GMC CHARITY TO END FGM

Registered charity 1176359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GMC CHARITY

GMC activities primarily involve helping to organize FGM/C Religious Leaders Summits across the African continent, is an event that brings together high-level leaders including Heads of State, nationally influential religious leaders and high-profile media personalities, to create a national consensus on the need for the complete abandonment on ending FGM.

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £38,303, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £79,601. The trustees report that the reserves policy target is to cover 3-6 months of running costs, and the current unrestricted funds exceed the minimum 3-month requirement. The examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or the Companies Act.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wallace Global Fund — “This frontline-led approach will be scaled through the Wallace Global Fund’s $10 million Fund to end FGM in a Generation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN CHARLES RUSBRIDGER
• Ayodeji Bello Awodoyin
• Charlotte Ross
• Christopher James McGarry
• DEBORAH LINCOLN · trustee of 1 other charity
• JULIA COOK
• Jeremy Cox
• LUCY KATE PALMER
• MUSIKILU MOJEED
• Martin Gerard Doyle
• Sadia Isaac Hussein

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Guinea · Guinea-bissau · Kenya · Mali · Nigeria · Sierra Leone · Somalia · The Gambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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