AKWAABA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1203396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance in life, relieve the needs of and help young people aged 2 to 25 living in poverty within disadvantaged communities in Accra, Ghana in particular by funding the charitable work of the Ghanaian charity known as Akwaaba Volunteers which organises programmes of physical, educational, sporting and other activities. Also helping individuals with disabilities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 2 TO 25 LIVING IN POVERTY WITHIN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN ACCRA, GHANA IN PARTICULAR BY FUNDING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE GHANIAN CHARITY KNOWN AS AKWAABA VOLUNTEERS WHICH ORGANISES PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;C) ADVANCING EDUCATION;D) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING GOOD HEALTH.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with zero cash at bank and zero net assets, having incurred a significant deficit against its income. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figure, and the financial position appears critically constrained with no remaining liquid resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Akwaaba Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Palmerchair
• Catherine Roy-Stanley
• Francesca Palmer
• Nicholas Crispin Burnett Gill
• Rob Ellington

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

Operates in: Ghana

Income and spending

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