Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Very static board: -5
Mainly female board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -9

CHISEN FOUNDATION

We support children/young people with special needs and disabilities,their carers and other charitable organisations in Ghana. To relief poverty and deprivation by providing items, grants, disability equipment, and other services. Raising public awareness of the issues affecting disabled children and their carers in Ghana especially in relation to lack of resources, medicare and social exclusion.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 12 years

www.chisenfoundation.org

chisenfoundation@outlook.com

07594588729

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£7	£8	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£9	£10	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£11	£7	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£19	£19	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19?	£9	£8	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£7	£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16	£4	£1	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15	£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13	£8	£0	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Ghana,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

PAT WOOD Appointed: 2012

ANNE ELIZABETH REDDIN Appointed: 2012

MARY PATRICIA TAYLOR Appointed: 2012

ROSEMARY SIKA AKPOKAVIE Appointed: 2012

TERESA ANN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2012

TERRY LOPEZ Appointed: 2012

VICTORIA ADJOWA AKPOKAVIE (Chair) Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2012, number: 1148250

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

40 DE HAVILLAND AVENUE
SHORTSTOWN
BEDFORD
MK42 0TQ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS IN GHANA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY,OR PARTS OF SOCIETY,AS A RESULT OF BEING DISABLED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY,FOR EXAMPLE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,BY:•PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE PARENTS TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR DISABLED CHILDREN;•RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFECTING DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN GHANA AND GREAT BRITAIN,BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;•PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS DONATED FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ACCESSING HEALTHCARE•ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIESPROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTSOR THROUGH ANY OTHER SUCH LAWFUL ACTIVITY

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