PAPPA FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 16 January 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
Latest income: £20,425
Latest expenditure: £21,279
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 20 HAY STREET, MARSHFIELD, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 8NL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.pappafund.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Health and education programmes in Rameswaram

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £20,425
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,279

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £19,118
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,299

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £26,400
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,605

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,924
Total Gross Expenditure: £100,848

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 3 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £16,518
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,150

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £20,425
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,279
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 11 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £19,118
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,299
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £26,400
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,605
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,924
Total Gross Expenditure: £100,848
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 3 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £16,518
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,150
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: South Gloucestershire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PAPPA FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-01-16T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 NOVEMBER 1996
Charitable Objects: APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR SUCH OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND OF RAMESWARAM IN SOUTHERN INDIA OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY OR INHABITANTS IN SOUTHERN INDIA BY: 1) WORKING PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, RESPONDING TO THEIR INITIATIVES AND REQUESTS. 2) SUPPORTING LOCAL PROJECTS WHICH GIVE PRIORITY TO THE NEEDS OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 3) PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY RATHER THAN DEPENDENCY. 4) HELPING THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY TRYING TO HELP THEMSELVES.
Area Of Benefit: ISLAND OF RAMESWARAM IN SOUTHERN INDIA

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures