SCHOOLGAMBIA

Charity number: 1096152
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Providing links with The Gambia enabling Gambians to improve quality of education through: *Practical teaching skills *Supply teaching materials *Funding *Building (Yalding School Farato) creating: -Environment for children to have best possible education -Benchmark for others to emulate -Place where teachers and others are welcomed to gain ideas & inspiration - impacting Gambian society

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 May 2025

Total income: £31,397
Total expenditure: £21,022

People

5 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • The Gambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 February 2003: Standard registration
  • 11 December 2024: Funds received from 1003939 HETTY GEORGE DRC TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • GAMBLE BUILDING LINKS IN EDUCATION (Working name)
  • GAMBIA: LINKS IN EDUCATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BRENDA SHARPLES Trustee
None on record
KAREN ELIZABETH DI MARCO Trustee
None on record
PETER MACK Trustee
None on record
DEREK HUDSON Trustee
None on record
TONY DI MARCO Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/05/2021 31/05/2022 31/05/2023 31/05/2024 31/05/2025
Total gross income £25.78k £30.63k £30.70k £57.04k £31.40k
Total expenditure £11.10k £29.69k £29.68k £30.54k £21.02k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 May 2025 17 March 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2025 17 March 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 May 2024 20 March 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2024 20 March 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 May 2023 15 December 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2023 15 December 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 May 2022 10 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2022 10 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 May 2021 01 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2021 01 February 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 01 DEC 2002 AS AMENDED ON 07 JUL 2015

Charitable objects

1) TO ENABLE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES IN THE GAMBIA AND WEST AFRICA AND SUPPORT THE TRAINING AND GOOD PRACTICE OF THEIR TEACHERS; 2) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM POVERTY IN THE GAMBIA AND WEST AFRICA; 3) TO ACHIEVE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH HELP AND BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES OF THE GAMBIA AND WEST AFRICA

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE GAMBIA AND WEST AFRICA

Contact information

Address:
HONEYWOOD HOUSE
LUGHORSE LANE
YALDING
MAIDSTONE
ME18 6EH
Phone:
01622 814027
Email:
schoolgambiauk@gmail.com
Website:

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