FRIENDS OF ASHANTI, GHANA — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 7 November 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
Latest income: £47,500
Latest expenditure: £25,664
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 49 JODRELL STREET, NUNEATON, CV11 5EG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.friendsofashanti.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINANCE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £47,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,664

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 27 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 27 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,580

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £22,501
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,497

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 26 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 26 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £30,130
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,677

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 4 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £16,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,714

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £47,500
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,664
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,580
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £22,501
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,497
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Received Date: 26 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £30,130
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,677
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Received Date: 4 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £16,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,714
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

05 Official extract

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FRIENDS OF ASHANTI, GHANA
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-11-07T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MODEL TRUST DEED, DATED 7 JUNE 2007
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PROVISION OF MATERNITY CARE, THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING IN GHANA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE ASHANTI REGION, BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL, FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PERSONS WHO NEED SUCH FACILITIES.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 487077
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE MARVIN TRUST

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures