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Education Sub-Saharan Africa

Essa

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1166958
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 28, 2026. Filing history
Registered
May 5, 2016
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
10101086

Address

Address
Clarkson Hyde
Chancery House
St. Nicholas Way
Sutton
SM1 1JB

Activities

The object of the Charity is for the public benefit to advance education in Sub-Saharan Africa. ESSA will play a vital role in transforming education: boosting the work of others, focusing on impact and outcomes and spreading best practice. In this way we aim to improve the effectiveness of investment in education, especially where systems are most challenged.

Objects: The Object Of The Charity Is For The Public Benefit To Advance Education In Sub-Saharan Africa.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Geography

Country
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Sept. 30, 2025 July 28, 2026On time £4,191,789 £2,065,117 £2,879,842 31
Sept. 30, 2024 June 13, 2025On time £1,451,070 £1,655,623 £748,210 27
Sept. 30, 2023 July 17, 2024On time £1,315,317 £1,194,285 £874,392 15
Sept. 30, 2022 July 27, 2023On time £1,286,647 £1,050,997 £877,545 15
Sept. 30, 2021 May 20, 2022On time £794,597 £871,622 £641,895 10
Sept. 30, 2020 April 29, 2021 £973,760 £823,759 £718,920 6

Trustees

Name Appointed
Abdelrahman Hassan March 21, 2024
Baidy Dieng Oct. 1, 2025
Christopher Foy April 4, 2016
Jonathan Ane March 9, 2023
Patrick Eamonn Roanin Dunne April 4, 2016
Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann June 24, 2023
Professor Hellen Inyega Sept. 12, 2024