Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1 April 2021 31 March 2022 From To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Community Action Ghana Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1188867 Charity's principal address 192 Botley Road Oxford Postcode OX2 0HW
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if
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1 Adrian Rosser Chair
2 Heather Rosser Secretary
3 Alyrene Rosser
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document |
‘The prevention or relief of poverty in Ghana by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.’ |
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| Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public beneft 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 beneft) |
Successful fundraising in excess of £4,000 to allow the charity to undertake it’s objectives Planning for fundraising activities such as recruiting runners for the 2022 Oxford Half marathon has been undertaken A 10 cubicle toilet block is being constructed in Alavanyo Agome A library has been refurbished and stocked with books in Alavanyo Wudidi A library has been refurbished and stocked with books in Hohoe Gbi Wegbe The donation of 3,000 books was organised by Community Action Ghana from Book Aid International Further surveys for a potable water supply have been undertaken in Gbedema Kof and funds raised to provide the borehole, equipment and water tower for the village. The clean safe water supply is now in use |
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The website www.communityactionghana.org continues to be updated and amended. The blog page is regularly updated and has good traffic driven organically and from our social media presence (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
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Volunteers from the London School of Economics (LSE) have helped with: Fundraising Reviewing monitoring and evaluation methods
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Sufficient funds have been raised to allow the activities of the charity to continue
A visit to the projects in Ghana was made by one of the trustees and found that the projects were running successfully. Though progress on the toilet block in Alavanyo Agome is quite slow. Our project manager in Ghana have proved invaluable in keeping the projects running and identifying other projects
Getting the active cooperation of the communities of Alavanyo Wudidi, Dzogbedze, Agome, Hohoe Gbi Wegbe and, Gbedema Kofi to help with the projects in their communities. (Community Action Ghana tries wherever possible to get the communities to contribute about 50% of the costs through work in kind and providing locally available materials.)
The website www.communityactionghana.org has had over 20,000 hits and is updated regularly
The website provided a link to school in Cirencester and they have donated monies towards a future library project. Links with the Leo’s of Cambridge High School New Zealand continue
Section E Financial review
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The charity does not have reserves as such but as there are no Brief statement of the expenditures incurred without funds being available there is not charity’s policy on a need for reserves or a reserves policy. reserves Details of any funds None materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
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When projects are identified and costed fundraising is done to
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additional information, where relevant about: At present we have local business contributions and personal
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the charity’s principal friends of the trustees donate. sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Adrian Clive Rosser Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 07/10/2022
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Charity Name No (if any) Community Action Ghana 1188867 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Apr-20 31-Mar-21
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 5,866 - - - - - - 5,866 - - - 5,866 112 335 - 206 7,859 162 180 22 - 8,876 - - - 8,876 - 3,010 5,181 2,171 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - 4,000 - - - - - - 4,000 - - - 4,000 - - - - 4,000 - - - - 4,000 - - - 4,000 - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 9,866 - - - - - - 9,866 - - - 9,866 112 335 - 206 11,859 162 180 22 - 12,876 - - - 12,876 - 3,010 |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 9,866 - - - - - - 9,866 - - - 9,866 112 335 - 206 11,859 162 180 22 - 12,876 - - - 12,876 - 3,010 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| donations | 5,866 | - | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| Moneytransfer fees | 112 | - | ||||
| Internet fees | 335 | - | ||||
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| Materials | 206 | - | ||||
| Sent to Ghanaprojects | 7,859 | - | ||||
| Justgivingfees | 162 | - | ||||
| Fundriasingfees | 180 | - | ||||
| Postage | 22 | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 8,876 | - | ||||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 5,181 | - | - | 5,181 | - | ||
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 2,171 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name |
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