THAMES REACH CHARITY

Registered charity 1166311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THAMES REACH

Thames Reach works with homeless and vulnerable adults to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. We specialise in supporting people with complex needs, like poor mental health and substance misuse. Our services include street outreach, hostels, specialist supported housing, prevention work, health initiatives and a range of employment and education schemes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, OLD AGE, DISABILITY OR ILL HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT ADVICE AND SUPPORT; ANDANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group recorded an operating deficit before exceptional items, reflecting difficult operating pressures. However, the trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing adequate resources and the ability to redeploy staff. The charity maintains a general reserve slightly above its stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10098652
• Trading subsidiary: THAMES REACH HOUSING Companies House 11462686

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Thames 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.

• WAKELIN, Sophie Louise Elmer — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• DANIEL, Rahul Alex — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• PARCZUK, Michelle Louise — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• RAMSDEN, Jane Susan — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
• BAQA, Muhammad — director, appointed 25/11/2024on trustee list
• DRUMMOND, Graham Robert Scott — director, appointed 27/11/2023on trustee list
• SMALLWOOD, Irmani — director, appointed 25/09/2023on trustee list
• BENNION, Catherine Mary — director, appointed 25/09/2023on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Georgina Alexandra Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/02/2021on trustee list
• TIDNAM, William Peter — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list
• TABER, Rebecca Louise — director, appointed 20/11/2017on trustee list
• HOWARD, Stephen Lee — director, appointed 17/10/2016on trustee list
• SCORER, Michael — director, appointed 01/04/2016on trustee list
• TIDNAM, William — secretary, appointed 01/01/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £2.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN HOWARDchair
• Catherine Mary Bennion
• Gemma Elizabeth Goacher
• Georgina Thompson
• Graham Drummond
• Irmani Smallwood
• Jane Susan Ramsden · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL SCORER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michelle Louise Parczuk
• Muhammad Baqa
• Rahul Alex Daniel
• Rebecca Louise Taber
• Sophie Louise Elmer Wakelin · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Peter Tidnam

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THAMES REACH HOUSING.

• THAMES REACH HOUSING income £3.2m
• REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS income £718k
• SLOUGH OUTREACH income £130k
• COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £1.5m
• REACH CHARITY LIMITED income £367k
• AUTISM HAMPSHIRE income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

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