THE RAKITOVO SELF-SUFFICIENCY FUND
Charity number: 1083429
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To help the people of Rakitovo - an impoverished area of Bulgaria. Projects include setting families up to grow their own food, and providing training to achieve qualifications to enable employment.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2025
Total income: £9,835
Total expenditure: £15,164
People
5 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
- Bulgaria
Governance
Registration history:
- 15 November 2000: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- RAKITOVO SELF-SUFFICIENCY FUND (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
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
5 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| HELEN GOSSET | Trustee | 01 January 2018 |
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| JULIE PENISTON-BIRD | Trustee |
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| MAGDALENE HAYWOOD | Trustee |
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| MARTIN PENISTON-BIRD | Trustee |
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| CAROLINE WARWOOD | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | 31/12/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £19.34k | £16.67k | £15.35k | £12.67k | £9.84k | |
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Total expenditure | £19.22k | £19.83k | £20.35k | £18.25k | £15.16k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2025 | 12 February 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2025 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 22 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 27 November 2024 | 27 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 09 January 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 12 January 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required |