The Elder Dempster Ghana and Nigeria Independence Trust

Analysis

The Elder Dempster Ghana and Nigeria Independence Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1961, 65 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 individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2022, The Elder Dempster Ghana and Nigeria Independence Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £95k, spending 481% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2022, income grew from £17k to £20k (+17%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 565% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Elder Dempster Ghana and Nigeria Independence Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Youth Charity (£20k), The York and District Beekeepers' Association (£20k) and Project Remake (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.