REACH THE CHILDREN
Filtered springs for rural schools and villages in Uganda and Kenya. Funding construction of latrines for schools in Uganda and Kenya.Working with disability groups providing medical equipment to Uganda School for the Deaf.Supported Grandmas pineapple model gardens planting 15,000 suckers generating sustainable income for impoverished families in the rural environment.
Objects
1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF CHILDREN LIVING IN AFRICA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH CHILDREN.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reports net assets of £108,925 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an increase from £86,262 in the previous year. All funds are unrestricted and available for charitable objectives. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, which reported no material matters requiring attention.
What the accounts disclose
“From Grandmas’ Gardens Limited has been incorporated in the UK to facilitate marketing and sales opportunities that will provide income to the Grandmas’ centre.”
Policies the charity declares
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 10
- Has a trading subsidiary
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 4
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 4
- Grant-making is its main activity
Trustees
- RAYMOND BOTTERELLchair
- Lisa Sarah Clarke
- Rachel Mace
- Tarig El Sheikh
- Tony Jordan
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £61k | £38k |
| 31/12/2024 | £175k | £101k |
| 31/12/2023 | £85k | £91k |
| 31/12/2022 | £80k | £109k |
| 31/12/2021 | £94k | £59k |
Common questions
Is REACH THE CHILDREN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports net assets of £108,925 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an increase from £86,262 in the previous year. All funds are unrestricted and available for charitable objectives. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, which reported no material matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds REACH THE CHILDREN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name REACH THE CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE GOSHEN TRUST, THE MAGENI TRUST, THE S M B TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE GOSHEN TRUST | FY2025 | £20k | |
| THE GOSHEN TRUST | FY2024 | £20k | |
| THE MAGENI TRUST | FY2022 | £2k | |
| THE S M B TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION | 3 | £10k |
| EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION | 2 | £156k |
| THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION | 2 | £55k |
| ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | 2 | £35k |
| MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £2k |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WINCHESTER | 1 | £246k |
| FOUX FOUNDATION | 1 | £136k |
| ONE KIND ACT | 1 | £104k |
Charities like this
- FRIENDS REACHING OUT
- ASSOCIATION FOR REACHING AND INSTRUCTING CHILDREN IN AFRICA
- SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED
- KARIS KIDS
- Made With Hope
- REACHING THE UNREACHED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REACH THE CHILDREN | £61k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FRIENDS REACHING OUT | £74k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ASSOCIATION FOR REACHING AND INSTRUCTING CHILDREN IN AFRICA | £95k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED | £66k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KARIS KIDS | £227k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| Made With Hope | £316k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |