UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY

Registered charity 1158896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UPREACH

upReach supports undergraduates from less-privileged backgrounds to secure graduate jobs and internships by running a needs-focused professional development programme in partnership with foundations, universities and employers.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £203,868 for the year, with total income growing by 12% to £4,685,460. As of 31 July 2025, the charity held unrestricted available cash of £945,375, which the trustees confirm is in line with their solvency targets covering estimated costs of closure and three months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: upReach Services Ltd.
“These financial statements consolidates the results of upReach Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the charitable company.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — upReach (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£4.5m
Cost of raising funds
£231k
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
82

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 4.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£4.7m£4.5m
31/07/2024£4.2m£4.0m
31/07/2023£3.8m£3.9m
31/07/2022£3.1m£2.9m
31/07/2021£1.9m£1.6m

Common questions

Is UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £203,868 for the year, with total income growing by 12% to £4,685,460. As of 31 July 2025, the charity held unrestricted available cash of £945,375, which the trustees confirm is in line with their solvency targets covering estimated costs of closure and three months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY as a grant recipient include MISSION44, THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUST, SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MISSION44FY2024£312kEducation
THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATIONFY2022£250kdonation recognised in prior period paid this year
THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATIONFY2021£250k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2024£232kTowards new posts of Product Consultant and Senior Product & Operations Manager to transform upReach's technology capabilities.
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£140k
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£139k
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUSTFY2025£125k
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUSTFY2025£125k
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUSTFY2025£125k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£59kHelping disadvantaged young people into top jobs - Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2024£56ksocial mobility
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£51k
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£50kJustice and Community Development
MISSION44FY2025£50kEmployment
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£38kProgramme Coordinators outside London April 2023 – March 2026
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2022£33ksocial mobility
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£25kAssociate Employability Programme
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kDiscretionary Grants
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2025£10ksocial mobility
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE PWC FOUNDATIONFY2023£300social inclusion through social mobility
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0
THE HAPPOLD FOUNDATIONFY2025—Education: Career support and mentoring

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£10kOnline employability support for disadvantaged young people during Covid-19

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 UP - UNLOCKING POTENTIAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
UP - UNLOCKING POTENTIAL FY2025£3.2m——within—no doubt
UPP FOUNDATION FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS FY2025£718k—0unclear—no doubt
REACH VOLUNTEERING FY2024£489k——unclear—no doubt
START UPRIGHT FY2026£5.5m——unclear—no doubt

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