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Porridge And Pens Ghana

Ghana Orphanage Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1166497
Status
Registered
Registered
April 13, 2016
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
1 Chapman Close
Brightlingsea
COLCHESTER
CO7 0FS

Activities

Porridge and Pens works with some of the most disadvantaged children and young adults in Ghana. We do this by providing access to free education, medicine, safe shelter and school meals so young people can create their own bright and sustainable futures, free from poverty.

Objects: “To relieve poverty of orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children, young adults and families, by provision of such grants and donations as shall be thought fit to orphanages, schools, individuals and families in Kumasi, Ghana, to improve their conditions of life”.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing
Who
Children/young People, People With Disabilities

Areas of operation

Country
Ghana
Local Authority
Essex

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £258,339 £282,590
Dec. 31, 2023 £270,977 £316,879
Dec. 31, 2022 £258,647 £262,877
Dec. 31, 2021 £132,642 £133,667
Dec. 31, 2020 £135,499 £69,431

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr PHILIP GRAYDON TIBBS May 1, 2021
Edmund David Smith May 1, 2021
Elizabeth Merrell Dec. 1, 2022
Gregg Weaver Aug. 9, 2018
Jayne Meek JM Aug. 9, 2018