The Savannah Education Trust
Registered charity 1104896 Registered since 2004
Operates: Ghana
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How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Paul Benjamin Ramsbottom Chair since 2004
- Dr Helen Skelton since 2024
- Howard Oliver Hickman since 2004
- Matthew Roe since 2024
- Richard Howard Cooper BA since 2016
- Stephen Andrew Ramsbottom BSC Pgce since 2004
13.3y median 16y
average tenure
22y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Benjamin Ramsbottom Chair since 2004
- Howard Oliver Hickman since 2004
- Richard Howard Cooper BA since 2016
- Stephen Andrew Ramsbottom BSC Pgce since 2004
13.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Helen Skelton since 2024
- Matthew Roe since 2024
- Richard Howard Cooper BA since 2016
- Stephen Andrew Ramsbottom BSC Pgce since 2004
Portfolio (2)
- Paul Benjamin Ramsbottom Chair since 2004
- Howard Oliver Hickman since 2004
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Finance 1Health and social care 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£253k latest income
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Gospel Standard Baptist Library Fund 1 shared trustee
- Mercy Ships - U.K LTD 1 shared trustee
- Providence Strict Baptist Chapel 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Redeemed Christian Church of GOD King of Kings Tabernacle Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Charnwood Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Wimbledon Mosque Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.savannahtrust.org |
| paul@savannahtrust.org | |
| Phone | 01444483884 |
| Address | 58 APPLEDORE GARDENS, LINDFIELD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 2EU |
Finances
£253,323 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £330,317 | £218,918 |
| 2022 | £471,125 | £266,881 |
| 2023 | £348,323 | £372,279 |
| 2024 | £334,684 | £321,105 |
| 2025 | £253,323 | £362,396 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS LIVING IN GHANA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE CREATION OF SELF-SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN THE UPPER WEST REGION.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23 JUNE 2004
Trustees (6)
6trustees
50median age
0aged 70+
- Paul Benjamin Ramsbottomage band 50-54 Chair since 2004
- Dr Helen Skelton since 2024
- Howard Oliver Hickman since 2004
- Matthew Roe since 2024
- Richard Howard Cooper BA since 2016
- Stephen Andrew Ramsbottom BSC Pgce since 2004
Connected charities (3)
- Providence Strict Baptist Chapel 1 shared trustee
- The Gospel Standard Baptist Library Fund 1 shared trustee
- Mercy Ships - U.K LTD 1 shared trustee
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