THE DON MCMATH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1100164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DMF

The school opened on 6 January 2003 with a class of 30 children. Fund raising enabled the Charity to build three separate classroom blocks and a hall. The Charity offers free education for children aged between 5 - 18 , of some of the poorest families in The Gambia. There is a University fund that help with fees for our students that obtain a place at University or Professional Qualifications.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE GAMBIA WHO ARE OF INFANT AND PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE, 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY IN THE GAMBIA

Area of benefit: THE GAMBIA

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £44,411.31, which is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of six months of expenditure (approximately £25,000). The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,400.59 for the year, with total incoming resources of £48,586.31 against total resources expended of £47,185.72.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Sponsorship (68% of income)

“Sponsorship 33091.48” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of the total expenditure on school running costs which is approximately £25000 (held: £44k)

“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held by the Charity should be six months of the total expenditure on school running costs which is approximately £25000.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Don McMath Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL CLIFFORD MCMATHchair
ANNE DOREEN MCMATH
Dr SARAH MCMATH
JUDITH MCMATH
MICHAEL DAVID MCMATH
NICK MARSHALL
SHELLEY GRIERSON

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

Operates in: The Gambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£49k	£47k
31/05/2024	£51k	£54k
31/05/2023	£68k	£60k
31/05/2022	£41k	£47k
31/05/2021	£36k	£41k

Common questions

Is THE DON MCMATH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £44,411.31, which is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of six months of expenditure (approximately £25,000). The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £1,400.59 for the year, with total incoming resources of £48,586.31 against total resources expended of £47,185.72. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.