# EDUCATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166958
- **Other names:** ESSA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 5, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1166958


## Contact

- **Address:** Clarkson Hyde, Chancery House, St. Nicholas Way, SUTTON
- **Postcode:** SM1 1JB
- **Phone:** +447551742384
- **Email:** info@essa-africa.org
- **Website:** www.essa-africa.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

**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.




## 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



## Areas of operation

- 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 | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £1451070 | £1655623 | £748210 | 27 |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £1315317 | £1194285 | £874392 | 15 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £1286647 | £1050997 | £877545 | 15 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £794597 | £871622 | £641895 | 10 |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £973760 | £823759 | £718920 | 6 |



## Trustees

- Abdelrahman Hassan — appointed March 21, 2024
- Baidy Dieng — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- CHRISTOPHER FOY — appointed April 4, 2016
- Jonathan Ane — appointed March 9, 2023
- PATRICK EAMONN ROANIN DUNNE — appointed April 4, 2016
- Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann — appointed June 24, 2023
- Professor Hellen Inyega — appointed Sept. 12, 2024