Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -9

SPONSOR A GAMBIAN CHILD

The principle activity of the charity is the furthering of education in The Republic of the Gambia through the sponsorship of primary and secondary school age children.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/21	*	£86	£91	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/08/20	*	£73	£69	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/19	*	£64	£66	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/18		£52	£49	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£57	£55	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£50	£52	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£56	£57	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£47	£50	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£48	£44	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£39	£42	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£52	£49	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.sponsoragambianchild.org

info@sponsoragambianchild.org

07921862192

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International education & child welfare

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Oxfordshire, The Gambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

CAROL MARGARET KENDALL-SMITH (Chair)

THOMAS IAN KENDALL-SMITH

JONATHAN BLUNDELL, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,

RICHARD KENDALL-SMITH, Other trusteeship: PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF SWALECLIFFE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/04/2010, number: 1135446

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 188 days late, AR20: 260 days late, AR19: 71 days late,

Main office

18 Four Limes
Wheathampstead
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL4 8JN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF GAMBIA THROUGH SPONSORSHIP OF CHILDREN OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY AGE AND TO SUPPORT OTHER GENERAL FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA

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