REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Registered charity 1169108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
REACH assists clients in financial crisis, focusing on solutions for debt and hardship through a relational handholding approach. Food parcels deliver immediate crisis relief. Long-term interventions include debt advice, benefits assistance, housing aid, essential items. Our prevention work involves post intervention 1-2-1 wellbeing guidance, money management classes in schools, advocacy & policy.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity posted a small surplus of £21,612 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £74,553, providing working capital to protect the continuity of core work. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of three months of staffing and running costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of staffing and running costs (held: £75k)
“We endeavour to maintain 3 months of staffing and running costs.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Reach Community Projects (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- All Churches Trust — “Funding Partners: All Churches Trust” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£104k
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 14.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
- ROY DUNCAN GRAHAMchair
- GAVIN PAUL JAMES ROWDEN
- Kelleigh Jansen
- Leigh David Carter
- Matthew Thomas Stevenson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a small surplus of £21,612 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £74,553, providing working capital to protect the continuity of core work. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of three months of staffing and running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS as a grant recipient include THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE RACING FOUNDATION, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY.
Known funders
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