## **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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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.| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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**||| |---|---|---| |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:||| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---| |
Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1190412| |Charity’s principal address|112 Gristhorpe Road
Birmingham, B29 7SL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**
**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled**
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**trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||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**| |---|---|---| |**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**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |HMRC Gift Aid|**-**
**5,152**|**-**||||||**-**
**5,152-**||**-**
**1,508-**| |Bank Interest|**-**
**66**|**-**||||||**-**
**66-**||**-**
**3-**| |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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**66,683**|**-**
**-**||**6,050-**||**-**
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**72,733-**||**-**
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**-**
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**60**|**-**||||||**-**
**60-**||**-**
**72-**| |Projects - Aframano JHS furniture|**-**
**1,257**|**-**||||||**-**
**1,257-**||| |Projects - Aframano borehole|**-**
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**1,795**|**-**||||||**-**
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**483**|**-**||||||**-**
**483-**||| |Projects - Atonobi borehole|**-**
**2,802**|**-**||||||**-**
**2,802-**||| |Projects - Kontonho borehole & Anyakamamu borehole|**-**
**4,161**|**-**||||||**-**
**4,161-**||| |Projects - Kontonho school & teacher accomodation|**-**
**20,098**|**-**||||||**-**
**20,098-**||| |Projects - School prospectus|**-**
**535**|**-**||||||**-**
**535-**||| |Projects - Sheep rearing business|**-**
**1,920**|**-**||||||**-**
**1,920-**||| |Aframano school & teacher accommodation|**-**
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**8,100-**| |Ghana legal entity registration|**-**
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**125-**| |Hardship fund|**-**
**844**|**-**
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**844-**||**-**
**754-**| |Travel expenses to Ghana|**-**
**5,533**|**-**
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**5,533-**||**-**
**2,629-**| |Admin expenses|**-**
**106**|**-**||||||**-**
**106-**||| |Fund raising payment|**-**
**4,410**|**-**||||||**-**
**4,410-**||| |TG registration fee|**-**
**50**|**-**||||||**-**
**50-**||| |**_Sub total_ -**
**44,063-**
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**22,620-**
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**6,825-**
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**(optional)**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||Date of approval| ||Professor Mark Ryan|3-Jun-24| ||Mrs Michele Foot|3-Jun-24| |||| CCXX R8 accounts (SS) 8/12/2024 8 4 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