SCHOOL IN A BAG

Registered charity 1186357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIAB

School In A Bag provide rucksacks full of essential resources to poor, orphan, disadvantaged and disaster affected children around the world. The SchoolBags enable a child to write, draw, colour, calculate, express themselves, eat, drink, wash and above all, learn.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.

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

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Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £138,444 for the year, with unrestricted free reserves amounting to £404,174. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• School in a Bag charity raises target for earthquake children bbc.co.uk · 10/03/2023

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — School in a Bag (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Jane Mackie
• CATHERINE ANNE GRACE
• DURGAN JOHN COOPER
• David James Hutchinson
• Michael Olusola Fasosin
• William Paul Hughes

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

Operates in: Albania · Angola · Argentina · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belarus · Bolivia · Brazil · Bulgaria · Cambodia · Chile · Congo

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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