REACHING HIGHER

Registered charity 1137915 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REACHIN HIGHER

Reaching Higher is an organisation dedicated to engaging and inspiring young people across Croydon and South London. Every week we work with hundreds of young people in schools and the community. We do this through leadership programmes, sports and creative arts activities, mentoring programmes and holiday schemes.

Objects

1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY,2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY OFFERING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLELEARNING AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND MEMBERSOF THEIR COMMUNITIES,4 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL ORECONOMIC DISADVANTAGESUCH OBJECTS TO BE ADVANCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THECHRISTIAN FAITH

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £577,504, covering six months of charitable expenditure, which sits at the top end of its stated reserves policy of three to six months. The charity held a healthy bank balance of £756,981 and had significant confirmed funding in place for the forthcoming year, ensuring continuity of services despite a decrease in total incoming resources compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Williams & Co Epsom LLP. Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “Reaching Higher are proud grant holders of the Youth Strategic Investment Fund! This is a five-year investment in our organisational develo…” (source page)
• Jack Petchey Foundation — “Reaching Higher is grateful to be a long-standing partner of the Jack Petchey Foundation. We run the Achievement Awards programme each year…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Reaching Higher currently holds a two-year core grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation, which supports our work across Croydon and the ex…” (source page)
• Children In Need — “Our WeMove grant from Children In Need supports our Forerunners group of young people to engage in social action, focused on issues they hav…” (source page)
• Shanly Foundation — “The Shanly Foundation has previously partnered with Reaching Higher to deliver mentoring activities and now supports our school holiday prov…” (source page)
• Rank Foundation — “Reaching Higher has partnered with the Rank Foundation for many years. We currently hold a core grant supporting our influencing work, and a…” (source page)
• Propel Pooled Fund — “This work is funded by Propel Pooled Fund, which is held through the Collaboration Circle on behalf of City Bridge Foundation and The Nation…” (source page)
• A B Charitable Trust — “Reaching Higher is partnering with the A B Charitable Trust to extend therapeutic support to young people and their parents/guardians in two…” (source page)
• Croydon Voluntary Action — “Through the Local Commissioning Fund, Croydon CVA supports our community-based activities in South Norwood Ward.” (source page)
• Mayor's Fund For London — “We are part of the Mayor’s Fund for London's 'City Shapers' programme, supporting our youth-led social action projects.” (source page)
• Henry Smith Foundation — “With the support of the Henry Smith Foundation we are able to provide leadership and employability activities and mentoring for young people…” (source page)
• Rothschild & Co Foundation — “Our grant from Rothschild & Co Foundation supports our Contextual Youth Work.” (source page)
• Active Communities Network — “Through the 'UpChange' programme, Active Communities Network have supported Reaching Higher to deliver mentoring specifically for girls and …” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Our 1-year grant from the National Lottery's Community Fund is supporting our Youth Caff project, empowering young people to reduce food was…” (source page)
• Newby Trust — “We are grateful for the Newby Trust's support in delivering our sports-based activities.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• TREVOR LLOYD MCCLYMONTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dwayne Gibson-White
• Emma Barlow
• Lara Ann Crew
• Robert Alexander Davis

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

Operates in: Bromley · Croydon · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Southwark · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY.

• AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY income £178k
• 20 STORIES HIGH income £627k
• THE HIGHER PLACE (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST BIBLE CHURCH) income £169k
• AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY income £176k
• LONDON HIGHER income £1.2m
• REACHING THE UNREACHED income £773k

Side by side with its peers

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