Ghana Union

Analysis

Ghana Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06395354). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ghana Union reported income of £25k and spending of £24k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £40k to £25k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ghana Union sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fanos Integrated Community Development Organisation (£25k), Revival Assemblies (£25k) and Church and Town Estate (Norton) (£25k).