Learning Disability Network London Limited

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Providing quality services and creating new opportunities for people with learning disabilities and their families. Our services include registered care, supported housing, community support, leisure activities, short breaks, a drop in, playschemes, a children and family centre, a pre-school nursery, play and youth services and a family support service.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£20,961,925
Donations and legacies | £49.19k | |
Charitable activities | £20.54m | |
Other trading activities | £73.55k | |
Investments | £295.28k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£20,793,717
Raising funds | £205.92k | |
Charitable activities | £20.59m | |
Other | £0 |
£633,456 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £19,621,963 from 13 government contract(s) and £51,615 from 4 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £205.92k | |
Charitable expenditure | £20.59m | |
Retained for future use | £168.21k |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £205.92k | |
Charitable expenditure | £20.59m | |
Retained for future use | £801.66k |
People

502 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
153 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£80k to £90k | 3 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£110k to £120k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Disability
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Services
- Throughout London
Governance
- 27 February 1989: Standard registration
- LDN London (Working name)
- Learning Disability Network London (Working name)
- Learning Disability Network London (Previous name)
- THE WESMINSTER SOCIETY (Previous name)
- THE WESTMINSTER SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS (Previous name)
- THE WESTMINSTER SOCIETY FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
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LYNNE PEACOCK | Chair | 30 March 2016 |
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Dharmaratnam Raguraj | Trustee | 02 December 2024 |
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James Gordon Blair | Trustee | 17 January 2024 |
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Lindy Jane Shufflebotham | Trustee | 13 December 2023 |
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Martin Keith Rodwell | Trustee | 26 June 2023 |
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Adam Bharucha | Trustee | 01 April 2023 |
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Emma Siobhan Baird | Trustee | 23 June 2022 |
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David Richard Vernon Luscombe | Trustee | 23 June 2022 |
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Ian Spenser Jackson | Trustee | 19 March 2020 |
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Jeffrey Martin Mendzil | Trustee | 19 March 2020 |
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Martin Joel Haarmans | Trustee | 08 October 2019 |
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Michael Webber | Trustee | 30 March 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £15.53m | £16.61m | £19.23m | £19.11m | £20.96m | |
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Total expenditure | £15.56m | £16.92m | £19.04m | £19.39m | £20.79m | |
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Income from government contracts | £12.26m | £12.91m | £16.59m | £18.46m | £19.62m | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £601.68k | £247.01k | £65.34k | £51.62k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £40.87k | £28.91k | £51.44k | £51.33k | £49.19k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £80.71k | £77.39k | £76.40k | £77.54k | £73.55k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £15.21m | £16.31m | £18.86m | £18.71m | £20.54m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £204.72k | £199.09k | £237.71k | £275.46k | £295.28k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1.02k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £15.36m | £16.71m | £18.86m | £19.18m | £20.59m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £195.32k | £206.26k | £176.38k | £203.00k | £205.92k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £120.00k | £115.88k | £155.42k | £158.95k | £151.51k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £2.32m | £2.61m | £2.57m | £2.40m | £2.18m | |
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Long-term investments | £7.23m | £8.18m | £8.46m | £7.90m | £8.53m | |
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Other assets | £2.25m | £1.99m | £2.49m | £2.29m | £2.80m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £2.43m | £2.51m | £2.78m | £2.68m | £2.79m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 09 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 09 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 22 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 22 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 18 November 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 18 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 06 December 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 06 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 01 November 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 01 November 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH DEC 1988 AS AMENDED 10TH NOV 05 AND 14 JUL 06, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 OCT 10 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 28 OCT 10. AS AMENDED ON 21 DEC 2020 AS AMENDED ON 24 DEC 2020 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 DEC 2022 as amended on 04 Sep 2024
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:- (A) TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN OR HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH GREATER LONDON OR ITS ENVIRONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE OF ACCOMMODATION, SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES, ADVICE AND SERVICES (INCLUDING SERVICES PROVIDED TO LEARNING DISABLED AND NON-LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE ON AN INCLUSIVE BASIS); (B) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY BY: (I) PROMOTING THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY TO MAKE ACTIVE CHOICES CONCERNING DAY TO DAY LIVING (II) ENCOURAGING THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO RECOGNISE THAT PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO ALL SERVICES, AMENITIES AND FACILITIES ON AN INCLUSIVE BASIS (III) HELPING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY CAN BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY?
Area of benefit
THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER (OR OTHER PARTS OF GREATER LONDON)
Contact information
- Address:
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LEARNING DISABILITY NETWORK LONDON
16A CROXLEY ROAD
LONDON
W9 3HL
- Phone:
- 020 8968 7376
- Email:
- hello@ldnlondon.org
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