THE JAMES BARNOR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public, particularly but not exclusively to Ghana and UK, by the exhibition of James Barnor's catalogue of works and the reproduction of and sale of James Barnor's works.To promote art and culture for the benefit of the public through the exhibition of James Barnor's works. To advance ans support the work of other educational charities and training of young artists.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK, GHANA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BY THE EXHIBITING AND EDUCATING ABOUT JAMES BARNOR’S CATALOGUE OF WORKS;2. TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF JAMES BARNOR’S PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK;3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR IN GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SUITABLE INSTITUTION(S) IN GHANA AND AFRICA AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES;4. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY OR AT OTHER SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE IN GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SUITABLE INSTITUTION(S) IN GHANA AND AFRICA AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES;5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE UK AND AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND6. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THAT OF GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO SUPPORT SELECTED WORK OF THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL SOCIETY OF AFRICA (HACSA), WHICH IS A ‘NOT FOR PROFIT’ ORGANISATION BASED IN GHANA, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that no formal financial statements were prepared for the period due to minimal activity. The filing notes a closing bank balance of approximately £172,000, derived from donations received and interest against grants and fees paid.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Imran Rashid Mianchair
• Damarice Amao
• Elizabeth Carey-Thomas
• Frederick Quarcoopome Barnor
• Frederick Seton James Barnor
• Myx Boadi-Alawiye Michael Kofi Quest
• Rachel Elizabeth Pepper
• Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA
• Yvonne Seagrave

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

Operates in: Ghana · Throughout England And Wales

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