THE MARLBOROUGH BRANDT GROUP

Registered charity 1001398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MBG, WILTSHIRE GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTRE

Supporting the link between Marlborough, Wiltshire and Gunjur, The Gambia. Through exchange, environment enhancement and education. Providing opportunities for personal, professional and community development. Broadening minds, and developing friendships and other links.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN THE GAMBIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:• PROMOTING AND SUSTAINING THE LINK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE CHARITY AND THE PEOPLE OF GUNJUR IN THE GAMBIA,AND PROMOTING SIMILAR LINKS ELSEWHERE;• ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN GUNJUR AND ELSEWHERE IN THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS IN GUNJUR AND ELSEWHERE IN THE GAMBIA;AND• ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE GAMBIA IN THE SUBJECTS OF GLOBAL EDUCATION, CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND HEALTH EDUCATION.(2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OFTHE FOREGOING) IN THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF:• EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; AND• GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(3) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE GAMBIA.1.2 THIS PROVISION MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: MARLBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
1991

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 79
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2021

  • Volunteers: 55
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2k£14k
31/12/2024£16k£22k
31/12/2023£10k£30k
31/12/2022£31k£31k
31/12/2021£23k£36k

Common questions

Who funds THE MARLBOROUGH BRANDT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MARLBOROUGH BRANDT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2025£8kSponsored Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/10/2015£48k"Trade Roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/10/2013£10k"A World of Work"
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2013£10kGlobal Green Fingers