THE PELICAN POST

Charity number: 1142143
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity aims to promote literacy in disadvantaged communities through the distribution of educational material and in particular class sets of appropriate children's fiction. Currently the charity is supporting schools in Africa. The charity also works with international publishers to get early readers translated and printed into local languages for distribution to partnering charities

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £10,590
Total expenditure: £9,257

People

2 Trustee(s)

21 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • City Of London
  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Surrey
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 May 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Julia Remnant Trustee 20 November 2015
None on record
MR NICK JOHNSON Trustee 01 April 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.58k £10.58k £4.76k £10.46k £10.59k
Total expenditure £4.47k £2.03k £13.50k £9.43k £9.26k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 28 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 29 March 2022 57 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 May 2021 116 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/03/2011

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF LITERACY OF PEOPLE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BOOKS. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, INCLUDING IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE, BY PROVIDING, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

Contact information

Address:
Sparrows
Brightstone Lane
Lower Farringdon
ALTON
Hampshire
GU34 3DG
Phone:
07766257808
Email:
info@pelican-post.org
Website:

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