Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

AGAVE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION UK AND IRELAND

Agave Development Association supports schools and hospitals in the Volta Region in Ghana. The association also tries to promote and preserve the traditions, customs and heritage of the people of Agave. This year, the association donated textbooks to the Dabala Secondary Technical. These textbooks would help the students with the studies and will help the succeed inn their studies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21*£3£2£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£0£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£1£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£2£2£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£6£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£8£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

07947667741

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

  • CHARLES DESMOND KABU CHARWAY
  • FRANKLIN DORNU AGBLOE
  • GLADYS GAFREY-UMEH FCCA
  • JACOB AMUSU BSC
  • MERCY ADEDE BOLUS BA HONS HV
  • SAMUEL KWAKU BANINI D.F.H
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2011, number: 1142772
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR18: 15 days late, AR17: 131 days late,
Main office

9 BEACON HOUSE
SOUTHHAMPTON WAY
LONDON
SE5 7ET

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE OF AGAVE DESCENT LIVING IN THE UK AND IN THE VOLTA REGION, GHANA. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AGAVE DESCENT LIVING IN THE VOLTA REGION IN GHANA. THE RELIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF AGAVE DESCENT LIVING IN THE UK AND IN GHANA WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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