Ghana School Aid

Analysis

Ghana School Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-on-Thames. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ghana School Aid reported income of £29k and spending of £36k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £29k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ghana School Aid sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Christopher's School & Nursery Parent Teacher Association (£29k), Friends of Mikoroshoni Primary School (£30k) and The Relationships Foundation (£29k).

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.