2025-03-31-accounts - Community Action Ghana

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01 April 2024 To 31 March 2025

Charity name: Community Action Ghana

Charity registration number: 1188867

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The prevention or relief of poverty in Ghana by providing items and services to individuals in need and/or other organisations working to prevent poverty
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Successful fundraising of £9651 to allow the charity to undertake its objectives. This included fundraising through craft fairs though this was more useful in raising awareness of our charity than raising funds. The number of donors now giving regular monthly donations continues to grow. The planning and completion of a toilet block in Mafi Abude using the restricted funds from the Greenhall and Salter foundations as well as donation from regular givers. Community Action Ghana drilled a borehole in Abunyanyana and installed a pump which fed two water tanks. These tanks were put on towers that the community had built at either end of the village. We also replaced a broken submersible pump and a cracked water tank in another Abunyanyana community using funds generously given by a friend. Books have been obtained from friends, relatives and Book Aid International and distributed to libraries that we have previously renovated. One outstanding but

		poignant gift was an Atlas that the librarian at Alavanyo Kpeme library received with the words ‘I have always wanted an atlas for my library.’ He was welling up as he said this.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees at all times have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and can confirm that members of the communities we have worked with this year have benefitted from increased availability to clean water, clean sanitation and books and a safe place to read them to increase their literacy thus improving their employability

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SORP reference Grants are not made as such but the charity buys materials in Ghana so that projects can go ahead. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment We do not have volunteers in the normal sense but the communities volunteer their time and resources in the construction and Para 1.38 decoration of the projects. When this is given Contribution made by a monetary value it approximates to about volunteers half of the total cost of most projects. Not only is this in itself valuable but it also gives ownership of the project to the community. Other

Achievements and Performance

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Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Community nurses have said that community toilet blocks have led to a noticeable decline in the number of infant mortality. The libraries are well used as indicated by records of books borrowed and by the fact that many of the books are showing signs of use. The library in Alavanyo Kpeme is open and constantly full from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm. The communities also value the safe space that the libraries provide for the youth of the communities where they can gather in early mornings and evenings to study in safe well lit clean environments. There is continued anecdotal evidence showing that there is less antisocial behaviour from the youth in these communities. Seamstresses in the communities we work in continue to make bags of different sizes from locally available cloth which we then sell in the UK and a fair trade shop in Hamlyn in Germany. This provides employment in the communities we operate. An electric sewing machine was donated to us and given to a seamstress in Alavanyo Dzogbedze to train her apprentices in the use of electric as well as hand machines. The website continues to be accessed regularly and has been viewed in excess of 30,000 times. It is regularly updated and blogs are regularly posted. Comments have been made about the positive way we keep individual donors aware of our activities through this medium. We have started using wider social media such as Facebook, Instagram and X to disseminate information.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	We have succeeded in completing most of the projects we have been working on in this period and will continue to work on those unfinished projects when funds are available.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	We succeeded in raising sufficient funds for the projects we were involved in this year.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	We do not invest any monies.
Other		It is worth noting that when trustees visit the projects in Ghana their flights and some of the costs of accommodation and travel are met by the individual trustees. We do not feel it is right that donated monies are used for this.

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The financial position at the end of the year shows that the charity is a viable proposition.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	There are no reserves as such in that monies are carried over from one year to the next and spent on projects the following year. No expenditure is undertaken without funds being available.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	None
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Have no ongoing liabilities that would need reserves to be called on. If we do not have sufficient funds for a project to be finished we put the project on hold until the funds are raised from individual or larger donors.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There are no uncertainties about the viability of the charity continuing as a going concern.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	We have raised £5,800 from The Green Hall and Souter foundations and a further £7,766 from individual donors. The number of donors giving regularly has increased. We are also raising funds by attending craft fairs selling items made by seamstresses in the communities we operate in, though this is more of an awareness raising exercise than a good fundraising exercise. We are grateful for receiving Gift Aid from HMRC
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	N/A

The continued ability to raise funds is the main risk as the sector is extremely tight. If we are unable to raise funds we will scale back on the number of projects we start. A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Operate under the Charity Commission auspices.
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Currently the trustees are all family members it is not envisaged that other trustees will be appointed at this time.
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	Code of Conduct Safeguarding policy Trustees are made aware of training opportunities provided by the charity commission
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	N/A
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	N/A

Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Community Action Ghana
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1188867
Charity’s principal address	192 Botley Road Oxford OX2 0HW UK

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitle d to appoin t trustee (ifany)
	Adrian Rosser	Chair
	Heather Rosser	Secretary
	Alyrene Rosser

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

none

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

none

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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	Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

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

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10/10/2025
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Charity Name No (if any) Community Action Ghana 1188867

Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y

CC16a

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1-Apr-24 31-Mar-25

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

to the nearest £ 5,800 - - - - - - - 5,800 - - - 5,800 funds	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 13,566 424 48 - - - - - 14,038 - - - 14,038	Last year to the nearest £
			9,651
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5,800	-	14,038	9,651

A3 Payments Justgivingfees 216 equipment & materials 64 insurance 156 internet 52	A3 Payments Justgivingfees 216 equipment & materials 64 insurance 156 internet 52	- - - -	- - - -	216 64 156 52
Justgivingfees	216	-	-	216	216
equipment & materials	64	-	-	64	292
insurance	156	-	-	156	115
internet	52	-	-	52	216

11/21/2025

Sent toghana forprojects	2,444	5,800	-	8,244	9,168
Monet transfer fees	-	-	-	-	63
travel expences	-	-	-	-	115
Fundraisingfees	-	-	-	-	15
postage	-	-	-	-	1
*Sub total*	2,932	5,800	-	8,732	10,201

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Total payments **	2,932	5,800		-	8,732	10,201

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	5,306	-	-		5,306	- 550
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	460	-	-		460	1,008
**Cash funds this year end **	5,766	-	-		5,766	458

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

Categories unds	Details cash in bank *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ 5,766 - - 5,766 OK Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds	to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds Restricted funds	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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B1 Cash funds

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B2 Other monetary assets

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B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

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B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Details Signature	- - - - - Print Name A C Rosser Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)





		Date of approval
	A C Rosser	21/11/2025

11/21/2025