RE-ENGAGE LTD

Registered charity 1146149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONTACT THE ELDERLY, CONTACT THE ELDERLY LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC039377 (OSCR)

Re-engage aims to relieve the loneliness and isolation of socially isolated older people by developing intergenerational groups that meet regularly and where older people can get to know peers and other people in their communities. Volunteers provide support through driving the older people to the group's social gatherings and making sure that the group meets regularly and by hosting the groups.

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Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £137,018 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by increased expenditure on staff and designated growth initiatives. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £733,464 (net of fixed assets), which the trustees confirm adheres to their policy of maintaining approximately three months of budgeted expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Corporate (67% of income)

“The total comprised 67% from corporate sources, 23% from trusts and foundations, and 10% coming from individual supporters.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: circa three months of total budgeted expenditure (net of fixed assets and excluding designated spend) (held: £733k)

“the level of free reserves should be circa three months of total budgeted expenditure (net of fixed assets and excluding designated spend)”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant from NBFA Assisting the Elderly

“In the year Re-engage received a grant of £22,421 from NBFA Assisting the Elderly which has trustees in common with Re-engage (2025: NIL)” — page 30

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Re-engage (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.9m

Cost of raising funds

£318k

Reserves (reported)

£733k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Mark Uptonchair
Alan Stewart Gilfillan
Amy Catherine Cashman
Andrew Christopher Stylianou · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew David Christopher Seed
CHRISTIAN GROBEL · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Paul Hicks
John Anthony Langford
Jonathan Gilbert Waite
Martha Louise Russell Beith
Professor Thomas Mark Jones
Sean Hickey
Stephanie Claire Grace Hutton
Sue Scholes

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£2.8m	£3.0m
31/03/2025	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£2.8m	£2.5m
31/03/2023	£2.1m	£2.3m
31/03/2022	£2.2m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is RE-ENGAGE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £137,018 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by increased expenditure on staff and designated growth initiatives. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £733,464 (net of fixed assets), which the trustees confirm adheres to their policy of maintaining approximately three months of budgeted expenditure. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

Who funds RE-ENGAGE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RE-ENGAGE LTD as a grant recipient include THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST, THE BAND TRUST, E B M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	FY2025	£392k	Online and in person free activity groups for people aged 75+
THE BAND TRUST	FY2022	£287k	Specific grantee
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£239k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£226k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£105k	Social and activity groups in the South West
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£50k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£40k	Older People & Housing Programme
The Bridgepoint Group Foundation	FY2023	£32k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£29k	Reduces loneliness among older people by bringing generations together.
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k	Community & Social Welfare
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£20k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£20k	London Engagement Officer
RICHER SOUNDS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Health and Social Welfare Covid-19 Revenue Support grants.
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	FY2025	£12k
THE BAND TRUST	FY2023	£12k	Elderly
THE BOLTINI TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Community & Educational Institutions
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Community support
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY	FY2024	£10k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£10k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989	FY2024	£8k
BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989	FY2023	£8k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Compassionate Support
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	The Elderly
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	Luton Rising Small Grants Fund
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Disadvantaged I Disabled I Homeless Adult Care Institutions
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2022	£5k	Social - Older People and Social Welfare
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Social - Older People and Social Welfare
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£4k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	FY2021	£4k	Charitable Or anisations
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Section 2 f Charitable Organisations
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£4k
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2024	£4k	Social - Older People and Social Welfare
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£4k	Compassionate Support
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Compassionate Support
PAYNE GALLWEY 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	13/02/2025	£600k	Regular Grant 2025
Somerset Community Foundation	22/11/2024	£1k	Burnham on Sea & Villages Group Christmas and Summer Events
Postcode Lottery	01/12/2023	£600k	Regular Grant 2024
Somerset Community Foundation	29/09/2023	£1k	Christmas and Summer Events - Burnham on Sea & Villages Afternoon Tea Club
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	27/04/2023	£4k	Contribution cost to services that are run by Reengage. To reduce social isolation.
Postcode Lottery	16/02/2023	£700k	Regular Grant 2023
ARCADIA	01/12/2022	£25k	Towards core costs
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2022	£9k	Tyne for Tea
Postcode Lottery	01/02/2022	£600k	Regular Grant 2022
ARCADIA	15/12/2021	£25k	Towards core costs
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	10/09/2021	£5k	Continuation and expansion of be-friending service.
City Bridge Foundation	03/02/2021	£93k	Grant to Re-Engage
Somerset Community Foundation	03/12/2020	£2k	Friendship and wellbeing calls for vulnerable older people across Somerset
The Mercers' Company	30/01/2020	£120k	Grant to Re-Engage
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£440	May Tea Party
Somerset Community Foundation	15/12/2017	£750	Somerset - growing local groups
City Bridge Foundation	23/11/2017	£88k	Grant to Re-Engage
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/11/2016	£224k	Wales expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/02/2016	£117k	Power of Contact
City Bridge Foundation	26/11/2015	£20k	Grant to Re-Engage
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/06/2014	£116k	A lifeline of friendship
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2011	£69k	Cwlwm Cyfeillgarwch
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2006	£87k	There is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2006	£3k	There is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2005	£116k	Development of further Friendship Groups for the very elderly

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	2	£130k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£2k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£223k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£48k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£20k
Richmond Foundation	1	£18k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT	1	£16k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REGENERATE-RISE.

REGENERATE-RISE income £529k
Regenerage income £2.9m
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY income £22.0m
EMBRACING AGE income £175k
CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO income £416k
RICHMOND HILL ELDERLY ACTION LIMITED income £227k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RE-ENGAGE LTD	£2.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REGENERATE-RISE FY2025	£529k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Regenerage FY2025	£2.9m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FY2024	£22.0m	£140,001 - £150,000	16	below	—	no doubt
EMBRACING AGE FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO FY2025	£416k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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