Registered charity · Colchester
Porridge and Pens Ghana
“To relieve poverty of orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children, young adults and families, by provision of such grants and donations as shall be thought fit to orphanages, schools, individuals and families in Kumasi, Ghana, to improve their...
- 7 trustees
- Income £262k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Essex, Ghana
- Website
- www.porridgeandpens.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£262k£238k
- 2024£258k£283k
- 2023£271k£317k
Earlier years
- 2022£259k£263k
- 2021£133k£134k
Charitable objects
“To relieve poverty of orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children, young adults and families, by provision of such grants and donations as shall be thought fit to orphanages, schools, individuals and families in Kumasi, Ghana, to improve their conditions of life”.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Charlotte Tibbs since 2025
- Dr Philip Graydon Tibbs since 2021
- Edmund David Smith since 2021
- Elizabeth Merrell since 2022
- Elizabeth Merrell since 2022
- Gregg Weaver since 2018
- Jayne Meek JM since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Gregg Weaver since 2018
- Jayne Meek JM since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Charlotte Tibbs since 2025
- Edmund David Smith since 2021
- Elizabeth Merrell since 2022
- Elizabeth Merrell since 2022
- Gregg Weaver since 2018
- Jayne Meek JM since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Philip Graydon Tibbs since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166497
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31 MAR 2016AS AMENDED ON 31 OCT 2016 as amended on 13 Dec 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07740016229 · jemmawilliams89@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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