REACT

Registered charity 802440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAPID EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND AID FOR CHILDREN WITH POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS

REACT WORKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING BASIC ESSENTIAL AID AND EQUIPMENT TO FAMILIES CARING FOR A CHILD LIVING WITH A LIFE -LIMITED ILLNESS.

Objects

(I)TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY PROMOTING THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARE OF PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, SUFFERING FROM POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS. (II) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY PROMOTING THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARE OF PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SUFFERING FROM POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THE SUPPORT OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES; (III) TO CONDUCT OR PROMOTE THE EDUCATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND (IV) THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT OR CARE OF SUCH PERSONS WHEN, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, SUCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY A HEALTH AUTHORITY OR A LOCAL AUTHORITY(V) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND ASSOCIATED EXPENSES IN RESPECT OF THE FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS, WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE MAKE IT REASONABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH FINANCIAL SUPPORT (VI)TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH HOLIDAYS OR BREAKS FOR THOSE WHO NORMALLY CARE FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES (INCLUDING SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE RECENTLY CEASED SO CARING FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A VICTIM OF POTENTIALLY TERMINAL ILLNESS) WHERE IT APPEARS THAT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE MAKE IT REASONABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS OBJECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that React reported a surplus of £12,188 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income increasing to £759,211. The charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £505,616, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations and meet liabilities. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2025) → 0 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — React (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).

• Ferrovial Construction — “This summer, the wonderful team at our corporate charity partner Ferrovial Construction took on...” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 9.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Debra Ann Brownlee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Debra Ann Brownlee
• Judy Burdett
• KEITH RICHARD ENTWISLE
• MR Richard Clifford · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAUL GRAHAM MELLOR
• Victoria Andreas

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• RESPOND income £1.1m
• REACT Disaster Response Ltd income £1.6m
• CHAIN REACTION THEATRE COMPANY income £254k
• OPERATION REACH income £61k
• THE ADOLESCENT AND CHILDREN'S TRUST income £27.8m
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m

Side by side with its peers

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