Reach the Children

Analysis

Reach the Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reach the Children reported income of £61k and spending of £38k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £94k to £61k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Reach the Children sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thanet Youth and Community Centre (£61k), Congolese Community Council (£61k) and The Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Support Group (£61k).