## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022** ## **Charity name: Ghana School Aid** ## **Charity registration number: 299178** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Ghana School Aid is a small charity
established to help the education of children
in schools and colleges in Ghana,
particularly those in rural areas.| |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|Ghana School Aid seeks to fulfil its aims by
making grants to schools and colleges in
Ghana in support of local efforts, for
example for school building improvements or
essential educational equipment. We provide
school furniture, books, writing materials,
and occasionally computer and technical
equipment, as well as building materials.
This year we have supported schools to
build toilets, and provide sanitation for their
staff and pupils.
Our aim is to support efforts to enable
Ghanaian children to acquire a sound
education appropriate for them to take their
place in the world today.
Our main annual social event – the AGM
and Reunion – is also a fund-raising event.
We publish and distribute a booklet,
annually, called the Ghana School Aid
Newsletter, containing articles of interest,
reports of activities and projects, with many
pictures and photographs.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard to guidance
issued by the charity Commission on public
benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Whereas in recent years we have accepted
applications submitted to us via our website,
a policy which resulted in a very large
number of applications to be considered, we
are now taking applications from schools
and projects that already have some contact
with GSA or with one of our Ghanaian
representatives or with a member of the
GSA Committee. The priorities for giving
grants are explained on the Grants page of
our website–www.ghanaschoolaid.org| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All Trustees, Ghana representatives and
committee members work for Ghana School
Aid on a voluntary basis.| |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|The majority of the 20 grants given out
during the year 2021- 2022 were for schools,
to provide sanitation facilities. Most schools
in Ghana have been built without toilets. You
can imagine the consequences of this policy.
Schools report increased attendance, fewer
instances of ill health and huge
environmental improvements when toilets or
urinals are built in a school.
We have had a record income this year,
largely due to the employment of a fund-
raiser, who feeds the details of possible
funding trusts to one of our Trustees, who
sends out request letters to them all**.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Balance at the end of the period was
£30,905.98 after income of £40,527.41 and
expenditure of £24.347.06. Financial details
are supplied with this report including a list of
grants to schools.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to allow for any
unexpected expenditure;| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,000| |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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**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|Legacies, donations in memory and trusts| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|There are no funds invested| |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|Trust Deed dated 8th July 1987| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust| |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|Appointed by current Trustees| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ghana School Aid| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|299187| |Charity’s principal address|Flat D Third Floor,
52 Charleville Road,
London,
W14 9JH| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Edward Mayne|Vice Chair||| ||Letitia Boateng|||| ||PennySewell|Website Manager||| ||Jo Hallett|Secretary||| ||Nigel Dennis|Treasurer||| ||Jennifer
MacDougall|Newsletter Editor||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Represent**
**ative in**
**Accra**|Kofi Ohene|Zenith University College, Accra, Ghana| |**Rep in**
**Tamale**|Salifu Baako|Headteacher, Kanvilli Tawfikiya JHS, Tamale, Ghana| |||| |||| **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** |**Signed** **on behalf of the**|**charity’s trustees**|| |---|---|---| |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Jo Hallett|Nigel Dennis| ||Jo Hallett|Nigel Dennis| ||
Secretary|Treasurer| ||31/07/2022|| ||31/07/2022|| ## **GHANA SCHOOL AID TRUST – CHARITY NUMBER 299178** ## **Treasurer’s Report 1[st] April 2021 – 31[st] March 2022** |**INCOME**
Regular Donations
Irregular Donations including Legacies and Donations In Memory
Donations from Trusts
Donations through Virgin Money Giving
Donations through Everyclick
Donations through Giving.com
Donations through Give as You Live
Annual Lunch Bookings and Donations 2022
HMRC Gift Aid
Interest from COIF Deposit Fund
**TOTAL INCOME**
**(Income 2020 – 2021 = £23,837.48)**
**EXPENDITURE**
Grants to projects in Ghana (See Analysis)
Fundraising
Expenses of Officers in Ghana
Annual Lunch and AGM 2021
Annual Lunch and AGM 2022
Newsletter May 2021
Bank Transfer Fees
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**(Expenditure 2020 – 2021 = £28,138.84)**
**FUNDS at 31st March 2022**
**£**
**£**
NatWest Current Account Balance 1stApril 2021
13,725.63
COIF Deposit Account Balance 1stApril 2021
1,000.00
14,725.63
Add Income less Expenditure £40,527.41 - £24,347.06 =
16,180.35
**TOTAL Balance at 31st March 2022**
**30,905.98**
Nat West Current Account Balance 31stMarch 2022
29,905.98
COIF Deposit Account Balance 31stMarch 2022
1,000.00
**TOTAL**
**30,905.98**
**GRAND TOTALS 1986 – 31st March 2022**
**INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
**£**
**£**
1986 – 31stMarch 2021
388,831.16
374,105.97
1stApril 2021 – 31stMarch 2022
40,527.41
24,347.06
**Total**
**429,359.01**
**398,453.03**
**Income less Expenditure**
**£429,359.01 - £398,453.03 =**
**£30,905.98**|**£**
5,153.91
8,655.56
19,590.00
4,373.67
18.08
5.37
1,486.48
220.00
1,023.91
0.43
**40,527.41**
**£**
20,717.00
2,822.73
20.00
66.00
78.36
626.97
16.00
**24,347.06**| |---|---| |**ANALYSIS OF GRANTS TO PROJECTS IN GHANA 2021-2022; TOTAL £20,717**
Abonse Presbyterian Basic School for completion of urinals; Eastern
Akrodie Islamic Basic School for urinals and handwashing facilities; Ahafo
Ankoma D.A. Basic School for three seater toilet; Eastern
Anyinasuso E.A. Primary School for 5 seater ventilated latrines and sinks; Ashanti
Aperade Senior High School for 5 seater KVIP for girls and female staff; Eastern
Aperade SHS to complete 5 seater KVIP for girls and female staff; Eastern
Asuofua D.A. Primary D School for urinal facility; Ashanti
Baaleyiri R.C. Basic School for six toilet stances latrines; Upper West
Diasibe AME Zion Primary School for urinal facility; Ahafo
Manhyia No 1 M.A. Basic School for handwashing equipment and urinals; Ahafo
Nyame Nti D.A. Basic School for six seater ventilated latrine; Eastern
Otabilkrom D.A. Primary School for toilet - five latrines; Central
Sampa Methodist KG and Primary School for urinal particularly for females; Bono East
Action Through Enterprise; text books, exercise books and pens for two JHS schools.
Asuofua Basic School for handwashing items; Ashanti
Diasibe AME Zion Primary School for handwashing items; Ahafo
Sampa Methodist Primary School for handwashing items; Bobo East
Walewale Vocational Technical School to complete 6-seater toilet; North East
Tamasco Secondary School in Tamale to complete the existing project;
Joe Bedu School
**Total**|**£**
300.00
1,347.00
1,159.00
1,124.00
1,383.00
750.00
1,148.00
1,111.00
1.050.00
1,330.00
1.038.00
899.00
1,188.00
1,320.00
550.00
550.00
550.00
1,200.00
2,600.00
120.00
**20,717.00**| |---|---| Nigel Dennis, Treasurer nigelwdennis@btinternet.com Boundary House, 230 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1QY ## **REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF GHANA SCHOOL AID. CHARITY NUMBER 299178 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** I report on the attached Income and Expenditure of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required this year (under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act), and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the Income and Expenditure did not accord with the accounting records; or - the Income and Expenditure did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the Income and Expenditure give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the Income and Expenditure to be reached Seth Koranteng (FCCA) 19/01/2023 Topmost Accountancy Services 5 Watervale Dunstable LU5 6FY