Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -4

AFRICAN OYSTER TRUST

The Charity provides funds for the running of four nursery schools and three clinics in the Gambia, and the wherewithal to develop and improve those projects and potentially to add new ones.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/12/22		£33	£68	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£68	£77	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£30	£39	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£48	£44	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£36	£37	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£58	£51	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£26	£40	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£33	£20	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£45	£29	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£20	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12		£46	£46	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£42	£30	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10?		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0
28/02/09		£18	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/02/08	*	£18	£7	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)

www.africanoystertrust.co.uk

01789739240

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

The Gambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 69-75

JONATHAN RODERICK DALE-HARRIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: GREATHAM VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD, GAMBIA SCHOOL SUPPORT,

KIRA DALTON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

MARGARET MARY MAYBURY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN EMERY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Finance Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2007, number: 1118298
Registered at Companies House on 07/02/2005, number: 05354736

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

12/03/2019 - Asset transfer in from 1 TO 3
08/09/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE KAMBENG TRUST

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR08: 33 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE KAMBENG TRUST on 08/09/2021

Main office

Quarry Cottage
Coston
Aston-On-Clun
CRAVEN ARMS
Shropshire
SY7 8EJ

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN THOSE COUNTRIES DESCRIBED AS THE THIRD WORLD AND AS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FORMER BRITISH COLONIES OF AFRICA.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD ARISING FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING PRACTICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE THIRD WORLD, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FORMER BRITISH COLONIES OF AFRICA.

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