THREAD AHEAD

Registered charity 1195144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Thread Ahead provides brand new items (primarily clothing and toiletries) to people with precarious immigration status. Precarious immigration status is taken to include refugees, asylum-seekers and non-EU migrants lacking indefinite leave to remain in the UK. In doing so, we also increase sustainability in the fashion and toiletries industries, redirecting items which would otherwise go to waste.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ITEMS AND SERVICES INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING OBJECT) CLOTHING AND TOILETRIES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£118k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £51,248 in free reserves, which is within its stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating expenses. The charity reported a net income of £24,733 for the year, marking a return to financial stability after a deficit in the previous year, supported by increased grant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenses (held: £51k)

“Thread Ahead’s reserves policy is to maintain a cash balance of between 3 and 6 months of operating expenses. Based on our budget for 2026/27, this amounts to between £32,879 and £65,759.” — page 16

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £25,000 — grants £25,000 (1); 17% of the £143,172 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 43

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £12,970 — grants £12,970 (1); 16% of the £78,999 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Adeyemichair
Angela Mary Webb
Anna De Pulford
David Alexander Showell
Donna Sue Ellen Dickey
Rhodiane Sylphanie Kengne

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£143k	£118k
31/03/2025	£47k	£77k
31/03/2024	£79k	£34k
31/03/2023	£35k	£18k
31/03/2022	£4k	£3k

Common questions

Is THREAD AHEAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £51,248 in free reserves, which is within its stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating expenses. The charity reported a net income of £24,733 for the year, marking a return to financial stability after a deficit in the previous year, supported by increased grant funding. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THREAD AHEAD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THREAD AHEAD as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE FUNDING NETWORK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2024	£23k	Core funding 2024/25
THE FUNDING NETWORK	FY2025	£18k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	08/10/2025	£35k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/12/2023	£20k	New Clothes for Refugees
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2022	£10k	Thread Ahead

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
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£292k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£154k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£131k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£123k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£45k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEATHERHEAD START.

LEATHERHEAD START income £337k
CHILDREN AHEAD LTD income £1.5m
Community Threads income £44k
MIGRATEFUL income £1.2m
THINK AHEAD COMMUNITY STROKE GROUP income £239k
RURAL REFUGEE NETWORK income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THREAD AHEAD	£143k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LEATHERHEAD START FY2025	£337k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHILDREN AHEAD LTD FY2025	£1.5m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	within	—	no doubt
Community Threads FY2025	£44k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MIGRATEFUL FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THINK AHEAD COMMUNITY STROKE GROUP FY2025	£239k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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