The Education and Book Appeal Ghana (Teabag)

Analysis

The Education and Book Appeal Ghana (Teabag) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 2015, 11 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Education and Book Appeal Ghana (Teabag) reported income of £57k and spending of £106k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £52k to £57k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 259%. 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, The Education and Book Appeal Ghana (Teabag) sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chinese Centre (North of England) Ltd (£57k), John Thacker Charitable Trust (£57k) and Emotional Logic Centre (£57k).