ASHANTI DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 1133517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to relieve poverty and promote health and development in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana by means including the provision of safe and accessible water.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£129k

Latest spending

£187k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves to cover staff salaries for approximately one year, indicating a reserve policy focused on operational continuity. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no matters causing concern regarding the preparation of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Ashanti Development sent £146,448 to Ashanti in 2024, and spent it on the projects described below.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately one year

“Ashanti Development holds a reserve in the UK to be used to cover salaries for our staff in Ghana for approximately one year.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/09/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALBERT KWAME ANTWI
Angela Adwoa Korkoh Cobbina
Dr David Charles Rees PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
Gillian Diana Black
Helen Dawn Williamson
Jasmine Elizabeth Buckley
MARTHA BOADU · trustee of 1 other charity
Navrohit Kandola
PENNY DAVID
Professor Richard Black · trustee of 1 other charity
Saulius Sliackus
William Oteng-Mensah

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ghana

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£129k	£187k
31/12/2023	£164k	£153k
31/12/2022	£159k	£165k
31/12/2021	£240k	£169k
31/12/2020	£127k	£130k

Common questions

Is ASHANTI DEVELOPMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves to cover staff salaries for approximately one year, indicating a reserve policy focused on operational continuity. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no matters causing concern regarding the preparation of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASHANTI DEVELOPMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASHANTI DEVELOPMENT as a grant recipient include THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUST, TEACHERS GROUP EDUCATIONAL TRUST, THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k	Support for a three-year project to improve agriculture in Ghana.
TEACHERS GROUP EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£13k	Grant making
THE T U U T CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Support eye health/cataract operations in Ghana
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
TEACHERS GROUP EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2021	£6k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£0