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2022-06-30-accounts

Gunjur Project Association Report and AC￿Unts 0110712021 to 3010612022 The Charity Registration Number i8:_

Gunjur Proje¢l Association Trustees, Annual Report for th8 year ended 30 June 2022 The Trustees present their Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2020 Charity Referen￿ and Admlnlstratfve Detall8 The legal name of the charity Is: Gunjur Prqlect Assoelatlon Registered Charity Number: The chartty is registered in England & Wales charity number .1171815 Charity's Principal Addre88'. 3 Mather Drive Comberbach Northwlch Cheshlre CW9 6BG The Trustees of the charity Jo Au8tin-Pr8ece Jenny Ringstead Sue Clough Rachel Bate8 Structur•i gov•manc• and managwn•nt of th• charlty The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is constituted by a Constitution which was registered with the Charity Comm18sion on 28 February 2017. Tru8tee selection meth¢)ds.' the original trustees were selected by virtue of their engagement and support for the charity's objective8. Any new tru$tee8 will be appolnted by the exi¥ting trustee8, based on the same ¢riteria. ObJ•ctlvo8 and Actlvltlos of th• charfty The charlty's obje¢lives are.. the prevenlon arKI reliof of povérty in The Gambia by providing or assisting in the provision of educallon. training, Iwlth Gwe projects and all the necessary 8UPPOrt designed to enable individuals to generate a sustalnable inmme and be self sUffic￿nt The maln actlvltlm undertakon In rolaljon to our obJecllv•• One of our main aims this year has been to develop a COVKI re8pon8e to offer supm to many families who have struggled to feed themselves wtth the challenges gNen by the pandemi affecting abilty to eam ￿)neY and we have managed to offer support lo 100$ of families Nearty 200 students Sp￿$£￿ed to have an educatron at all levels.. Nursery, Junior, Secondary, College and Unrversty Support for training for tsachers induding some initial IT1888ons Over 25 people {matnty students) Sup1￿ed lo have eye Fyoblems diagnosed at the Sheik Zayed eye center Last year we were onty able to run a 2-week sumnw wogram due to funding shortages. After the summer school finished all the students retumèd on world literacy day with their te8chers to ai¥e a D￿Sen￿tIon to the c(rnunitv ab(xrt the imDOrtance of literacv. Students

Gunjur Prc¥ect Associati Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2022 t￿k part in various actrrfities.. induding debates, speeches. poety reading and drama to relnfrirce the message ab)ut EduCat￿n. They were joined by the Gunjur Scouts, Band and by our Womens Literacy Group the leader of the gn)up Mrs Mai Jassey and a retired Head Teacher Mr Lamin Jabang spoke about the importancE of lileraGy and. Mr Jabang encouraged parents lo send their chihjren to school and advised the students to take their lessons seriously to achieve academic progress. A locaty nwle film of thls event is on you tube outu.belB328k We have contiiued to offer supp)rt and gUIdan￿ to Gunjur Youth For Hea￿h- this group was started with student nurses and heamh trainee5 Sp￿SOred by GPA- they are actfve in going out to their corrmunities to gfve free heaAh checks {blood pressure and blood 8ugar)- they have run program8 on the radio encouraging people to get he8tth checks and change their diet to be safe. Vle are very w)ud to have Initiat￿ the start of thls group that have saved many lives Kajabang 8POrts acadery- we have been able to asslsl the volunteers that run it to hav8 training and to enable young students to take part in k)cal toumaments. We are continuing with women's literaGy I development group 88 well a8 the literaoy they have béen dolng som8 stiwing plus we had a vistl fr(xn a lady from Holland who shar8d how to make jew81ry using shells making thlngs tw can 8ell which will give th8ir further linancHI security. We ox)tinue to a88iSt AfrkA ￿8ter Trust to offer 8UPPOrt to Marlama Mae Nur8ery Schth)I Communlty Hub we have started weekeThJ dasses for students that are either 8wisorad by us or tdenlrfied by teachers or village development ￿MMIttee. l•le were happy to off8r space to Di8abllNy Afrlca (8 UK Charity that suP￿rtS chlldren with disabilitie8) whi18t their building wa8 b81ng repaired Very h8PPy to share 8pa¢o In our communty hub with Be R881 (Bulldlng Empowerrr*nt: Rural Economic Engagement in Llle) offering logistlcal 8UPPOrt to thelr staff and hosting thelr traning program8 that are 8UPPOrting young paople to 8tsrt thelr Yn buslne88es Also enabling C4RC (a group based In Cumbrfa Uk that are attemptlng to protect the Red Colobus Monkey- an endangered to have contact with thalr Gamblan coordinator. Hosted environmental conferences 81x)ut tree8 arKI Sea gr888 Hosted health conferences with GYFH induding one on M6ntsl health delivered by POM (Pèace of Mind) a chaiity worklng In Gambla.

Gunjur Projecl Association Trustee3' Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2022 Flnancial reviv The Trustees consider that It Is not necessary to ueate reserves 8ince thè charity ha$ no liabilities (other than to complete current projects, as to whth see below), and any expenses are met ty the Gunjur Project Lodge. with whlch the charity has a Merrx)randum of ASS￿latIOn. The trustees (x)nskler th8 financr81 Fformance ty the duTtr¥J th8 year to hav8 been 8atisfactory. The board of trustees is satlsfied that the fund8 are availablè and adequate to fv[r￿ the obligations of each fund or proie¢a. The tharftys prln¢ipal source offund8 are donations and grants. The MaJ￿ity of donations to GPA are ring-fenced to a particukr famityl stud8nV project. Future plans.. we are develowg GPA Communty Hub which will include commun kitchen. IT sulte and tralning rOOff￿ vthere trainlng for the communty take place. ACCOUNTS Sectlon A Recelpts and Payments Ro¢olpts Don8lk>n8 2020 to 2021 68 725.35 £3,1 £17.482 £86,186 £76.188 Gran18 Reallsed fofftlgn exchange Income from nc¥) ¢hwllable tivitie8 other in¢omg 4ficelhub £3,100 £2.075 £3.0 6797 2075 £0 £0 £2.464 1020 brought forward 20f21 Total rncelpts 269M £ 101.193J5 £JS0.fy) £27,454 £121281 £87,C(15 Payments Cost of ralslng fvnds ExFendilure on thantle ath'vilies 89 433.21 £10.228 £79,681 £75.963 assett purehases Total paym•nts £69,433 £10328 £79.661 £75,963 Carried forward £31,7 £41ffi20

Gunjur proj￿ Asswialion Truslees, Annual Report for the yew ended 30 June 2022 Section B Statem•nt of Assets and Llabllltles at 30 June 2022 Bl: Cash funds £41620 B2: Other monetary assets NIL 83.. Investment assets 84: Assets retslned for charlty's own use= Community Hub and land £25iJXI estimated value 85.. Llabllltles NIL NOTESTOTHEACCOUNTS The charty has notgiven any guarantee to a third party No debt is outstanding at 30 June 2022 which is owed by the charity and whichls 8ecured by a charge over any of the charity's assets Declarats'ons The trustees declare that they have approved tho trustees, report and accounts above. Slgned on behalf of 8 d)8rW8 natur818) Po8thon

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent pxaminer's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Roport to tho tyustsesl membor8 of ssDcIAIio On a¢counts for the y•ar •ndad OQ) 2022 Charlty no {If any) Set out on page8 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty (Ihe Twsf) for th8 year ended 30 c£ 2022 A8 the charllys trustee8. you aro re8wn8ible for the preparatksn of the S￿oUnts in accxjrdance with th8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (ihe Acr). R•spon81bllltle8 and ba•1• of report I report in respect of my examlnation of the Tru8V8 8w)unts carrf8d out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicab19 Dlrections given by the Charity Con￿)16310n under 8ectk)n 1445)(b) of the Act. Indepondant trhe chartvs gr0$8 incm exce8dod £250,1)Xi and l am qualmed to axamlnorf8 8tatement undertake the examin8th)n by being a quaIrf￿d rrthib8r of [insert namè of applicable listed bodyll. Delete { J 8ppllcable, I have ￿M￿ted my examinalion. I confimi that no maled81 matters have come to my attention in L¥Jnnection with the examination (other than that disclosed beknv ') which glves me cause to bell6ve that in, any material respect.. the accounting r￿ordS Y￿re not kept In accordance wlth section 130 of the Charfties Act., or the accounts did not ac(￿ with the aC0￿nI￿n9 records,. or the acrourrts did not o)mpty with the applicable requlrements conceming the fomi and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Rekhxts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement thal the 8CCC41nts give a Irue and fairf view which 18 not a matter considered as part of an independent examinatlon. I have no wncerns and have ccTh a(xoss no other matters tn connectron with the examinatton to whrch attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper underst&ndin9 of the accounts to be reathèd. ' Pl&8￿ delete the wc¥Us In the brackets rflhey not appty. 8lgnod: IL N•m•: R•l•vant prof•sslonal quallflcatlon(s) or body IER Oct 2018