2024-07-31-accounts

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Gambia School Support Other names charity is known by GSS Registered charity number (if any) 1176136 Charity's principal address Goulds House Greatham Hampshire Postcode GU33 6HA

Gambia School Support GSS

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Jonathan Roderick Dale-Harris	Chairman
	Edward Peter Dale-Harris
	Robert Whitcombe	Treasurer
	Nicolas Stevenson	Secretary
	TimothyLodge

Names of trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts Constitution adopted 27 November 2017 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by the members. They will retire at the next AGM but shall be Trustee selection methods eligible for re-election. (eg. appointed by, elected by) Additional governance issues (Optional information) Gambia School Support (GSS) was registered by the UK Charity You may choose to include Commission on the 6 December 2017. additional information, where relevant, about: The money raised by GSS is paid into its Charities Aid Foundation Bank  policies and procedures account in the UK and is transferred to the ‘Gambia Schools Project’ bank adopted for the induction and account held with the Trust Bank of The Gambia. training of trustees; GSS’s implementing partner in The Gambia is an organisation known as  the charity’s organisational the ‘Gambian Management Team’. structure and any wider network with which the charity works;  relationship with any related parties;  trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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The relief of poverty, the preservation of health and advancement of education in The Gambia, West Africa, in particular but not exclusively Summary of the objects of the by helping with nursery school provision by working with nursery charity set out in its schools, the local community, local government bodies and other governing document charities to provide good education, sporting facilities, healthcare and nutritional supplements for the children. GSS currently assists 12 ECD (Early Child Development) schools (State provision at ECD level is minimal). The schools we assist must be ‘not for profit’ community schools and meet certain pre-agreed standards to qualify for GSS’s help. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the At present the 12 schools have 1,700 pupils enrolled. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory As required by Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities declaration that trustees have (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, the Charity Trustees have had regard to the guidance complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public issued by the Charity benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers Commission on public or duties. benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grant making;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

GSS now assists 12 pre-primary community schools with 1,700 pupils Summary of the main achievements of the charity aged 3-7. We work with MoBSE (Ministry of Basic & Secondary during the year Education) and the local school ‘Boards’. Our projects are implemented by an organisation called the ‘Gambian Management Team’ (GMT), who are capable and experienced locals. GSS has continued to help build the capabilities and capacity of the GMT to enable it to become an established service provider. We support a bespoke ‘Teacher & Training Development Program’, recognised as being one of the best of its kind in the country. Thie program comprises an intensive course of workshops which all the teachers attend. We have also set up a team of 3 coach/inspectors who visit each school monthly to provide ‘on the job’ coaching in the classroom and complete an inspection. The teaching has been steadily improving. This has been measured since March 2023 with every teacher being appraised at the end of each term.

We have now adopted the UNICEF ECDI2030 method of assessing the development of the children which will enable us to measure the impact our intervention is making.

GSS’s plan is to grow the project as quickly as the constraints allow. The main constraints are raising sufficient funds and the capacity of the GMT.

Section E Financial review

GSS reserves policy is to hold 12 months running costs, currently Brief statement of the £90,000. charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

Fundraising activities You may choose to include Over one third of GSS’s income is from monthly donations from additional information, where private individuals. relevant about:

• The remainder is from charitable trusts, corporate giving funds and

• the charity’s principal other philanthropic organisations.

• sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Jonathan Roderick Dale-Harris Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date

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