VILLAGE BY VILLAGE LIMITED

Charity number: 1116952
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Small charity, making a big difference. A highly cost-effective, UK-based charity working in African villages to reduce needless suffering of children in poverty by working directly with beneficiaries living in impoverished rural communities in Ghana, West Africa. Village by Village builds rural schools, provides practical sanitation measures, awards child scholarships and digs wells.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 October 2023

Total income: £123,332
Total expenditure: £125,828

People

7 Trustee(s)

15 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Ghana
  • Togo

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 November 2006: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
05957544 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr NICHOLAS PETER SWIFT Chair
None on record
Lawrencia Awuku Trustee 25 October 2022
None on record
Megan Holt Trustee 25 October 2022
None on record
Mike Little Trustee 25 October 2022
None on record
Paul King Trustee 01 March 2020
None on record
Sofia Sheremey Trustee 26 May 2018
None on record
PAUL BROOM Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/10/2019 31/10/2020 31/10/2021 31/10/2022 31/10/2023
Total gross income £149.88k £153.00k £101.47k £123.00k £123.33k
Total expenditure £141.72k £116.29k £129.90k £133.43k £125.83k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 October 2023 31 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2023 31 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2022 24 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2022 24 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2021 25 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2021 25 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2020 14 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2020 14 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2019 30 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2019 30 August 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/10/06

Charitable objects

3.1 TO RELIEVE PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY RESIDENT OR TEMPORARILY LOCATED IN GHANA, BUT IN PARTICULAR CITIZENS OF GHANA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL , GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION AND CIRCUMSTANCES 3.2 TO WORK WHERE APPROPRIATE WITH OTHER ASSOCIATED AND RELATED ORGANISATIONS

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL, OVERSEAS, GHANA

Contact information

Address:
8 Lyndhurst Avenue
SALE
Cheshire
M33 5BF
Phone:
07887870090
Email:
hello@villagebyvillage.org.uk
Website:

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