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Penny Appeal

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1128341
Status
Registered
Registered
March 2, 2009
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Jehlum District, Pakistan

Address

Address
Penny Appeal Campus
Thornes Park
WAKEFIELD
West Yorkshire
WF2 8QZ

Contact

Activities

Penny Appeal provides poverty relief across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, with dedicated programmes to help the poor and needy by building wells, caring for orphans, providing nutritious food, delivering emergency aid in response to crisis situations and providing healthcare. Penny Appeal also works in the UK to help homeless people and women who have experienced domestic abuse.

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

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People

Areas of operation

Country
Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Burma, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, The Gambia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £13,136,985 £13,756,631 £6,666,599 68
Dec. 31, 2023 £22,429,858 £23,816,643 £7,286,244 90
Dec. 31, 2022 £23,086,238 £22,118,433 £8,673,029 100
Dec. 31, 2021 £16,188,549 £17,159,391 £7,414,224 131
April 30, 2021 £28,683,676 £23,285,223 £8,385,066 156

Trustees

Name Appointed
Mohammed Junaid Akhtar (Chair) Nov. 13, 2024
Huma Shamas Nov. 13, 2024
Jatinder Singh Panesar Nov. 12, 2025
Mohammed Khizar Nov. 13, 2024
Umar Tariq Nov. 12, 2025