## ANNUAL REPORT FOR CHARITY COMMISSION SchoolGambia has had a very good year. After the frustrating delays during the pandemic we have returned to a normal routine of sending Trustees to the school twice a year and as a result we have been able to resume some of the projects that were planned for 2020. The foundations for the proposed library building were dug in November 22 and the building was resumed in March 2023 under the supervision of one Trustee. He also supervised the installation of electricity, bookshelves and another Trustee worked with the newly appointed Librarian to catalogue over 500 books. The bright airy building is big enough to host workshops and meetings and future plans include opening the facilities to villagers and running classes for adults who want to learn to read. The Reading Scheme that has been written especially for the school is near completion and in November 2023 the plan is to select from the staff, a team of teachers who are skilled and experienced enough to train teachers in other schools in the local Cluster. One teacher returned in September 2022 after 6 months of confinement leave. She resumes her responsibility for leading phonics and reading. Another teacher is currently on confinement leave until April 2023.We employ temporary teachers to cover but they are seldom qualified and need support. The end of academic national test and exam results for Grade 3 and 9 were very good and most pupils passed. This is a high achievement in a country where the failure rate is still very high. It is down to the quality of our teaching all the way through the school from Nursery to Grade 9. We insist on keeping class sizes small (4) and supplying text books, exercise books and pencils so that every pupils has the chance to learn The Independent Learning Programme continues to be successful in helping slower pupils to catch up and even attain mastery in national tests. The teacher in charge works with very small groups to fill I the gaps in their learning. One of our ex pupils is training to be a primary teacher and SchoolGambia is sponsoring her. She has been able to do her teaching practice in the school. Yalding School Farato has also been chosen to form an Association for Nursery Schools in the area to run workshops and arrange visits to participating schools in order to share good practice and support those schools that lack materials and expertise. The regular team of 12 sixth formers from Sir Roger Manwood’s School in Sandwich have had to suspend their annual visits since 2020 but they are currently planning a visit in 2024. We look forward to welcoming them back. **Charity Name No (if any) SchoolGambia** **CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 6/1/2022 5/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations and other income
**9,000**
Sponsorships
**15,826**
Fundraising
**3,267**
Deposit Account Interest
**471**
Mini Bus
**-**
Other
**-**
Travel Refund
**-**
Cancelled cheques
**-**
Gift Aid Reclaim
**2,138**
**30,702**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 30,702**
**A3 Payments**
Other
**-**
Christmas Cards
**204**
Transfer to Gambia - salries and expenses **27,000**
Travel Costs
**-**
Bank Charges
**177**
Goods to the Gambia
**1,110**
Event Costs
**50**
Printingand Advertising
**25**
Fundraising Expenses
388
Insurance
**-**
Commission for Fundraising
**729**
**_Sub total_ 29,683**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 29,683**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,019**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**75,563**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 76,582**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,727**
**9,727**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**9,000**
**15,826**
**3,267**
**471**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,138**
**30,702**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,702**
**-**
**204**
**27,000**
**-**
**177**
**1,110**
**50**
**25**
**388**
**-**
**729**
**-**
**29,683**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,683**
**1,019**
**-**
**85,290**
**86,308**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||||**3,150**| |||||**11,722**| |||||**13,113**| |||||**57**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**324**| |||||**2,260**| |||||**30,626**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**30,626**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**245**| |||||**20,000**| |||||**-**| |||||**134**| |||||**325**| |||||**8,471**| |||||**-**| |||||130
**-**| |||||**381**| |||||| |||||**29,686**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**29,686**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**1,019**|**940**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**9,727**|**-**|**85,290**|**-**| ||**9,727**|**-**|**86,308**|**940**| **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Accounts
Unpresented cheque
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**76,582**
**9,727**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,582**
**9,727**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Kim Keeler
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Kim Keeler|7/12/2023| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R•port to the trusteesl membors of SCHOOLGAMBIA On a¢¢ounts for tho ygar gndod ST 31 MAY 2023 Charity no (If any) 1096152 88t out on pages I report lo the Iruslees on my examlnalion of the accounts of the above charlty ("Ihe Trust") for the year ended Rosponslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsSble for the preparation ba81s of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of th8 Charilles Act 2011 (°Ihe Acf). I r8lXIrt in r8SPgCt of my examln8llon of the Tru81'8 accounts c8rrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examlnation, I have followed the 8ppllcable Directions given by lh& Charlly Commlssion under sectlon 145(5)Ib) of th8 Act. I have completed my examlnation. I confimi that no material mallers have come to my attention loth8r than that dlsclosed below ') In connection wlth the examinatlon which glves m8 cause to beliBvg that In, any material respect.. accounting records wère not kepl Ih accordance wllh secllon 130 of th& Act or the accounts do not accord with the 8CCOUlltlng records I have no concerns and havg come across no other matters In connection wSlh the examlnatbon to whlch attention should be drawn in order to enabl8 proper Lsnderstandlng of the acwunts to be r88ched. . Please delete the words in the brack8ts if they do not apply. Indep6ndgnt examlnerfs statemgnt Slgned: Date: 2FIIi 202 Nam•: CALLUM MACDONALD FINDLAY Rel8vant professlonal quallflcatlon{$l or body (If any): OBE Address: MILL PLACE FARMHOUSE SYMONDS LANE YALDING, KENT, ME18 6HA IER October 2018