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HELP FOR EDUCATION AND LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA

Registered charity 1098642 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELPING

Building nurseries (8) supplying equipment, furniture and stationery. Sponsor teachers (15) and send them to college for further training. Sponsor 350 children, build toilets, kitchens, provide meals, dig wells so that children may have clean drinking water. We also send out teachers to assist. Have set up an art centre and IT suite at one school.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that cash funds at the end of the year were £198,062. The trustees hold approximately £60,000 in a separate account to cover two years of wages for Gambian staff and teachers. No material uncertainties regarding the charity continuing as a going concern were disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from Trusts, Businessed and Individuals.
“Donations from Trusts, Businessed and Individuals.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approx. two years wages etc for the Gambian staff and teachers (held: £198k)
“The charity holds approx. two years wages etc for the Gambian staff and teachers in a seperate account.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: The Gambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£132k£106k
31/03/2024£87k£83k
31/03/2023£107k£85k
31/03/2022£113k£73k
31/03/2021£77k£71k

Common questions

Is HELP FOR EDUCATION AND LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that cash funds at the end of the year were £198,062. The trustees hold approximately £60,000 in a separate account to cover two years of wages for Gambian staff and teachers. No material uncertainties regarding the charity continuing as a going concern were disclosed.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT3£48k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION2£5k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION2£2k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST1£104k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST BURSCOUGH BRIDGE1£63k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WEST HARROW1£15k
W F SOUTHALL TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HELP FOR EDUCATION AND LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA£132k—0above—no doubt
GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT FY2025£157k—0above—no doubt
TEACHER AID FY2024£119k—0unclear—no doubt
GUNJUR PROJECT ASSOCIATION FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE LTD FY2025£334k—0below—no doubt
NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT FY2025£219k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.