school in a bag

The charity supports children and young people. School In A Bag is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing other financial support. The charity is based in Yeovil and operates in Albania, Angola, and various other locations.

This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income

£599,665

Latest Expenditure

£609,643

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 101.6%

% of income going directly to charitable activities

Overall Efficiency 100.0%

% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)

Administrative Ratio 0.4%

Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £546,427

Charitable Activities £11,947

Other Trading £2,134

Investments £0

Other Income £39,157

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £609,362

Raising Funds £281

Governance £2,428

Grants to Institutions £324,962

Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial Year	Income	Expenditure	Charitable Spending	Net Assets	Reserves	Staff
2024	£599,665	£609,643	£609,362	£385,491	£270,196	2 / 35
2023	£607,678	£385,241	£384,957	£395,469	£142,000	2 / 40
2022	£317,937	£263,313				0 / 200
2021	£166,837	£166,421				0 / 10
2020	£61,504	£444				0 / 1