School in a Bag (charity 1186357) is a specialist education charity based near Yeovil, sending school bags and materials to children who need them. Latest scored accounts (2024) show income of £600k and a Clarity Score of 100 (5★ Exceptional).
Disclosed years show charitable activities as essentially all of expenditure, with fundraising cost recorded at 0p per £1 of income and filings up to date. Other snapshot figures:
- eight months of reserves
- 35 volunteers and 2 staff
- six trustees, no late filings
Specialist international education is a different product from a large multi-country agency. If you are choosing between this kind of intervention and a broad humanitarian brand, start with the international cause review and the filings snapshot — not the logo. Christian Aid vs CAFOD is the household-name comparison in that cause; this charity is a much smaller, narrower job.
Clarity Score still does not measure whether bags reach the right children. That evidence lives in the annual report, not in the rating. Information only.