BASSUAH LEGACY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1185562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW LEGACY FOUNDATION

Relieves the needs of, and promote social inclusion among single parents and their children who are socially and economically deprived through education and service provision within London and throughout listed countries of operation. We undertake other charitable activities, poverty relief, economic and community development, general charitable activities and act as an umbrella or resource body.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£158k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of negative £1,128, a decline from the previous year's surplus. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and adequate to support operations for the medium term, noting that free reserves have been utilized as an emergency reserve to meet obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-1k; policy: emergency reserve to enable Bassuah Legacy Foundation to meet its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure)
“The trustees have reviewed the organisation’s free reserves policy and have turned its entire unrestricted fund into an emergency reserve to enable Bassuah Legacy Foundation to meet its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden upturn in expenditure.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ghana · India · Thailand · Throughout England · Togo · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£147k£158k
31/12/2023£123k£113k
31/12/2022£46k£45k
31/12/2021£33k£48k
31/12/2020£28k£13k

Common questions

Is BASSUAH LEGACY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of negative £1,128, a decline from the previous year's surplus. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and adequate to support operations for the medium term, noting that free reserves have been utilized as an emergency reserve to meet obligations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BASSUAH LEGACY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BASSUAH LEGACY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE ARCHER TRUST, THE SHELDON TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2022£10kJob training and work experience for single parents.
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2023£10kTo fund an Employment Project Coordinator and towards the rent of its charity shop and its services.
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£10kFunding to support and grow core activities such as the Health and Wellbeing Programme and the Employment and Volunteer Programme to support single parent famil
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£3kRelief of Poverty
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2024£1kHoliday Projects
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£500Petrol/travel/vehicles; Volunteer expenses.
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2023£500This is to contribute towards core running costs.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2025£20kBassuah Legacy Community Hub Project
City Bridge Foundation14/09/2023£53kGrant to Bassuah Legacy Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2021£10kRecovery Helpline
The National Lottery Community Fund20/11/2020£10kBassuah Legacy Employment Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BACON FOUNDATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BASSUAH LEGACY FOUNDATION£147k—0below—no doubt
BACON FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£2.0m—0below—noted
THE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION FY2025£8.7m——unclear—no doubt
SAO FOUNDATION FY2025£812k—0unclear—no doubt
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£226k—0unclear—no doubt
GOOD FAITH FOUNDATION FY2025£784k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.