REACH SOUTH

Registered charity 1196451 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our purpose is the advancement of the Christian faith as the trustees determine, through the establishment of a partnership of evangelical churches cooperating to plant and resource new churches, recruit and support gospel workers, train members of the churches for ministry, and co-ordinate efforts and expenditure for the furtherance of the gospel by publications, assemblies, courses and otherwise

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARTNERSHIP OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES COOPERATING TO PLANT AND RESOURCE NEW CHURCHES, RECRUIT AND SUPPORT GOSPEL WORKERS, TRAIN MEMBERS OF THE CHURCHES FOR MINISTRY, AND CO-ORDINATE EFFORTS AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL BY PUBLICATIONS, ASSEMBLIES, COURSES AND OTHERWISE.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£89k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £125,610 against resources expended of £88,523, resulting in a net movement in funds of £37,087. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (general funds) stood at £16,407, which met the stated policy target of retaining three months of basic operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £16k)

“A reserves policy exists whereby – in normal circumstances – cash reserves should be retained amoun ng to 3 months basic opera ng costs” — page 12

Per its FY2025 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 2

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Francis Edward Orlando Saerchair · trustee of 4 other charities
JONATHAN PHILIP SHULVER · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Andrew Clifton · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter John Bentley-Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£126k	£89k
31/07/2024	£41k	£38k
31/07/2023	£41k	£26k
31/07/2022	£2k	£24

Common questions

Is REACH SOUTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £125,610 against resources expended of £88,523, resulting in a net movement in funds of £37,087. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (general funds) stood at £16,407, which met the stated policy target of retaining three months of basic operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds REACH SOUTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REACH SOUTH as a grant recipient include THE HOWARD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOWARD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£6k	Support of evangelistic outreach, health and educational work

Charities like this

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

REACH TRUST income £1.0m
NORTH EAST CHURCHES ACTING TOGETHER income £29k
THE RIMSHOT CHARITABLE TRUST income £127k
SUCCESS TEMPLE income £198k
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT EVANGELICAL OUTREACH income £34k
REACH OUT UK income £24k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REACH SOUTH	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
REACH TRUST FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH EAST CHURCHES ACTING TOGETHER FY2025	£29k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE RIMSHOT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£127k	—	above	—	no doubt
SUCCESS TEMPLE FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT EVANGELICAL OUTREACH FY2025	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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