Project Gambia Trust - Ridgewood

Analysis

Project Gambia Trust - Ridgewood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Project Gambia Trust - Ridgewood reported income of £175k and spending of £152k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £25k to £175k (+595%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 500%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Gambia Trust - Ridgewood sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reisner Charitable Foundation Ltd (£175k), Wellspring Family Centre (£175k) and Sanctuary Family Support (£175k).