REACH THE CHILDREN

Registered charity 1108058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Area of benefit: AFRICA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Grandmas' Gardens Limited
“From Grandmas’ Gardens Limited has been incorporated in the UK to facilitate marketing and sales opportunities that will provide income to the Grandmas’ centre.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reach the Children UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2024£2k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REACH THE CHILDREN£61k——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS REACHING OUT FY2026£74k——unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR REACHING AND INSTRUCTING CHILDREN IN AFRICA FY2025£95k—0unclear—no doubt
SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
KARIS KIDS FY2025£227k—0above—no doubt
Made With Hope FY2024£316k—0unclear—no doubt

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