Ghanalink (Iw)

Analysis

Ghanalink (Iw) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shanklin. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Ghanalink (Iw) reported income of £10k and spending of £14k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £12k to £10k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ghanalink (Iw) sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hucknall Relief in Need Charity (£10k), Koum Network (£10k) and The Benevolent Fund of the Theosophical Society in England (£10k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.