PROJECT PENCIL CASE

Registered charity 1144051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PPC

Supporting both individual under-privileged students and under-resourced primary and upper schools in Ethiopia with basic school materials including; locally produced pencil cases, school uniforms & reusable sanitary pads which helps improve access to education; plus scholarship education aimed at empowerment of primarily marginalised women and humanitarian needs such as feeding programs.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND MATERIAL AND TEACHING SUPPORT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£10k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
2011

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ethiopia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£10k£10k
30/09/2024£4k£4k
30/09/2023£16k£18k
30/09/2022£3k£6k
30/09/2021£13k£7k

Common questions

Who funds PROJECT PENCIL CASE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROJECT PENCIL CASE as a grant recipient include GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2024£1k