Re:State Trust

Registered charity 1103739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REFORM FOUNDATION LIMITED, REFORM RESEARCH TRUST

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Latest income

£504k

Latest spending

£608k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £104,355 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to disruptions caused by the general election. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains healthy unrestricted reserves of £687,958, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to absorb the loss and ensure liquidity for charitable activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“During the year, the Charity received unconditional donations from trustees totalling £29,999 (2023 - £10,000). There is no one controlling party of the Charity.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£504k

Total spending

£608k

Cost of raising funds

£72k

Reserves (reported)

£763k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~15.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Davies
Dr Emma Stanton
Gavin Boyle
JAMES PALMER
JEREMY SILLEM
JOHN ST JOHN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£504k	£608k
31/12/2023	£568k	£489k
31/12/2022	£394k	£319k
31/12/2021	£218k	£332k
31/12/2020	£511k	£787k

Common questions

Is Re:State Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £104,355 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to disruptions caused by the general election. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains healthy unrestricted reserves of £687,958, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to absorb the loss and ensure liquidity for charitable activities. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£152k
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES	1	£15k
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK	1	£13k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	1	£8k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN	1	£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

SANGAT TRUST income £848k
The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
ASSIST TRUST income £1.4m
THE TRESANTON TRUST income £470k
THE BANNER OF TRUTH TRUST income £2.4m
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Re:State Trust	£504k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANGAT TRUST FY2024	£848k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2023	£3.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSIST TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TRESANTON TRUST FY2025	£470k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE BANNER OF TRUTH TRUST FY2025	£2.4m	£100,001 - £110,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt

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