PIERS SIMON APPEAL

Charity Number: 1109503
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Piers Simon Appeal runs School in a Bag (SIAB) - an initiative that distributes rucksacks filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster affected children around the world. SIAB runs many events including Home Farm Fest, a 3 day music festival held at the charity HQ in Somerset The charity has 4 employees and 2 part time volunteers

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £589
Total expenditure: £0

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Somerset
  • Albania
  • Angola
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Chile
  • Ecuador
  • Eswatini
  • Fiji
  • France
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Morocco
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Romania
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • The Gambia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 May 2005: Standard registration
  • 18 April 2019: Funds received from 1099110 THE TRIBAL GROUP FOUNDATION
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • PSA (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Caroline Jean Reeves Trustee 22 July 2019
None on record
JULIA LOWE Trustee
None on record
CELIA SIMON Trustee
None on record
ROGER HENRY SIMON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £290.88k £53.80k £2.12k £541 £589
Total expenditure £306.23k £93.94k £14.56k £499 £0
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £14.33k £19.34k N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 April 2024 28 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2023 06 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2022 23 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 April 2021 17 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 17 February 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2020 28 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 28 February 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 MAY 2005

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD, WAR OR ANY OTHER DISASTER OR WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING) IN RELATION TO THOSE PERSONS AND COMMUNITIES IN THAILAND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER THAT OCCURRED ON 26TH DECEMBER 2004; (B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER SUPPLIES, AND OTHER COMMUNAL FACILITIES, AND THE PROMOTION OF SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE OR COMMUNITIES; AND (C) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, HUMANITARIAN LONG TERM REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY PROGRAMMES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
HOME FARM
MAIN STREET
CHILTHORNE DOMER
YEOVIL
BA22 8RD
Phone:
07721741623
Email:
luke.simon@schoolinabag.org
Website:

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