International Porter Protection Group (Ippg) UK
What it does
Building and maintaining a medical rescue post and porter shelter in Machermo and Gokyo in Nepal to improve porter welfare. The earthquake in 2015 caused significant damage and the rebuilding of the porter and rescue shelter is now taking place and hopefully be fully functional again in post-monsoon season in 2016. Large tents were also despatched to porter villages where the needs were greatest.
Its charitable purposes
TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF MOUNTAIN PORTERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THEPROVISION OF MEDICAL SUPPORT, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HIGH ALTITUDE ILLNESS AND PORTER WELFARE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Nepal
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £50 and spent £47.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £50 | £47 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £353 | £2,035 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £83 | £2,050 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £468 | £5,605 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £1,996 | £7,257 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 97%, from £1,996 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £50 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 94% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Dr NICHOLAS MASONChair
- Dr Elana Gwen Farrant
- Dr EMMA MASON
- Dr James Farrant
- Dr LOUISE COOK
- Dr Sean Preston Tobin
- Mrs Anna Louise Tobin BSc PGDIP
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 13 September 2026, 48 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 22 October 2025, 9 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 19 October 2024, 12 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 5 October 2023, 26 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 29 September 2022, 32 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1143221
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 3 August 2011
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27/06/2011AS AMENDED ON 26/04/2015
- Website
- www.ippg.net
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.