# HORIZON SCANDAL FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1199595
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [13739654](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13739654)
- **Registered:** July 8, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1199595


## Contact

- **Address:** 27 CHARMOUTH ROAD, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 3LJ
- **Phone:** 01225 444334
- **Email:** info@horizonscandalfund.org
- **Website:** www.horizonscandalfund.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF HARDSHIP, POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND BEEN AFFECTED AS A RESULT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE POST OFFICE’S COMPUTER ACCOUNTING SYSTEM COMMONLY KNOWN AS HORIZON, IN ITS LEGACY HORIZON, HORIZON ONLINE OR HNG-X VERSIONS; AND(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG PERSONS WHO HAVE WORKED (WHETHER ON AN EMPLOYED OR SELF-EMPLOYED BASIS) AT POST OFFICE COUNTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

**Activities:** 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.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **David Chaplin** | Chair | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| Eleanor Shaikh |  | Nov. 17, 2023 |
| Helen Lacey |  | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| Nicholas Wallis |  | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| Nicola Wallis |  | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| SANDRA ANN TIZZARD |  | March 1, 2022 |
| VARCHASANRAJ VIPINCHANDRA PATEL |  | April 6, 2022 |




