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

**From 15 July 2020 Period start date To 31 March 2021 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Turbo Ghana** 

## **Charity registration number: 1190412** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the  Para 1.17 For the public benefit the relief of<br>purposes of the charity  those in need in Ghana by reason of<br>as set out in its  youth, age, ill-health, disability, or<br>governing document social or economic disadvantage in<br>particular but not exclusively by<br>coordinating and developing services<br>such as, the provision of clean water,<br>latrines, educational materials and<br>such other services for those in need<br>as the trustees may determine.<br>Summary of the main  Para 1.17 and  We are a newly formed registered<br>1.19<br>activities in relation to  charity and have been operating for<br>those purposes for the  less than a year. Throughout the<br>public benefit, in  period the UK has been affected by<br>particular, the activities,  the global COVID-19 pandemic which<br>projects or services  has limited our ability to raise<br>identified in the  donations and pursue projects.<br>accounts.<br>Going forward, we intend to raise<br>funds to undertake two projects:<br> A pre-school building<br> Teacher accommodation<br>Aframano has a junior school with four<br>or five classrooms, for children aged 5<br>to 12. This accommodates children of<br>junior school age. The villagers want<br>to establish a pre-school for children<br>too young to go to the junior school.<br>This will benefit the children by<br>preparing them for school education,<br>but importantly it will also benefit<br>parents, by freeing them of childcare<br>during part of the day and enabling<br>them to work.<br>Because Aframano is isolated, the<br>villagers have also asked for a small<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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building to accommodate teachers<br>who stay in the village during the<br>week, and return home at weekends.<br>This will help attract better teachers<br>who are able to spend more time<br>teaching without worrying about how<br>they will get home each night.<br>Statement confirming  Para 1.18 All trustees have regard to the<br>whether the trustees  commission’s public benefit guidance<br>have had regard to the  rules for charities as outlined in the<br>guidance issued by the  link Public beneft: rules for charities -<br>Charity Commission on  GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<br>public benefit<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Additional information (optional)** 


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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:<br>SORP reference<br>Para 1.38 Turbo Ghana is not intending to award<br>Policy on grant making any grants.<br>Para 1.38 Turbo Ghana is not intending to use<br>Policy on social  social investment as a route to<br>investment including  achieve its goals.<br>program related<br>investment<br>Para 1.38 Turbo Ghana is not using volunteers<br>Contribution made by  to undertake charitable activities.<br>volunteers<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Achievements and Performance** 

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||Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>diference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>benefciaries and any<br>wider benefts to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|We registered Turbo Ghana as a<br>charity with the Charity Commission in<br>July 2020 and have identifed the<br>following roles: Chair (Professor Mark<br>Ryan), Treasurer (Mrs Michele Foot)<br>and Secretary (Ms Natasha Ryan).<br>We have also set up a charity bank<br>account with CAF Bank and registered<br>with HRMC for Gift Aid.<br>We are currently looking at charity<br>fund raising platforms and intend to<br>register with a fund raising website to<br>help attract donations.<br>We have also developed a website<br>https://turboghana.org/index.html||
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Achievements against  Para 1.41<br>objectives set<br>Performance of<br>fundraising activities  Para 1.41<br>against objectives set<br>Investment performance  Para 1.41<br>against objectives<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Financial Review** 


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Review of the charity’s  Para 1.21 Turbo Ghana has just over £3,000<br>financial position at the  cash funds in the bank account.<br>end of the period<br>Statement explaining  Para 1.22 No policy currently<br>the policy for holding<br>reserves stating why<br>they are held<br>Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 None<br>Reasons for holding zero  Para 1.22 Turbo Ghana has not funded any work<br>reserves since it became registered as a<br>charity.<br>Once we have further donations we<br>plan to undertake the two projects<br>specified on page 1.<br>Currently we have no financial<br>liabilities.  We expect to incur<br>operational liabilities in the next<br>reporting period and will hold<br>reserves then.<br>Details of fund materially Para 1.24<br>in deficit<br>Explanation of any  Para 1.23 There are no uncertainties about the<br>uncertainties about the  charity’s ability to continue as a going<br>charity continuing as a  concern.<br>going concern<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds  Para 1.47<br>(including any<br>fundraising)<br>Investment policy and<br>objectives including any  Para 1.46<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>A description of the  Para 1.46<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Structure, Governance and Management** 


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Description of charity’s<br>trusts:<br>Type of governing  Para 1.25 Constitution<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal<br>charter)<br>How is the charity  Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation<br>constituted?  (CIO)<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)<br>Trustee selection  Para 1.25 The first charity trustees are as<br>methods including  follows, and were appointed for the<br>details of any  following terms –<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or   Professor Mark Ryan - for 3<br>name of any person or  years<br>body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees  Mrs Michele Foot - for 3 years<br> Miss Natasha Ryan - for 3 years<br>Apart from the first charity trustees,<br>every trustee must be appointed for a<br>term of 3 years by a resolution passed<br>at a properly convened meeting of the<br>charity trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for<br>appointment as charity trustees, the<br>charity trustees must have regard to<br>the skills, knowledge and experience<br>needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO.<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction Para 1.51<br>and training of trustees<br>The charity’s<br>organisational structure  Para 1.51<br>and any wider network<br>with which the charity<br>works<br>Relationship with any  Para 1.51<br>related parties<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name Turbo Ghana<br>Other name the charity<br>uses<br>Registered charity  1190412<br>number<br>Charity’s principal  112 Gristhorpe Road<br>address Birmingham, B29 7SL<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Name of person (or body)<br>Dates acted if not for<br>Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee<br>whole year<br>(if any)<br>Professor Mark  Chair Since 15 July 2020<br>1<br>Ryan<br>2 Mrs Michele Foot Treasurer Since 15 July 2020<br>3 Ms Natasha Ryan Secretary Since 15 July 2020<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 


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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

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

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**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.** 

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

**Signature(s)** 



Mrs Michele Foot **Full name(s)** Professor Mark Ryan 

**Position (eg** Chair Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 5 May 2021 




**Turbo Ghana 1190412** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

15-Jul-20 **To** 

31-Mar-21 

**For the period from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>04-11-2020 Intial Donation Deposit                      1,000                            -                              -                        1,000<br>15-01-2021 Donation                            5                            -                              -                               5<br>18-01-2021 Donation                          45                            -                              -                             45<br>01-02-2021 Donation                            2                            -                              -                               2<br>03-02-2021 Donation                     1,998                            -                              -                        1,998<br>06-03-2021 Donation                     2,000                            -                              -                        2,000<br>23-03-2021 Donation                            1                            -                              -                               1<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                    5,051                            -                              -                        5,051<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>Sub total                              -                              -                              -                            -<br>Total receipts                  5,051                          -                          -                      5,051<br>A3 Payments<br>15-12-2020 Monthly Account Fee                            5                            -                              -                               5<br>15-01-2021 Monthly Account Fee                            8                            -                              -                               8<br>15-02-2021 Monthly Account Fee                            8                            -                              -                               8<br>15-03-2021 Monthly Account Fee                            8                            -                              -                               8<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total [                         29 ]                           -                              -                             29<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>Sub total [                            - ]                             -                              -                            -<br>Total payments                       29                          -                          -                           29<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                  5,022                        -                          -                     5,022<br>A5 Transfers between funds                         -                        -                          -                              -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                          -                        -                          -                          -<br>Cash funds this year end                  5,022                        -                          -                     5,022<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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

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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Account|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**<br>**5,022**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,022**|<br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))||OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print<br>Professor|Name<br>Mark Ryan||
||||Mrs Michele||Foot|






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Date of approval 5-May-21 5-May-21 

