PROJECT GAMBIA

Registered charity 1166472 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Endeavouring and making progress instilling a love of learning for the youngest children of Gunjur, The Gambia.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 7 IN THE VILLAGE OF GUNJUR AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE GAMBIA, WEST AFRICA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION IN EXISTING AND NEW PRE-SCHOOLS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£47k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, indicating the charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounts were not prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that accounting records were not kept properly.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 20

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Project Gambia - Gunjur Village (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anita Bew MBEchair
JILL MOORE
Neil Laurence Griffiths
Stephanie Ann Thompson

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

Operates in: The Gambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£47k	£34k
31/12/2024	£34k	£38k
31/12/2023	£41k	£36k
31/12/2022	£38k	£39k
31/12/2021	£12k	£24k

Common questions

Is PROJECT GAMBIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, indicating the charity's gross income did not exceed £250,000. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would suggest the accounts were not prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that accounting records were not kept properly. 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
MEETINGS INDUSTRY MEETING NEEDS	1	£12k
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 HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUNJUR PROJECT ASSOCIATION.

GUNJUR PROJECT ASSOCIATION income £186k
SPONSOR A GAMBIAN CHILD income £77k
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA income £75k
GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT income £157k
PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD income £175k
BACE income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PROJECT GAMBIA	£47k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUNJUR PROJECT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£186k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPONSOR A GAMBIAN CHILD FY2025	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA FY2025	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT FY2025	£157k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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