REACH VOLUNTEERING

Registered charity 278837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REACH, RETIRED EXECUTIVES ACTION CLEARING-HOUSE

To provide no or low-cost access to skills for resource-poor charities and public organisations, enabling them to reach their potential. To help people with career skills to use their talents and experience to secure a fulfilling volunteering role, in turn allowing charities to thrive and prosper.To provide a trustee recruitment service to charities and to professionals looking for a board role.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a total operating deficit of £19,755 for the year, with total funds decreasing to £301,523. Unrestricted reserves stood at £186,731, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £135,000. The trustees report that the charity remains partially reliant on grant funding due to insufficient surplus from earned income to cover core service costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Who's Moving: Cats Protection, Reach Volunteering, CRUK and more civilsociety.co.uk · 25/07/2022

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01452482

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• City Bridge Foundation — “City Bridge Foundation” (source page)
• The Clothworkers Company — “The Clothworkers Company” (source page)
• Mike Hudson Foundation — “Mike Hudson Foundation” (source page)
• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “Paul Hamlyn Foundation” (source page)
• Schroder Charity Trust — “Schroder Charity Trust” (source page)
• The Meikle Foundation — “The Meikle Foundation” (source page)
• 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust — “29th May 1961 Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation — “Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation” (source page)
• Marsh Charitable Trust — “Marsh Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Broyst Foundation — “The Broyst Foundation” (source page)

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.

• LANDERS, Francois Simon — director, appointed 15/02/2024on trustee list
• POLAND, Keira — director, appointed 15/02/2024on trustee list
• IDE, Jane — director, appointed 18/07/2022on trustee list
• MORTON-DARE, Deborah — director, appointed 18/07/2022on trustee list
• BEWLEY, Saskia Danielle — director, appointed 06/05/2021on trustee list
• ALSTON, Gus Leon — director, appointed 06/05/2021on trustee list
• FOX, Rachell — director, appointed 20/06/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 3.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Morton-Dare
• Francois Landers
• Gus Leon Alston
• Jane Ide · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keira Poland
• Rachell Fox
• Saskia Danielle Bewley

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

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 REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

• REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS income £718k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• REACHOUT YOUTH income £947k
• REACH TRUST income £1.0m
• REACH UP YOUTH income £236k
• REACH CHARITY LIMITED income £208k

Side by side with its peers

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