ACTION THROUGH ENTERPRISE

Registered charity 1149988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATE

1. We run an access to education program providing support to junior high schools in Upper West Ghana.2. We support small businesses in Upper West Ghana - training workshops, small grants, on-going support, one on one mentoring. 3. We work with and support a Special Needs Awareness Program.

Objects

(1)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN GHANA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.(2)TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES IN GHANA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE(3)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES(4)OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN GHANA AS SEEN FIT BY THE TRUSTEES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that for the year ending 2025, the charity reported an income of £512,614 against expenditure of £392,693, resulting in a surplus. The trustees note that this financial position allows them to maintain reserves to ensure continuity and sustainable impact despite global instability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action Through Enterprise (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Asif Nooranichair
• ANDREW DONALD RITCHIE
• CHARLES SAMUEL THORLEY GARDNER
• Christopher John Wilson
• David Gordon Larwood Allan
• Gabriel Maanibe
• Nigel Edward Henham
• Peter Willetts
• Ros Fitton
• Sarah Eliot-Cohen · trustee of 2 other charities
• Suki Catherine Ritchie CA
• Susan Suchopar

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

Operates in: Ghana

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GHANA OUTLOOK.

• GHANA OUTLOOK income £28k
• ASHANTI DEVELOPMENT income £187k
• CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP income £4.3m
• GLOBAL CHARITIES income £6.8m
• OPPORTUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION income £56k
• HELPING EDUCATING AND REBUILDING LIVES income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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