Friends of Ashanti, Ghana

Analysis

Friends of Ashanti, Ghana is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nuneaton. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Friends of Ashanti, Ghana reported income of £48k and spending of £26k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £16k to £48k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Ashanti, Ghana sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Order of St Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus (£48k), Community Counselling (£48k) and The Pavement (£47k).