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Thames Reach Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Thames Reach is a leading London homelessness charity specialising in people with complex and multiple needs, including substance misuse and poor mental health. In 2024-25, income grew 10% to £29.5m, over 2,500 people were helped to sustain tenancies, 120+ moved into employment and positive move-ons from accommodation rose to 178. The charity's ethos of never giving up on people drives work spanning street outreach, emergency hostels, tenancy support, health services and employment across London and beyond.

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About

Street outreach; emergency hostels; day services; Tenancy Sustainment Team (commissioned by GLA, working with over 1,000 people across London); Intensive Housing and Support Service (IHASS); Community Living and Support Service (hospital discharge); Hounslow floating support service (500+ people); IPS mental health employment team (Lambeth); Staying Well mental health service; Resettlement Support Team pilot; Accommodate and Connect service (East Sussex); employment, training and education programmes

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income of £29,531,148 in 2024-25 — a 10% increase on the previous year
Key Metric 2 Over 2,500 people helped to become better equipped to sustain a tenancy through tenancy sustainment and floating support services
Key Metric 3 Over 120 people supported into employment; 178 people moved on positively from accommodation services — up from 143 the previous year

Key Outcomes

  • Evictions from hostels and supported housing halved following introduction of post-eviction review system; 178 people moved on positively from accommodation to more independent or appropriate housing
  • 51 people supported into work through the Lambeth IPS mental health employment team; over 500 people in Hounslow supported to maintain tenancies through the new floating support service
  • Resettlement Support Team pilot launched across three London hostels in partnership with GLA and London Councils; Accommodate and Connect service begun in East Sussex in February 2025, expanding Thames Reach's geographic reach

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
1,481 young people supported in 2024/25, with 325 accommodated across all services
Key Metric 2
3,216 counselling sessions delivered to 528 young people, a 101% increase on the previous year
Key Metric 3
A Social Return on Investment analysis found every £1 invested generates £6.80 of social impact
78% of young people in Supported Accommodation demonstrated positive progression, up from 62% the prior year
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
5,952 children and young people supported across Sussex and Surrey in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
896 young people provided with a safe home, and 4,186 children provided with counselling services
Key Metric 3
870 children, young people and families received specialist information, advice and support
81% of residents said they were satisfied with the service provided
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
£301,000 given in grants to homeless people in 2023-24
Key Metric 2
Nearly 3,000 people helped across England over the year
Key Metric 3
£102,000 in resettlement grants enabling 592 homeless people to move into a home
512 homeless people received six months of free mobile data through digital inclusion grants