PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD

Registered charity 1160143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST RIDGEWOOD

Working alongside Gambian schools and communities we go beyond handouts to provide the education, support and funding needed for people to become independent, and find a sustainable solution to poverty.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN ALL FORMAL LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN GAMBIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN ISSUES FACING THOSE IN THE GAMBIA.(B) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

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

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£175k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £96,880 at the end of the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records. The trustees reported that the trust did not employ any staff and no trustees were remunerated.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Organised trips (85% of income)

“Organised trips 148,215” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

Volunteers: 25

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

John Kevin Hodtchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alex John Smith
Alex Wothers
BEVERLEY HODT
Catherine Veronica Bridgewater
Georgia Mae Wilkinson
JACQUELINE ANNE HILL
STEVEN DAVIS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Staffordshire · The Gambia · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£175k	£152k
31/05/2024	£170k	£170k
31/05/2023	£144k	£123k
31/05/2022	£24k	£24k
31/05/2021	£25k	£29k

Common questions

Is PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £96,880 at the end of the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records. The trustees reported that the trust did not employ any staff and no trustees were remunerated. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£104k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£58k
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATION	1	£11k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£8k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM	1	£2k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCHOOLGAMBIA.

SCHOOLGAMBIA income £31k
SPONSOR A GAMBIAN CHILD income £77k
PROJECT GAMBIA income £47k
HELP FOR EDUCATION AND LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA income £132k
GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT income £157k
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA income £75k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SCHOOLGAMBIA FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPONSOR A GAMBIAN CHILD FY2025	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PROJECT GAMBIA FY2025	£47k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HELP FOR EDUCATION AND LOCAL PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA FY2025	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT FY2025	£157k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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