PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 26 January 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
Latest income: £174,677
Latest expenditure: £152,274
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 25 CLARK STREET, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3UF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.projectgambia.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Working alongside Gambian schools and communities we go beyond handouts to provide the education, support and funding needed for people to become independent, and find a sustainable solution to poverty.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 19 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 19 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £174,677
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,274

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 14 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £170,485
Total Gross Expenditure: £169,813

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 14 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £144,317
Total Gross Expenditure: £122,515

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 22 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £24,043
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,340

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 11 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 11 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £25,125
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,513

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £174,677
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,274
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Received Date: 14 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £170,485
Total Gross Expenditure: £169,813
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £144,317
Total Gross Expenditure: £122,515
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 22 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £24,043
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,340
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £25,125
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,513
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 40

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wolverhampton
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: The Gambia
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Staffordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dudley
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Birmingham City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Worcestershire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST - RIDGEWOOD
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2015-01-26T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 18/12/2014
Charitable Objects: (A) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN ALL FORMAL LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN GAMBIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN ISSUES FACING THOSE IN THE GAMBIA.(B) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 550106
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: PROJECT GAMBIA TRUST RIDGEWOOD

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests