The Happiness Project Ghana

Analysis

The Happiness Project Ghana is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Andover Road. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Happiness Project Ghana reported income of £17k and spending of £20k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Happiness Project Ghana sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include League of Friends of Marlow Hospital (£17k), The Ghana Society UK (£17k) and Vanik Association of the United Kingdom (£17k).