TRIDENT REACH THE PEOPLE CHARITY
Registered charity 1129187 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRIDENT SPHERE
Trident Reach the People Charity is a people first organisation working in partnership to maximise positivity, independence and participation.To support people and communities to exercise choice and control over their own lives and communities; have access to training, education or work-like activities and to live independently and participate as active and equal citizens.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity posted a deficit of £1,325k for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to significant one-off restructuring costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.2m and has no debt, which the trustees confirm provides adequate headroom against their reserves policy.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. 2” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least the total staffing closure cost of Trident Reach (held: £1.2m)
“The trustees consider that unrestricted reserves should be at a level to cover at least the total staffing closure cost of Trident Reach.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trident Reach (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.
- BUCKHAM, Matt — director, appointed 24/03/2026not on trustee list
- POOLE, David Stephen — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
- CRUMP, Michael John — director, appointed 22/09/2025not on trustee list
- ISMAIL, Mohammed Jaffer Mushtaq — director, appointed 24/06/2024not on trustee list
- GILL-KNOBBS, Amandeep Kaur — director, appointed 24/06/2024not on trustee list
- GILMARTIN, San Ting — director, appointed 24/06/2024not on trustee list
- WHITMORE, Jamie — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- KAUR, Bal — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
- HAYWARD, Paul — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
- CARR, Brian Cormack — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
- SETHI, Ajay — secretary, appointed 01/08/2026
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)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Trident Reach The People Charity — Registered, 20 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 08/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Maer Lane: Requires improvement (05/01/2026) · CQC record
- Trident Reach Domiciliary Care - Birmingham Branch: Good (27/06/2019) · CQC record
- Coriander Close: Good (18/12/2018) · CQC record
- Windsor House: Good (10/04/2019) · CQC record
- Trescott Road: Good (14/11/2019) · CQC record
- St Alban's: Good (04/11/2021) · CQC record
- Dimmingsdale Bank: Good (06/01/2018) · CQC record
- Hampton Road: Good (25/12/2018) · CQC record
- Elms House: Good (28/07/2023) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Bal Kaur
- Brian Cormack Carr
- Dr CHRISTOPHER RONALD HANDY
- JOHN DAVID MORRIS
- Jamie Whitmore
- Nick Murphy
- Patrick Martin McCarthy
- Paul Hayward
- Simon Hatchman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stephen Gabriel
- YVONNE LEISHMAN
- Yasmin Fearon
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Derbyshire · Dudley · Sandwell · Shropshire · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TRIDENT REACH THE PEOPLE CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a deficit of £1,325k for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to significant one-off restructuring costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.2m and has no debt, which the trustees confirm provides adequate headroom against their reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.
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