CATCH 22 CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1124127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINER CRIME CONCERN

To promote opportunities for the development,education and support of young people in need to lead purposeful, stable and fulfilled lives and to promote safer, crime free communities for the benefit of the public.Catch22 is a social business, a not for profit business with a social mission, working with people acrossevery stage of the social welfare cycle.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group remains in a strong financial position with a robust balance sheet, despite sector-wide pressures and rising delivery costs. Free reserves of £10.4m are held above the trustees' stated policy range of £3.7m to £6.4m, providing a solid base to manage financial variability and inflationary pressures. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: COMMUNITY LINKS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 05737749
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06577534

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Microsoft — “Catch22 is a highly reliable and collaborative partner, working closely with us to deliver high-quality, person-centred employability suppor…” (source page)
• People’s Partnership Ltd — “Our partnership with Catch22 has been highly collaborative and impactful, delivering strong outcomes and meaningful opportunities for care l…” (source page)
• PA Foundation — “Catch22 is a constructive and collaborative partner, working effectively with local stakeholders and employers to create sustainable pathway…” (source page)

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.

• WATT, Matthew James — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• HALL, Mark William — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• SUTHERLAND, Emer Caitriona Eileen, Dr — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
• FINLAYSON, Janet Natasha — director, appointed 27/02/2023on trustee list
• SOBOWALE, Ufuoma Irene — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• SALAMA, Benoit — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Jonathan — director, appointed 20/01/2022on trustee list
• ARTIS, Caroline — director, appointed 24/02/2021on trustee list
• STARZA-ALLEN, Claire — director, appointed 16/09/2020on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Nigel Paul — secretary, appointed 03/02/2017

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,786 followers) · instagram (3,933 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Artischair
• Benoit Salama
• Claire Starza-Allen
• Dr Emer Sutherland
• Jonathan Thomas
• Mark William HALL
• Matthew James Watt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ufuoma Sobowale

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

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

• CATCHINGLIVES income £485k
• LIVE AND LEARN income £984k
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• POWER2 LTD income £2.4m
• THE HUBB FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• MIFAL TZEDOKO V'CHESED LIMITED income £8.7m

Side by side with its peers

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