01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 12 July 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £21,644
- Latest expenditure
- £23,163
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 293 Bowerham Road, LANCASTER, LA1 4AS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.compass-gh.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
COMPASS-Ghana is on a journey to reduce suffering and hardship in resource-poor and hard to reach communities of all faiths and traditions. Working in collaboration with local communities and trusted institutions, we are on a journey of support and empowerment to enable Ghanaians to access universal palliative and end-of-life care for all. Allowing patients to die with support and dignity.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £21,644
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,163
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 August 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £37,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,433
- Fin Period Start Date
- 12 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,108
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 15 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £21,644
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £23,163
- 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
- Yes
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 13 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £37,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,433
- 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
- 6
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 12 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £4,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,108
- 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
- 5
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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
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wiltshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cardiff
- Welsh Ind
- Yes
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Vale Of Glamorgan
- Welsh Ind
- Yes
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COMPASS-GHANA (COMPASSIONATE PALLIATIVE SERVICES)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-07-12T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jul 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO ("OBJECT") IS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN GHANA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) IMPROVING ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF, PALLIATIVE CARE IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF PEOPLE AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES;(B) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN, AND ADVANCING CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE OF, PALLIATIVE CARE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON RESOURCE-POOR COMMUNITIES;(C) PROVIDING OR FACILITATING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BECOME AS SELF-RELIANT AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE IN THEIR INTERVENTIONS AND CARE; AND(D) SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION, WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN PALLIATIVE CARE, IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 656190
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- COMPASS-GHANA
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Charity Policy
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- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries