Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Return overdue: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

AKIM KOTOKU DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Donated six Blood Pressure Monitoring Machines to two Hospitals in the Akim Kotoku Area of Ghana.Contributed to a rural electrification fund to a village in the Akim Kotoku Area of Ghana.Awarding Scholarship to very needy students in some Akim Kotoku Area Secondary Schools. Contributed to the purchasing of books to Oda schools. Donated used Bicycles to very needy areas in the Akim Kotoku Area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile recently

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 Volun-
teers
31/12/21*£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£4£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£7£6£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£5£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£4£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£4£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.akimkotoku.co.uk

brew_george@yahoo.co.uk

07958584415

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Ghana,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1998, number: 1071375
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR15: 43 days late, AR06: 8 days late,
Main office

128 Woolwich Road
Abbey Wood
London
SE2 0DU

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS IN THE AKIM KOTOKU DISTRICT OF GHANA: 1)TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CLINICS IN THE DISTRICT. 2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND LIBRARIES; AND 3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AKIM KOTOKU, GHANA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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