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)

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

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 (held: £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.

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.

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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).

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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, THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUST, MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£90kBuilding a new school for children with physical and learning disabilities in India
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2024£30k
THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£14kGrants for Indian subcontinent
THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£14kGrants for Indian subcontinent
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
MERCURY PHOENIX TRUSTFY2022£7k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST JOHN & ST ANNE, LANCASTERFY2023£4kDonations from charitable giving programme
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2025£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2023£2k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2025£1kGrant to organisation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST JOHN & ST ANNE, LANCASTERFY2022£1kDonations from charitable giving programme
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST JOHN & ST ANNE, LANCASTERFY2021£1kDonations from charitable giving programme

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REACHING THE UNREACHED£773k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZACCHAEUS 2000 TRUST FY2024£956k£70,001 - £80,0001within—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024£406k—0unclear—no doubt
WITH LOVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025£242k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025£226k—0unclear—no doubt

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