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Registered charity · West Yorkshire

Penny Appeal

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £13m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and more
Website
www.pennyappeal.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Penny Appeal
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£13m£14m
  • 2023£22m£24m
  • 2022£23m£22m
Earlier years
  • 2021£16m£17m
  • 2021£29m£23m
Charitable objects

(1) TO PREVENT AND/OR RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND OTHER MEANS: TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION.(2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER (3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.(4) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS(5) TO PROMOTE SUBSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT(6) TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS IN LOCALITIES WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES(7) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE(8) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT(9) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION(10) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE(11) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FORM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED AND AGREED BY THE TRUSTEES

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

1.5y median 1.5y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Other services 2Hospitality 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£13.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.1 in 2021

68 from 131 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1128341
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/01/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 NOV 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 JUN 2023
Companies House
Company number 06578382 · Active
Contact on the register
03000111111 · info@pennyappeal.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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