## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2023 **To** 04 04 2024 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

Learning For Life Ghana 

**Other names charity is known by** 

**Registered charity number (if any)** 1169915 **Charity's principal address** 98, Shipton Road York N Yorks **Postcode YO30 5RN** ~~ee~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Julia Burnett CEO 20-10-16 to date 2 Joanna Lynas Treasurer 20-10-16 to date 3 Heather Tisbury Welfare officer 30-08-18 to date 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

For the public benefit to promote the education of young people in Ghana by awarding scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants to support further or higher education. To provide and prepare learners for entry into an occupation, trade or profession on leaving full time school and assist in developing life skills needed for independent living. 

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To fund raise and gain sponsorship for learners to complete appropriate training / educational courses. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

All trustees of Learning For Life Ghana are volunteers and do not receive any financial remuneration for their efforts in achieving the aims of the charity. 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

Following the FCDO 'Tools For Teachers' project completed in 2022, feedback emains positive and skills learned continue to be shared amongst local teachers and the children are forging ahead with their literacy skills. Schools in UK are sharing their surplus resources which LFLG have sent to be shared in Ghanaian schools. The Ghanaian pupils learning experience has been enhanced and lending libraries have been established in several schools. Ghana Education Service personnel monitoring these schools have been impressed that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results in these schools have improved year on year over the last 4 years. English Maths and Science Examination grades previously sat in the lower ranges of 5, 6 and 7and this year grades of 1-4 have been achieved in all three subjects. The profile of these schools has risen, resulting in happy children, happy parents, proud teachers, satisfied GES inspectors, and more guardians wanting to enrol their wards. This in turn brings more funds into the school and makes it self-sustaining. 

LFLG volunteers in Ghana and UK continue to oversee the establishment of young learners into further and higher education training opportunities. 

LFLG have a strong policy portfolio in place that is reviewed annually by the trustees. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

LFLG is presently supporting 17 students in a variety of learning **Summary of the main** environments : **achievements of the charity** University (following degrees in Economics, Health Science and **during the year** Chemistry) SHS Seamstress School Physiotherapy College Apprenticeships in mechanical engineering, constructional engineering, electrical engineering and hair and beauty. IT training school following a variety of computer courses. 

12 learners completed their studies/training courses this year and have now gained full time employment or set up their own businesses. 

Provided early years and primary classroom resources for teachers and pupils in several schools in the greater Accra district. 

Collection of donated educational resources shipped to Ghana and distributed to schools and young learners. 

Detailed due diligence portfolio of Learning For Life Ghana policies updated and signed by trustees. 

LFLG Held an awareness evening to feedback to supporters and those interested in the work of the charity. Attendance was 78 individuals. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

The charity has raised donations from private donors and this cash is **Brief statement of the** distributed in support of charitable causes over the course of time with all **charity’s policy on reserves** UK charity personnel working on a voluntary basis. There are no other reserves. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** The charity spent £5831.68 on supporting specific students in Ghana You **may choose** to include through education, as outlined in more detail above. additional information, where relevant about: 

- The annual accounts have been verified as accurate and correct. 

- • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

**Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Julia Burnett **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** CEO **Date** 01-05-2024 

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|||**Learning For Life Ghana**|**Learning For Life Ghana**|**Learning For Life Ghana**|||**1169915**|**1169915**||||
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|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**||
||**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee~~|||Period start date<br>4/1/2023<br>~~ee~~||**To**<br>~~ee~~||Period end date<br>3/31/2024||||
||**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest      £**|**to the nearest      £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
||VoluntaryDonations|**4,452**||**-**||**-**||**4,452**||**2,654**||
||HMRC Gift Aid|**503**||**-**||**-**||**503**||**194**||
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|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_AR)_**4,955**||**-**||**-**||**4,955**||**2,848**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**4,955**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,955**<br>**2,848**<br>~~——————~~||||||||||||
||**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
||Student Fees|**5,831**||**-**||**-**||**5,831**||**5,756**||
||Other Expenses|**58**||**-**||**-**||**58**||**98**||
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||**_Sub total_ **|**5,889**||**-**||**-**||**5,889**||**5,854**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**5,889**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,889**<br>**5,854**<br>~~——————~~||||||||||||
||**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-                     934**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                     934**<br>~~===~~||**-**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**|**-   -                     934**<br>**-                3,006**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-   -                     934**<br>**-                3,006**<br>~~==>>~~||||||



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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