GHANA EDUCATION PROJECT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 15 February 2000
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £7,637
Latest expenditure: £37,637
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 9 BYNG ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 8EG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.ghanaeducationproject.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The principal objective of the Ghana Education Project is to advance the tertiary education of young women from Nkwanta in the Oti Region of North East Ghana through the awarding of scholarships for university fees and expenses to alumni of the Kyabobo Girls School. GEP also provides grants to support educational services at the school.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 24 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £7,637
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,637

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 30 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £24,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,309

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 19 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,814
Total Gross Expenditure: £54,381

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £38,895
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,593

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £37,509
Total Gross Expenditure: £77,857

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 30 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £24,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,309
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 7

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 19 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £37,814
Total Gross Expenditure: £54,381
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £38,895
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,593
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £37,509
Total Gross Expenditure: £77,857
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ghana
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: GHANA EDUCATION PROJECT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2000-02-15T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06/02/2000AS AMENDED ON 12/05/2004AS AMENDED ON 22/11/2012AS AMENDED ON 21/11/2013 as amended on 27 Jan 2020 as amended on 18 Feb 2026
Charitable Objects: (1).To advance the tertiary education of young women from Nkwanta by the awarding of scholarships to fund university fees and expenses for selected Kyabobo Girls’ School alumni or other deserving candidates. (2). To or for such other charitable educational purposes as the Trustees decide. In pursuing their objectives, the Trustees take into account guiding principles of sustainability, conservation, and equality of opportunity.
Area Of Benefit: NKWANTA DISTRICT GHANA AND THE UK

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 357826
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: TWGGS - GHANA

Charity Name Id: 357822
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: TUNBRIDGE WELLS GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL (TWGGS) - GHANA

Charity Name Id: 357798
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GHANA EDUCATION PROJECT (WORKING WITH TWGGS GHANA)

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries