than £60.(XM> is as f￿￿￿".
2U25
Ilumber
Number
£60.OD1 - £70,(KO
£70,001- £80,rKo
£110.001- £120.
Remuneraty￿ of key manymerrt wlson￿l
The key managament per50nnd of theTrust Je 0)￿ldered b be the seniN ￿derS￿P tearn. Thetata amunt of
ernpbyee benefits Iinckndiw emFAoyer pensiDn arKI nationa Y}surar￿e umtribu1i0r￿l vrd5 as folows..
2025
greg8ie wwyensaih?n
460.1
390.525
13 Oth81 exP￿dIt￿rg
Vnrvstrfjcted Unro8trl¢ted
fund5
nd5
202S
2024
FinancirvJ u)sts
135.0001
I33,￿0>
14
Galns and losses on Inveslments
Unrnstri¢t•d Vnrg5tsi¢twd
funds
nd5
2025
2024
Rev8kjat￿n of irwesknents
152.640
263.147

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
15 T•xatson
Th¢ cherity 18 cxenw fromtsxa1h￿ acbvibty bcuusc 811 rts ￿COrne ￿ Op￿￿dfOr ch8rit8blc PL￿￿8
Intan•ble flxed assets
Gootrwill
CLTrSt
At 1 Septèmber 2024
Al*Jil￿￿5. tsu￿￿￿5￿ t>)mt¥r0bc￿s
247.047
At 31 August 2a2S
247.047
Arwrtlsation and IMpairr￿n1
At I Sepiember2024
AM￿SatIon Ch￿ for the year
41.174
At 31 Aug￿1 2025
41.174
C8kD4ng amowt
At 31 August 2025
205.873
At 31 Aug￿1 2024
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JJ > > t)
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LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
17
Tangible fixed a55ets
Icontinuedl
Propert￿$ are rvffjlued on e drJcrelionary b￿$. l1￿u￿bOnS hovc been c8rTied out b revalue ryOPert￿S on e mth¢l
value basis. The valuabons urhJertakw by gjitsbly quai(￿ I￿¢￿ent ¥aluws.
Tht Tntsi h* adoptsd a of fly trwlye assets.
At 31 August 2025. had the rewalued assets W c8rrid attslryr c￿$1￿5 ￿Mu￿ted (ktreoation a￿1
accumubted Imparnienl losses, Iheir rarrying anwntwx)￿d Iwe beenakvoxynawy E15,380.07912024-
£15.380.0791.
18
Flx•d ass•t Inv•stmgnts
Group
Li5t¢
Other
invtstrhÈrt$ Invtr$tmonts
Tot81
Cost or valu¥iityi
At I September ￿?4
Valuaiion Changes
Cash wilhtliawai
2.656.687
152.640
I3￿.000)
2.656.687
152.640
I300,(￿0)
At 31 AwJu5t202S
2.SOg.327
2.509.327
Canyng am0￿1
At 31 August 2025
2.5C9.327
2.509.327
At31 2024
2 656,687
2.656.687
Charity only
Other
in¥*sbw*$ Invo$tmfynts
Total
¢08t or valuation
At I Septettthr 2024 8 31 August 2025
2,656.687
2.656.687
886.559
152.&10
1300,CKJOI
686.559
Valuation Ghange5
Casli wittKJiawal
152.640
I3￿.000}
At 31 Aug￿1 2025
2.509.327
686.559
3.195.886
Impawmenl
At 1 September Z024 & 31 Awust 2025
At 31 2025
Catr>img amoLllrt
AI 31 August 2025
2.￿.327
686.559
3.195.886
At 31 Augu512024
2,656.687
2.656.687
31

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
19 Dgbtors
Grwp
2D24
Charity
2024
2025
2025
Arnounts falling duc within on¢ yew.
Tiade debtLYS
￿￿￿￿rtS owed ￿ subsyjiari ￿dÈnakirVjS
OtPerdebtors
Prepayments and eKcft￿ irKome
2.644.391
1,673.853
2.592.385
313,542
76.7?1
890.803
1.673.&fj3
89.697
9.341
106.198
1.074,200
108.198
1.074.200
3.703.429
2.856.251
3.873,451
2,856.251
Iraoe aebiors arn $￿tea atsr prowsicrt fc* c￿11 nrA8softsJi.J14 12V24." X5LJ.Y¥S1.
L*)an$ and oYerth¥ft8
Group and Chorlty
2025
2024
Ofvr108ns
250.0
250.(NIO
PayaNe afterane ye
250,0(M)
250.(MIO
Amtyffjts intjuded above fal dLt8fterffive
PayafAe Other Ihan by in81akm8nts
250,OLKI
250.LNJO
The lony4eim loan 15 secur￿1 by a bJal charge overone fveehold txwty by the Tru5lW￿ch has a r￿1 b(yJk
valuèof£2T5.O￿[2O24 £27S.O(M]l. Thtr b)an balarte * 91%12024." 91%lellhevaluè ofthè $8oJnty held.
21
Creditor5'. amounts lallingduewithin one year
Gwup
2024
Charity
2024
2025
2025
Other laxali)n and social
478.481
860.926
736.708
265.562
785.622
632.661
1.057.404
327.874
445,502
860,926
736.708
265.￿2
785.622
632.E61
1.057.404
327.874
Deferred
Tiade cre¢ilors
Accruals
495.808
495.808
4.128.127
3.069.123
3.949,058
3.{￿9.123
22
Creditors.. amounts fallingdue aftermore than one
Group and ¢harfty
2025
2024
BotThings
250.OLKI
250,(IX)

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
23 W•rrod
Group arKI Charity
2025
2024
OthBrdefetred ItKuTre
860.926
785.622
2025
2tr24
Deferred income is nthdedwiknin..
Current IL8tAlities
860.926
785.622
Movewnls in the year..
Deferred incorne at 1 Se)lenber 2024
Released frorn pre￿￿5
Fte$Wr￿ deferr￿ in the year
785.622
860.926
1785.6221
235.542
76S.fQ2
1235,5421
Deferred inc(Nne at 31 Awust 2025
86D,926
T85.￿2
Retirement benefit schernÈs
202S
2024
DefinBd corbtribution 5chonw5
Charoeto profit or Ioss in respertoldthned (xr7thbulion s(kn5
394238
353.(￿5
The Group Sa￿rg5 Plan is a dthed scherne.
Dafingd bonofit $thÈmas
The Trusl 0￿rated an ExeuJlNe PensDn vhith r& a d8fi[￿d (YJnln￿￿ wth unde[￿ry guarar,lees of *
defir￿ benefit natu￿ 11 ￿ the￿f￿e accounied in xc¢rd8n￿ wnh tre Finayial Reporung stsndard applicable in
e UK gnd RewblK IFRS 1021.
The scheme is ck)sed to furth￿ a(xxua of be￿fits. At31 Awust 2025. the %*Ememakes payTnentstosix12D24." ￿xI
pensiwrs.
The fol￿wIng ￿￿k)￿re5 arE laken tr￿n the reFkirt rrepared asat 31 A￿st202$ ty Barnett Waddhigham LLP. tre
Plan'5 actuary.
KeyasSuFnpt￿S
202¥
2024
D￿SCOUnt rate
Inflat]on IRPII
Expecied pen5K)I Irwea
Assumed pertenw of takenas w freecash
3.25
3.45
20
3.40
3.55
20.00

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
RetirBment benefit schernFs
Icontinuedl
AlOrt￿￿ty￿Ss￿ffiP1[0￿s
The a5SUtned lrfe expeclthns on retire￿￿tal 65 are".
2025
2024
Yèars
YÈ3rs
Retiriry I￿aY
-ma
- Ferlwks
21.6
23.9
246
Retiring in 20 years
-ma
- Fen￿￿S
22.9
25.3
23.8
26.3
2025
2024
Costs/lthctrNI.'
N&t Irtsiest on defI￿d ￿r￿fft liabiltyllas8etl
135,WOI
133.(001
2025
2024
Co$ls/lin¢omel'
Aclual relurn on assets
Lgs5'. calculated interest e￿ent
1210,IX)01
141.(JlO
137.0(M)
Return on scheffie awts exdwliry interesl
Aciuarial changes rdated to r*ApJath)ns
Effectof change5 In an￿nt ol t￿1 B ThXre(xyerable
47,0
I110.￿0}
98,0
169.IKIOI
76.￿0
156.(NlO
Total msts
35.0(KJ
163.(00
The i[￿Uded inthe smept ar1￿￿ the Ttusvs otApJa￿[& in
re8p8ct ofdEfined benefit atp a51D1￿￿."
2025
2024
Liabiliiesllastsetsi..
Pres•1 Val￿ ofdefired berefit ot4KJa•or
Fair value of pbn assets
1.989.0
12,T93.WOI
2.136.WO
12.842.IK)DI
Surplus In scherne
18D4.WOI
1706,IK)01
Restrrtw on sC1erne a55ets
804.oc
Totsl l1ablityre(ryn￿ed

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
RetirBment benefit schernFs
Icontinuedl
2025
Liabilities at 1 September 2024
Benelts paid
AL'Iudlldl ydils a'id kj¥￿¥
In1￿1 cosi
2.136.￿0
11J9,ty)01
1110.CDQI
1Q2.LK>O
At 31 2025
1.989.￿0
202S
The (Wfnedbenefif oi*TaÈws fwJdEd &5 NO￿￿5."
Vlholky unfunded oN¥Ja￿
Wholly or partly knded o￿VationS
I.989.(￿0
1.9&9.￿0
2025
Fair value af assets at 1 Septemtw 2024
Inlere5t Income
Return on pl¥n ¥8sets leKd￿1ry amoLvts indLthJ F) ndiniere*i
Benelts pald
2.842.￿0
137.(M)O
I47.￿0)
1139.(KlOI
At 31 Augu5t2a2S
2.793.￿0
The relum 8ssets was£￿.0￿ (2024. £210.(U)I.
2025
2024
Fa￿ kndsluÈolpl&n &s5ets
Cash
119.0
1.854.OC
820.0(K)
190.(
1.724.(KO
928.rJ)D
Funds
Irwred as5etS
2.793,0
2.842.￿0

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
25
R*strd041 fvnd¥
Th¢ retlncted fundsoflhe therity tsynprise th¢ ur¢xperhYed baL9n¢￿et¢WOtl￿$end hdd on trus1 subject to
SP8ufic Condit￿￿$ 8$ to they rnay be ￿￿.
Tran$l8rs At 31 Augu$t
202S
Orsled East Cornmurmty Fund
ESFA tnaintwar
Lincs CC- CSL knnovatK)Tb Trust
13.130
164.06a
113.1301
265.015
I2￿.152)
129.￿3
160.649
20.￿?
30,641
147.5931
146,9371
144.353
21.T60
ESFA Bursary FL*diNJ
NabDnal Lottery Herit4e FurwJ-
Wedsby Hal Prc¥ett
T(Akien Tru51
Big Loliery Fund
Karten Trust
The Naknonal Lottery c￿r￿ul¥ty
Fund
Pos￿0￿& Lottèry
Othw Restricied Funds
Fixed A55el Acquired
Free Schtr)l MeeL
UKSPF INELCI
RaoiOSCtiv• Wa4• M•nag•r￿l
48.401
10.Krf)
217.496
1226.6881
(88.2841
141.fy381
123.7151
42.146
24.W3
18.
23.440
11.4631
86.372
75.0
53.881
157.2181
118.3281
29.154
52.*2
130.652
589.180
672
13.6WI
111.4201
120.3931
118.2381
162.4WI
88.ia1
47.555
561.98B
18.910
62.49J
IRWNII
Wowson
B1rchwot￿ 8ig L￿al Granl
ScheTn8
Taking Te￿Ing Furtlw
345.84a
7S.
1329.2651
16.575
I75.(￿)
119.2051
145.9701
6.875
5.380
51.350
602.814
1.425.059
1857.2211
1,170.652

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
25
Restricted fund5
Icontinuedl
Previous year".
¢omln9
Re•otsrcèJ
•xponth
Tran•f•rn At 31 Augu•t
2024
2023
ESFA t￿l￿tenal￿e
LirKs CC. CSL knrv)vatty)rbTrusl
152.028
144.507
(31.5201
5.015
222.076
161.4271
160,649
20.952
ESFA BuTSèry FJnding
NaboTh81 Lottery Herita9e FurKI-
Weelsby Hal ￿ect
TdkiEn Trust
Big Lotiery Fwd
Karten Trust
Ecucalion & Trainiry Fi)Ut￿lI0n
48.683
279.927
45.Ofrf)
58.376
1269.4271
135.0781
180.7391
130.5961
lo.￿0
9.922
3.913
4.645
18.430
25.951
25.400
(25.4WI
150.OIK)I
Hist￿￿ HDuses Foundakn
Lints CDUnty CounLyl- Dsiial
Care Flanning Systsm
East Riding 0fyorts￿￿re thjnril.
C*e pla￿￿￿￿) SystÈm
146.6(K)I
130.6091
125.4tK)I
165.7fj61
Pil9fim TnJ51
Oth¥ Resvrted Funds
Fixed As*1 Acquired
25.41NJ
71.637
82.320
88.191
47.585
47.585
291.6(
1.046.412
1827.1731
91,966
02.814
-37-

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
25
Restricted fund5
Icontinuedl
k4osl ofthe Trusfs irKtyne ts In ts forrn ofkns tr¥Jt rt aEx* rec¢Nes wts Jnd raws bJndsf¢r3pccific puTroscs.
These restrrled funds are ¢Yewbed Wow".
ESFA maInt￿an¢￿- representsfv￿I￿￿ récewed fr<th ihe Dep8rif*nlfor EdLKXi¥A) IDE) 10 ￿ sp8nton condilirx)
of educ8lw)nal fac11￿.
Lirts CC. CSL hnov8Don Fun(l- fundng secura vo ￿r￿rthi.e ￿ntY C¢bno ￿ Improve slaff recruibmwl an
relenbm as wdl a5 deveknpfurthpr c￿nnun1ty Su￿￿eC ￿￿l￿g services in ttte (xxntnunty.
DE Bursary Fund- r8pt888nts fu￿$ provwJ8d by the DIE io ffinar¥ially Suprrf￿ students and ra1￿¥6 b8iriars to
leafflng.
Nabonal Lottery Heri￿e Fund- Weelsby Pr{￿- rwesents r￿dS [K0¥￿ed by th2 Natiwl Lottery Heriwe
Fund forthe renovation ofweew Hal.
Tclkien TrtEI- rE￿Ie5 to fundiro lo cover core costs ofihe Ihanty.
Big Lollery Fund_ reL4'.es lofundiry by the Big LottEry Fund oiher dorKJfsfor contin￿￿ running Gosts
oflh8 char￿￿ S8ngJry Bu
Karten Trust- rektes lO￿ndIng towards wuipnEnt •#u¢atirMwl servi￿.
Education & Trainiry FixJndatk?n- t￿thng Irrrn tre EdU￿tio￿al Trt￿tS. Forum t0￿s￿l*11h the recnjilrn￿t aid
train￿9 ofnÈw iÈathiTr) staTh.
(Xher Restricted Funds. ￿tE IDdher gr￿ and donaticKtsfrorn fvnders Ind￿1￿L￿lS which Je subjectto
re¥tri¢lw)n3 ifflpD5ed by the

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
26 Unres¢ri¢tod fvnds
Th¢ Lr(e8lricl¢d funds chorty¢¢nwse t*e uncxpc*Y bal?ncesoldonatiofis gronts which orc rol 3ubiecl
to sFwfic condi10￿ by ￿￿Or$ and tyant0￿ as t¢ ￿ Ilw These itxjude designaW funds which h8¥8
been Set askle out of unreslricted furyls by Ihe trustee5 tor purrA75es.
At 1 SeOember
2024
Incomry Re50urce5
Transfer5
Gains and At 31 August
108585
2025
D￿rt￿lsatiOn
serve
119.310
14.559.207
1119.3101
Prcyerty fund
EJ Miles Will
Trust
Funds hekl in
sub$K1￿ne$
Genwal funds
1.026.979
15.586.186
115.824
115,824
356.339
11.383.318)
356.339
3,71J4.&57
3.844.207
23.859.484
122.768.1561
152.640
18.522.724
23.975.3fJ8
122.687.4661
152.fj40
19.763.206
Rev¥1&91￿n
reserve
Pension fuTh#
876.649
135.(N)01
1.703,179
19.349.254
23.975.3C48
122.852.4661
289
21.466.385
Pr•vious year.. At 1 Sept2mber
Transfers
G￿"nS and At 31 August
Iosso8
2024
Digrtaisatson
re5etv6
PrcpErty ￿nd
Gen￿￿ funds
126.
14.&59.2O7
3.381.413
108.627
11162771
119.310
14.559.207
3,844.207
20,&30.676 I20,109.(￿l
1221.9661
263,147
16.(￿7.580
20.639.W2 120.225.3391
1221.9661
265.147
18.522.724
Revakjabon
resetve
5.368.421
14,54'.8911
1163.LKIOI
826.530
Pan&on furKJ
33.0
130,C
23.436.(K11
20.639.3Q2
120.192.3391
191.9661
14.44-.7441
19,349.254
Fordarity of pffjstntabon. th8 Tn*i8ts c￿0)$8 to th8¥￿U9 olwokwty athj aCfwMu￿I￿d gains and loss¥s as
sep¥ate fund& Free Reser￿ zbove1hereth ryresents the at￿mul31ed suWu5 on charl1*>￿ activities.

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
27 A￿ty$1* 4)f not assfyts botweon fvnd5
Total
2025
2025
2025
At 31 August 2125=
Intangible fixed a55e15
Tangib￿ assets
In¥esltneYts
205.873
17.434.480
2.5C9.J27
1.566.705
1250.0001
205.873
18.023.659
2.509.327
2.148.178
I250,￿)0)
589.179
Current assets1l1ia￿1thesI
Long liatMlilE5
581.473
21,466.385
1.170.652
Y2.63T.037
Total
ds
2024
2024
2024
At 31 August 2Q24=
Tangib￿ asseLs
Investrnents
Current asset&lllwtr*lthe51
Long teftn113￿1itEs
16.298.534
2.656.687
644.033
1250.OtKJi
47.585
16.346.119
2.656.687
1.199.262
1250,IX)01
565229
19 349.254
602,814
19,952.th8
28 Op8f*ing 1888o¢ommwnts
Lessee
Al the repoKtsrvJ ￿ d*B Trust w1stsnd1￿ cofflrnqments forfuiure Mini￿ffl base paymwts und
llOll43ncellableopwatirvJ leases. fall due a5 fol
2025
2024
Within one year
Bei%veen ￿40 and five ye¥s
93.825
13.467
54.881
62.994
1072¥2
117.875
A further 80 protwties are ￿nted byts charty. AttWyeareNI Iheoryinal ewredand a rFew ￿aSe
bÈin9newbaied and therefore no crnmitmeni i% 8L*vÈ

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
29 Capital ¢ommitm¢nts
Amounts ¢￿tr0ded for not Pr￿d￿ In Ihc fin0nr1￿ slatcments".
202S
2024
buqdiry worts
672.165
30
Related party transactths
Tr8n8action8 *lth r•latsd Parti•$
During the ye¥lhe Tius". etrtered iTtothe fdl(yMrpJ trans￿￿S*71h part￿5
Linkage Trading Ltd=
Linkage TWirwJ Ltd ￿ a cc¥np￿Y by guawlee ￿￿￿tr[￿led by LIWe Qmnmurmly Trtyst
The Trtth prot8¢ses payrol en iK*haNollhe compèny arwj rthxwes Clher mirKK irKthme and ewenses. T0181 exp8n8es
and ropayrwlsresuw in a ￿1 repa￿￿ent in year of £AI12024 £9.8391.
In &¢It￿n. thE coThipany ehaTgE5 Ttusi a managEliWi f& fty Trtstkeii[￿ W0vKI￿. dwgE foi ￿ltr year
was £nil12024. £17.9751
The bJance al the year￿￿ is£4.44612D24'. fnll aThY iThdu￿ wthin amunts o¥%ed by
undetskings.
The Bluebewry Academy Urnited:
Thè BluÉberty A¢£dtmy L*bited i% a em?￿nY Iwr*8d ty guardn*e is by Linkag8 Communrty Trust.
The tr￿an￿ rA¥ed atthe year￿￿ is É101.86312024". ÈrillaThl i￿1￿￿ed *ithki am￿nts owed ty group undertaking&
-41

LINKAGE COMMUNITY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
31
¢a$h gongrat•d from Owatir
2025
2024
Sutplus fiKthe year
1.843.321
929.349
Adlu5tmÈntsfor.
Inveskneni I￿rne recognised in ststewwt offin￿¢1¥ a¢Dvi•es
(Gain￿10$5 on Osp)sal ofiavJib* fixed assets
Fair valu8 9ans and loss•$trY investments
DeprecialiDn and iryB1r￿￿l of langth fixfjd assets
Difterence ￿meeTh charge and ¢ash con*twi
154.8831
{2001
1152.6401
183.042
135.1KlOI
112.3331
368.320
1263,1471
135.629
1163,lY)01
hlDvements in working caprtal:
Iln¢reasel in detiors
Increase In credrtors
I￿rease In defe￿e￿ inconie
1847,1781
983.7(M)
75.304
1404,9971
235.136
550.(BO
Cash gO￿2vated OPfjWatKw
1.995.466
1.395.043
32
Analysls of ehanw In fund
C*h JI Avgu$t2I25
Cash al bankand in haTrJ
,412,134
1.160.742
2,572.876
Loans fallin9 thJe afler rfWe tran one
1250.OWI
1250,(K)01
1.162.134
1.160,742
2,322.876

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