THE REACH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Following a period of dormancy to allow for the establishment of Reach Academy Feltham, The Reach Foundation is now running Reach Children's Hub, a new initiative providing cradle-to-career programmes and services to benefit local children, young people and families in Feltham.

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Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,154,894 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £2,907,570. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,001 - £140,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £130,000 - £140,000 1” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. In the band £70,001 - £80,000 - In the band £90,001 - £100,000 In the band £130,000 - £140,000 1” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income)
“Charitable activities 3,165,183 1,064,360 4,229,543” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Foundation has a Service Level Agreement with Reach Schools in order to access ICT services.
“The Foundation has a Service Level Agreement with Reach Schools in order to access ICT services. This was the only service remaining in 2024/25 as the remainder were brought in house.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£3.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.2m£3.1m
31/08/2024£2.7m£2.6m
31/08/2023£2.3m£2.9m
31/08/2022£6.7m£6.2m
31/08/2021£4.8m£5.5m

Common questions

Is THE REACH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,154,894 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £2,907,570. The trustees confirmed that reserves are sufficient and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE REACH FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE REACH FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE REACH FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include IGY FOUNDATION, THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2025£600k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATIONFY2024£300kStated amount
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATIONFY2025£250k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATIONFY2025£201k
IGY FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hounslow07/07/2022£1kGrant to Reach Foundation
London Borough of Hounslow03/03/2022£79kGrant to The Reach Foundation
London Borough of Hounslow04/02/2022£1kGrant to The Reach Foundation
London Borough of Hounslow10/02/2020£500Grant to The Reach Foundation
Greater London Authority01/10/2019£30kReach Foundation
London Borough of Hounslow26/02/2018£400Grant to The Reach Foundation
London Borough of Hounslow09/07/2017£500Grant to The Reach Foundation

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 KING'S REACH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE REACH FOUNDATION£4.2m£130,001 - £140,0001unclear—no doubt
KING'S REACH FY2025£1.4m——above—no doubt
CHELSEA ACADEMY FOUNDATION FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION FY2025£422k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
REACHING HIGHER FY2024£1.2m——within—no doubt
REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£718k—0unclear—no doubt

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