## **Charity Commission** ## Charity Commission Annual Return 2021 ## **FRIENDS OF THE GAMBIA ASSOCIATION CIO** Charity registration number: 1171620 **Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2021.** ## **Financial period** ## **Financial period start date** 01/01/2021 ## **Financial period end date** 31/12/2021 ## **Income and spending** ## **Income £** £44,986 ## **Spending £** £38,441 **Serious Incidents** **For the period of this return, were there any serious incidents in your charity that have not been reported to the Charity Commission?** No ## **Fundraising - professional fundraiser** ## **Did your charity raise funds from the public?** Yes ## **Did the charity work with any professional fundraisers?** No ## **Fundraising - commercial participator** ## **Did your charity work with any commercial participators?** No ## **Grantmaking** **Was grant making the main way your charity carried out its purposes?** Yes ## **Government contracts** **During the financial period for this annual return, d, id the charity receive income from contracts (other than grant agreements) with central government or local authorities?** No ## **Government grants** **During the financial period for this annual return, did the charity receive income from grants from central government or local authorities?** No ## **Income from outside the UK** ## **Did your charity receive income from outside the UK ?** No ## **Spending outside England & Wales** ## **Did your charity operate outside England and Wales?** Yes **Select countries/territories your charity operated in during the financial period covered by this annual return** ⊠ The Gambia **The Gambia** £ 38126 **Record the total expenditure by country/territory., Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas)** £ 38126 ## **Spending outside England & Wales** **When spending money or working outside England and Wales, did your charity transfer money other than using the regulated banking system?** No ## **Spending outside England & Wales** **Did your charity have procedures and controls in place to monitor expenditure outside England and Wales?** Yes **Are the trustees satisfied that your charity’s risk management policies and procedures adequately covered activities and spending outside England and Wales?** Yes ## **Trading subsidiaries** ## **Did the charity have any subsidiaries?** No ## **Trustee payments** **Did any of the trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity other than refunds of legitimate trustee expenses?** No **Did any of the trustees resign and then take up employment with the charity?** No ## **Employees' salaries** **Did any of your charity's staff receive total employee benefits of £60,000 or more? Select No if your charity does not have any staff , or does not pay any staff.** No **For your highest paid member of staff only, what was the total value of their employee benefits?** **(For example if your highest paid member of staff received £35,000 enter 35000). If you do not have any staff or did not pay any staff, enter 0 (zero)** £0 ## **Volunteers** **How many UK volunteers, excluding trustees, did the charity have during the financial period?** 3 ## **Financial controls** ## **Did your charity review its internal financial controls?** Yes ## **Safeguarding** **Has the charity obtained a standard, enhanced or enhanced with barred lists DBS check on all trustees, employees and volunteers who are in roles that are eligible for these checks?** **Select Yes if there are no trustees, employees or volunteers in roles that are eligible for these types of DBS checks.** Yes ## **Privacy statement** **Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordance with the rule on data protection. 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As a 'data controller' under the Act, the Charity Commission must comply with it. Any changes we may make to our privacy statement in the future will be set out in the replacement version of this form.** **Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.** ## **Declaration** ## **Your role at the charity (select one):** |⊠Trustee|| |---|---| |**Given names**|Jeffrey Leslie Brenton| ||| |**Family name**|Phillips| ||| |**Telephone**|02083373004| |**number**|| ||| |**Email**|jeffbrentonp@yahoo.com| ||| |**Date submitted**|21/10/2022| **It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes** suppressing, concealing or destroying documents. FOTGA Frfends of The Gambla Assoclatlon CIO Annual Report and HnaThdal Statements 2021 TRuwfEE5' AWNUAL AEPOR7 Y￿￿ EIIDED JI IUIL 11 T1￿ r ThTh 1 S F￿￿lL￿￿1? 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