HORIZON SCANDAL FUND

Registered charity 1199595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a. To relieve or prevent hardship, poverty, sickness and distress among those people who have suffered and been affected as a result of problems with the Post Offices computer accounting system commonly known as Horizon; andb. To relieve poverty among persons who have worked, whether on an employed or self-employed basis, at Post Office counters and their families.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £5,242 for the year ended 30 November 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves (net assets) increased to £24,413, up from £19,171 in 2024, indicating improved financial stability. The charity received £64,373 in turnover and disbursed £57,253 in grants, with administrative expenses totaling £1,878.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Chaplinchair
• Eleanor Shaikh
• Helen Lacey
• Nicholas Wallis
• Nicola Wallis
• SANDRA ANN TIZZARD · trustee of 2 other charities
• VARCHASANRAJ VIPINCHANDRA PATEL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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