GHANA NURSES ASSOCIATION (UK)

Registered charity 1152584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GNA (UK)

We engage in health promotion among the Ghanaian and other minority ethnic communities in London and surrounding areas.We also promote education and health in Ghana by supplying medical equipment and helping build and stock libraries for villages and small towns.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONG GHANAIANS LIVING IN THE UK AND GHANA 2.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONG GHANAIANS LIVING IN THE UK AND GHANA 3.THE RELIEF OF THOSE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, GHANAIANS LIVING IN THE UK AND GHANA, WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY,FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.4.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONG GHANAIANS LIVING IN THE UK AND GHANA.

Area of benefit: UK AND GHANA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £22,897 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £115,730. The trustees regard the free cash reserves of £160,000 as inadequate against their stated policy target of £170,000, noting they will continue to improve the situation through cost savings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Josephina Ababiochair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Lutterodt-Jackson
• Doris Begah
• Florence Eghan
• Gloria Lamptey
• Henrietta Korang
• Lina Addo-Yobo
• Nana Agyen-Frempong
• Patricia Alfonso-Brown
• Victoria Effie Aidoo-Annan

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

Operates in: Ghana · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).