2025-12-31-accounts

CHARITY (OMMISSION Trustees, Annual Report for the period Fiom15tarl dalel Section A Reference and administration details (harity name Project Gambia other names the charily is known by Regisleied charity number {il any) charity'5 principal address Willowcottage 26 Purton Stoke Swindon Wili$hiFe Postcode Nèmes ol the charlty trustees who rnènage the chailty Tiustee Name Dates acted11 not foi whole yeaF Name of person (Of body) entitled to appolnt tfustee (If any) oflice (If any) Dr Neil Griffiths Tiea5urer Artita Bew Chairpirson SecretAry Trustee lill Moore Stephanie Thompson 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names ol the Iruslees loi the charity, il any Iloi example, any custodian Iiusteesl Name Oale5 acted if not lor whole year TAR Mafch 2012

Section A Reference and administration details (conlinued) Names and addresses ol advisers lo Type of advlsei Mame AddFe55 NIA Natne ol chief executive or names ol senior stall mernbeis tion31 inloimètion Section B structure, governance and management Oescilpllon ol the charity's trust5 Type ol goverfiing docu(nent leg trust deed, conslilullon Trusi Deed How the charity is constituted leg trust, association. iotnpany) Trust Trustee selection tnethods leg appointed by, elected byl Trustee5 appo￿tea by existi ttU5tees AddllSonal governance issue5 (optional information You may cho95e lo include additional inloirtialion, where ielevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted lor the nduction and training ol trustees,. the charity's organi5alional stiucture and any widei network with which-the chailty works,. relètionshlp wlth any related parties,. Iruslees, con5ideiation ol fflajoi iisks and the system and pioceduies lo manage them. TAR Maich 2012

Section C Objeitive5 and activities Summary ol the objects ol the chafily set out in its goveining document Ourc e worksare lor the yu OD ucalion orc rcn un 7yeAr5 0lagL in iliL' iryllagL oIGuAiuf in the Gatnbia. We ex￿1 to EnsurE Lh&La fvIeV￿1 curriculum L8 oftered io ihe childrtn wluch 15 rcgdatly ieviewed and llpd&ted bystaff. Prowde ielevant resollrces to Suppori this ¢uiriGulum. Ensure all are paid asalary. Offer ongoinstrainins to dl $taffbDth In- house andatGambia College loensure all sraff ar£ qu￿￿led and continue io improve in thcir wleJ6eanJ skill. r.nsure aUb￿￿￿l[￿ and ihe xhool ertvironmoni arL' cILatt. sate an4 apprvpri&le rorlearning. Provide suppori forchdditn with &dditionJl nE£d5. Liaiseclo5elywiLhpai£nts togii their suppori aAJ irtlorm them o(iheirchild$ ongnin8progr2ss. Provide additiond acliwliEsand Vtsits itsejthanct tsurcuiiiculum and ￿￿er￿M Summary ol the main aciivitie5 undertaken loi the publii benefit in relaliofj Trustee5 have kept In mind the yidance o ered by ihe CharityCommi5510n ￿ ensure ihai plans and aclions Ma￿hOUr agreed Dbjeciives.The acti￿11£$ unJertsken ihis yearwere.-SeverAI fundraiyingactivities have taken place in the UK Incluaing a Race Night. Te￿forT0uri5ts in Avebllryand recruiting new m¢mber5 toour200 Club d￿eCt￿ebiI schemc. Variousprescrtt&Uorts have been given in the UK ￿ spread the word aboucdmsand achicvements ￿ schoo15 and other in￿rested srnup5. All irusiees ViSllL4J Ihe schools in Idrtuary. (In a JadybaSi& the irusie¢$ fecri¥E photosraphsaTrd ￿de0$ 50¢ial mediA ofthed%ys ￿tivItIeS and progressofthechddrell. The Iriistees wntinue io submit Erani applicaiwns Forfiiriherfunding tDSupport Ourwork. An anntsai mentofre50urces wasscttt m Au USE io re lelltshe mertLaTrd eKteDd rovisiort the siètutoiy declaration that Iiustees have had iegaid to the guidance i55ued by the charity Comtni55ioD public benefit) You may choose to Include luithei statements, wheie ielevant, about.. policy on granlmaking.. policy pragramme related inve51fflent,. contiibution fflade by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance Sutnmary ol the (nain achievefflents ol the Iharily during the year .All current teachers haye been trained and received an Early Years Qualification at Gambia College .The curriculum has now been fully implemented in all follr schools and a further extension and enrichment curriculum has been recently added. .A special needs coordinator has been appointed who now works in all sthools supporting children, st￿f and parents. .Ail staff are now fully salaried .Ail schools have been provided with a large safe playground area with swings. slides and roundabollts. .All schools now haye a range of water supplies Including.. solar pumps. boTe- holes and wells. .A]I schoals now have school meals •Stiff now deliver their own in house- training and visit each other s schools •Headteachers monitor lesson5 •AII 5choo15 have had ongoing repairs and are fuIlymaintained Several schools were given upgraded toilei facilities .A malaria prevention scheme was introduced inio #ll schools •A schools Sports Day was held •A staff Prize Giving event was held during the Trustee 5 Vi5Lt in lanuary TAR March 2012

section E Financial review Biiel slalement ol the The chariLy Dpcialcs wiihout anyovcrhcads asevery pcnny 15 spent on iliecliildren. Truste¢s payfor I their own stationery. travel.Subsi5len£t artd ￿0mMOdation. There are Minim￿ bankrharye$ required FuTrds graduallybudd up duiing thtyeai lollowiThgourvlsli and Trustees en511re that lunds are avaJ2ble before the followingyeLI 5Iry5ii Lhrou8h fundratsing. 2￿ Club rcccipts. person donat￿￿5 and grant 2pplicatlOThS 50 a healthybank balan¢tiS makniained. Aswc have no overhead& d reserve 1.4 nni ViLal Ourchauenge isto ensurewe hayesuff￿1￿nLFllnd5 by Dcccmberof ea¢h year lor the current bud ets re rtourschoob at th2 be of thtrtext Details ol any funds tnalerially in deficit We have newerbeen in defiiitorhad aThyollt5tan(bngdebts. Fuithei linaniial ieview details lopllonal Inloimallon} You may choose lo include additional Inloimalion, where ielevanl. about.. the Ih61ity'5 piincipal sources ol funds liniluding any lundiaisingl,. how expenditure has supported the key invest(nent policy and objectives including any ethical investment poliiy adopted. Section F Other optional iTrfoifftation Sectlon G Declaralion The IIu5tees declare that they have approved the tIUslee5' repoit ab Signed on behalf ol the charity's trustees Signatuie{s) Full name(sl NellGtiffiths Position leg Secretary. Chaii, etcl Treasurer Date TllNFJra TAR March 2012

CHARIIY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Pmloet Gambla 1166472 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thfy p8ri¢d from Ul-J￿-25 31-D￿25 To Section A Receipts and payments Llnre&trlcted fund$ Restrlctsd fund6 Endo¥¥ment Total fundj L￿ty••r tDtsn•4Fq¥tt t0th¢n￿￿E A1 Recelpts ZWCIL 7.191 7,Wl T￿LdT￿l￿$ MslallaPreV£￿OTr Tw5 &c(￿￿LleR0￿c SthtxA F￿￿rAIsI R&￿￿e4$ &shiPPI FE￿1￿ SCt￿l Meas 1,164 610 ELlId￿9￿ep￿ 10,th) Sub total(Gro&s income ffor ARI 3?.7 7Jg1 47,049 34,005 A2Assot and Invostm•nt $al88, IsEetJblel. Sub total 29.758 47,049 34,OUJ A3Pa rnents Twudwwl (WQQub T￿dT(￿l￿& Adwlty8X ln4 4,226 9.86 1,828 3llO Twi 2& Krtcme L￿U￿wrU￿￿n LuwrVlÈlÈrP￿ Lsgacycnsis ows• HF*hoK Rg5WP5&￿1 ISCWJ 47 47e 7.￿? 1187 4312 1034 ense ENt¢gYand￿￿tèr 8uildiwREpai 79 10.Q32 25.521 1679 1Q032 31748 1J. 3T,8J7 Stsb tot•l A4 A8set and ItW08trn•nt urchase5. see tab1• Sub tol81 Totalpaymenis 4,225 .746 37.637 Ilet of receiptsl(payments) AS Transfers b•tWoon fvrKJ$ A6 Cash funds last yaar ènd Cash furtds thls y￿End 3,086 J.824 14,252 24,489 1,208 4,384 16,560 28.854 15.550 CXX Rl arA>)untsissi 20￿412025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fund$ tO￿lre0[$ Reslricled fund$ tvne4iE4t£ Endowment funds Bl Cash funds 11M22 ro Total¢B$h funds 24.489 4.364 ￿(4￿￿)) OK Unrestrfet£d funds OK R¢strlcted funds OK Endowmen¢ fiinds dttsythth 155EtbdÈ Coxtlvptknm B3 InvBstmpnt assets dtD*lth 1S8ltbilon B4 As8ot8 Y8taln8d for the charlty's own u90 es lon BS Llabllltlos &gnEd tyuneoriwu truee5On b2n￿l01 all Ih•tN51995 Dale uf roval nature Prfnl Name QQXXR2atxuunt8lSSI 20NQ026

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages Responsibilities and basis of report

Charity Name Project Gambia 31stDecember 2025 Charity no (if any) 1166472 1 - 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2024. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent The charity’s gross income did not exceed £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of ACA .

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: Signed: 21/04/2026 Name: Hannah Pettifer Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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