Sponsor a Gambian Child

Analysis

Sponsor a Gambian Child is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sponsor a Gambian Child reported income of £77k and spending of £60k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £86k to £77k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sponsor a Gambian Child sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stanley and Brocklehurst Almshouses (£77k), J and M Britton Charitable Trust (£77k) and Minchinhampton Church Club House Trust (£77k).