(Please note this page is archived and the charity is no longer active nor registered as a UK charity).
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Charity Commission

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The Charity Commission is the regulator for charities registered in England & Wales. School Angel was granted charitable status on the 18th September 2013.  

Our charity registration number in England & Wales is 1153856 and you can confirm our charities registration by visiting the charities commission's official site here
School Angel is a foundation which is set up as a CIO or Charitable Incorporated Organisation. This allows our charity to operate in similar way to a business but with a simplified administration structure, so less red tape. Our foundation has been established for charitable purposes only for the public benefit.  Our aim is to help school children throughout the UK achieve their potential with particular reference to helping disadvantaged pupils.

School Angel is a unique charity because it is now entirely self-funding for all of it's charitable activities and running costs. We receive no external grants or funds from either the government nor any other external body. This is in contrast to the vast majority of UK charities which rely on grant funding in order to function. We return 100% of every donation we generate from retailers to the recipient school. We are to the best of our knowledge, the most efficient charity currently operating in the UK.

School Angel does not have any business interests nor commercial elements and is run entirely by unpaid volunteers.

We do occasionally receive charitable donations from members of the public but this makes up less than 5% of the total revenues the charity generates. If we do receive any external donation then these are allocated 100% to our disadvantaged children's fund ie. if someone donates one pound to us then one pound's worth of help is delivered to a child who really needs it with zero reduction.
Every charity has a set of charitable aims (or objects) which set out a framework for what the charity has been established to do. The charity has a board of trustees whose job is it to make sure that the charity fulfils its obligations in making sure that it's charitable aims are met. Our charitable aims are listed here:

School Angel Charitable Aims (Charitable Objects)

  • "To advance the education (including physical education) of pupils at UK schools registered with the charity by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities (not required to be provided by the local education authority) for education at the school." 
 
  • '' To assist UK schools in advancing the education of school age children by developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities through leisure time activities."
 
  • '' To assist UK schools in advancing the education of children suffering with mental and / or physical disability and including children suffering from social deprivation in such ways as the charities trustees think fit''