Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 April 2023 Period start date To 31 March 2024 Period end date
Charity name: Turbo Ghana
Charity registration number: 1190412
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | For the public benefit the relief of those in need in Ghana by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, or social or economic disadvantage, in particular but not exclusively by coordinating and developing services such as, the provision of clean water, latrines, educational materials and such other services for those in need as the trustees may determine. |
| 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 |
We are a micro charity, aimed at poverty relief in Ghana. We progressed and completed several projects last year. These include the following: School prospectus - Contributing to access to education, UN GG/SDG 4. In Ghana, students going to senior school (where they are boarders) are required to equip themselves with all the items in the “prospectus”, which is a list of necessities, including a mattress, two or three sets of clothes, some cooking equipment, and other things. The cost is a real struggle for many families. In some cases, children simply don’t go to senior school because they can’t afford the prospectus. Turbo Ghana funded the school prospectus for two high achieving Aframano students, a boy, and a girl. Sheep rearing business Rearing sheep is a good business opportunity in rural Ghana. Demand for sheep is high, and sheep-rearing work can be done alongside other work like arable farming. But it is expensive to start such a business. Providing start-up costs can enable someone to take control of their own livelihood and providefortheir family. |
Turbo Ghana funded the business a woman-led start-up costs for a sheep rearing business for 15 sheep, which is successful and thriving. Borehole at Atonobi - Contributing to access water and sanitation, UN GG/SDG 6 Atonobi is a small settlement near Kontonho, which is itself a satellite community of Aframano. Turbo Ghana built a borehole at Atonobi which provides clean and fresh water to a community whose only water was by walking 30 minutes to a stream (of dirty water), serving 150 adults, plus children. Projects in progress include: School and teacher accommodation at Kontonho - Contributing to access to education, UN GG/SDG 4. We are ensuring further access to education in hard to reach areas . Kontonho is a satellite community of Aframano, with about 170 people, about two hours walk from that village. Kontonho was in urgent need of a school for young children, specifically for kindergarten and lower primary levels as the children were walking to Aframano to school, a two-hour journey, or to Kofiase, which is even further at 3-4 hours each way. The school, serving 90 pupils, and teacher accommodation has been constructed and is near final completion. As with the Aframano school project, we are working closely with the municipal department of education to finalise the Kotonho school, which will be responsible for staffing and operating the school. To support the school's success, we are also completing the construction of teacher accommodation, as teachers cannot commute to Kontonho because it is too remote, and travel is too costly. To attract teachers, we are building three small rooms that can each accommodate two teachers overnight.
Aframano solar panels - Contributing to access to clean energy, UN SDG/GG 7. We started a project to use solar panels on the mechanised borehole in Aframano but this is not yet complete.
Kontonho & Anyakamamu boreholes - Contributing to access water and sanitation, UN GG/SDG 6.
| In February 2024, we were making good progress with the school and teacher accommodation in Kontonho, but we realised the work would not really be complete unless the school children and teachers had access to water. Kontonho gets its water from a stream about 30 minutes walk away. Building a borehole seems very justified; it will serve the community as well as the school children and the teachers. The borehole was completed in March. We have also started building a borehole in Anyankamamu, which is a community between Aframano and Kofiasei. It is similar to Kontonho; the buildings are very poor, the location very remote. There was no water in Anyahkamamu, which got its water from the Abena stream, 3 miles, 40 minutes there and 60m back, so almost two hours round trip. They proposed to site the borehole by the Kobedu junction (where the path forks), which is reasonably accessible by the 300 people in the community (all scattered). Apprentices in tailoring and other trades, in Nsuta. Strengthening gender equality' (UN GG/SDG 5) and 'investing in women’. This project is only at the very beginning stage, having just started before our end of year. Four women that want to pursue careers in dressmaking but cannot afford the apprenticeships are being offered financial support and training. Aframano JHS furniture Turbo Ghana funded very nice furniture for the Aframano pre-school last year, but the furniture in the primary school and the Junior High School (JHS) was in dire need of repair. New furniture was funded which was hand made locally using local wood. SeeTurbo Ghana Completed Projects and Turbo Ghana Current Projects for details of our completed and current projects. |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | All trustees have regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance rules for charities as outlined in the linkPublic benefit: rules for charities-GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | Turbo Ghana is not intending to award any grants. |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | Turbo Ghana is not intending to use social investment as a route to achieve its goals. |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Turbo Ghana is not using volunteers to undertake charitable activities, except for the volunteer work of the trustees. |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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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 | During the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, we completed several significant projects. The achievements of Turbo Ghana have made a difference to the circumstances of some individual beneficiaries as well as to the wider society. Support with the cost of the school prospectus has enabled two individual students to attend senior school, and providing the start-up costs to run a sheep rearing business has enabled an individual to generate their own income and support the local community. We are near the final stages of building a school and teacher accommodation in Kontonho. The pre-school in Kotonho will allow access to education for 90 pupils. It is expected to open to students in August 2024. To attract teachers, we built accommodation on site as it is too remote for teachers to travel to. This has changed the circumstances of the local community as it is providing local education to children and allows parents to work. |
Building a borehole in Atonobi, has enabled about 700 people (300 adults and 400 children) will be able to access fresh water.
A study by UNICEF in 2020 found that nearly 75% of children in Ghana suffer from multidimensional poverty, experiencing at least three dimensions of deprivation. These dimensions include nutrition, health, learning and development, child protection, water, sanitation and housing. Our projects have changed the circumstances of our beneficiaries in the following key areas: learning and development, and water.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other | ||
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Turbo Ghana has just over £39,496 cash funds in the bank account. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | No policy currently |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £1500 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | There are no uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Donations |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other | ||
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| 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 | Charitable Incorporated Organisation (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 | The first charity trustees are as follows, and were appointed for the following terms – ● Professor Mark Ryan - for 3 years (since July 2020) ● Mrs Michele Foot - for 3 years (since July 2020) ● Miss Natasha Ryan - for 3 years (since July 2020) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of 3 years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. The 3 first charity trustees agreed to extend their appointment for another 3 years at a Trustee meeting, last year, on Friday 17 March 2023. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works
Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Turbo Ghana |
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Other name the charity uses |
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| Registered charity number | 1190412 |
| Charity’s principal address | 112 Gristhorpe Road Birmingham, B29 7SL |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Professor Mark Ryan |
Chair | Since 15 July 2020 | |
| Mrs Michele Foot | Treasurer | Since 15 July2020 | |
| Ms Natasha Ryan | Secretary | Since 15 July2020 | |
– 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
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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
Additional information (optional)
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
Other optional information
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[9 April 2024]
| Turbo Ghana | 1190412 | |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||
| Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ |
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
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| HMRC Gift Aid | - 5,152 |
- | - 5,152- |
- 1,508- |
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| Bank Interest | - 66 |
- | - 66- |
- 3- |
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| Donations (trustees) | 8,240 | - 8,240- |
6,794 | |||||||
| Donations (others) | 53,039 | - | 6,050- | - 59,089- |
5,978 | |||||
| Refunds | - 186 |
- | - 186- |
- 702- |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | - 66,683 |
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6,050- | - -- |
- 72,733- |
- 14,986- |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). | ||||||||||
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| Sub total- -- Total receipts - 66,683- A3 Payments Bank charges - 60- - -- - 6,050- |
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| - 66,683 |
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- | 6,050- | - -- |
- 72,733- |
- 14,986- |
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| - 60- |
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| Bank charges | - 60 |
- | - 60- |
- 72- |
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| Projects - Aframano JHS furniture | - 1,257 |
- | - 1,257- |
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| Projects - Aframano borehole | - 7 |
- | - 7- |
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
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| Projects - Aframano solar panels | - 1,795 |
- | - 1,795- |
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| Projects - Apprentices 1 | - 483 |
- | - 483- |
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| Projects - Atonobi borehole | - 2,802 |
- | - 2,802- |
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| Projects - Kontonho borehole & Anyakamamu borehole | - 4,161 |
- | - 4,161- |
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| Projects - Kontonho school & teacher accomodation | - 20,098 |
- | - 20,098- |
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| Projects - School prospectus | - 535 |
- | - 535- |
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| Projects - Sheep rearing business | - 1,920 |
- | - 1,920- |
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| Aframano school & teacher accommodation | - - |
- - |
-- | - -- |
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- 8,100- |
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| Ghana legal entity registration | - - |
- | - -- |
- 125- |
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| Hardship fund | - 844 |
- - |
-- | - -- |
- 844- |
- 754- |
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| Travel expenses to Ghana | - 5,533 |
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- 5,533- |
- 2,629- |
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| Admin expenses | - 106 |
- | - 106- |
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| Fund raising payment | - 4,410 |
- | - 4,410- |
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| TG registration fee | - 50 |
- | - 50- |
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| Sub total - 44,063- A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- |
- 44,063 |
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- 44,063- |
- 11,680- |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) | - -- - -- |
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| Sub total - -- Total payments - 44,063- Net of receipts/(payments) - 22,620- A5 Transfers between funds - -- A6 Cash funds last year end - 6,825- Cash funds this year end - 34,865- - -- - 5,419- - 631- - -- - -- - 631- |
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| - 44,063 |
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- 44,063- |
- 11,680- |
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| - 22,620 |
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- | 631- | - -- |
- 28,670- |
- 3,306- |
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| - 6,825 |
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- 6,825- |
- 3,520- |
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| - 34,865 |
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- | 631- | - -- |
- 35,496- |
- 6,825- |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||||||
| Categories Details B1 Cash funds Bank Account |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Bank Account | - 34,865- |
- 631- |
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| R2 accounts (SS) 2 |
8/12/2024 CCXX R6 accounts (SS) |
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
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| T (agree balances with receip Details Details Details Total cash funds - 34,865- pts and payments account (s)) OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs |
- 34,865- |
- 631- |
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| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- Cost (optional) - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- Cost (optional) - -- |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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CCXX R7 accounts (SS)
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B5 Liabilities
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| Date of approval | ||
| Professor Mark Ryan | 3-Jun-24 | |
| Mrs Michele Foot | 3-Jun-24 | |
CCXX R8 accounts (SS)
8/12/2024
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mèmbers of Turbo Ghana On accounts for the year endèd 31 March 2024 Charity no lif any) 1190412 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty for the year ended 3110312024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements oflhe Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts ¢arried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151{b} of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 5 June 2024 Name: David Robb Relevant professional qualificationls) or body lif any): Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute Affiliate member Association of Charity Independent Examiners Address: 33 Clatterfield Gardens Westcliff on Sea SSO OAU IER