REACHING THE UNREACHED

Registered charity 1091295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RTU

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROTECT HEALTH AMONGST PERSONS LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF REFUGEES AND THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS)

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROTECT HEALTH AMONGST PERSONS LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF REFUGEES AND THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS)

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: New Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£773k
Latest spending
£703k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £773,110, driven by a significant rise in legacy income, while expenditure on charitable activities remained high. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £325,601, which the trustees note equate to 5.5 months of projected running costs, satisfying their policy to cover between six to twelve months of expenditure. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and sufficient to meet commitments for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six to twelve months of projected expenditure (reserves figure: £326k)
“The Reserves Policy has been set to cover between six to twelve months of projected expenditure” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reaching The Unreached (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£773k
Total spending
£703k
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£676k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~11.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£773k£703k
31/03/2024£583k£640k
31/03/2023£605k£652k
31/03/2022£601k£500k
31/03/2021£546k£430k

Common questions

Is REACHING THE UNREACHED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £773,110, driven by a significant rise in legacy income, while expenditure on charitable activities remained high. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £325,601, which the trustees note equate to 5.5 months of projected running costs, satisfying their policy to cover between six to twelve months of expenditure. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and sufficient to meet commitments for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds REACHING THE UNREACHED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REACHING THE UNREACHED as a grant recipient include EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUST, MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REACHING THE UNREACHED£773k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£271k—0unclear—no doubt
OPERATION REACH FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS FY2025£99k—0within—no doubt
ACCOMMODATION CONCERN FY2025£1.9m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL REACH FY2025£712k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.