Friends of the Gambia Association CIO

Analysis

Friends of the Gambia Association CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morden. It was registered in February 2017, 9 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Gambia Association CIO reported income of £46k and spending of £25k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £46k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of the Gambia Association CIO sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safeena (£46k), Remembering the Past, Resourcing the Future (£46k) and Bismillah Aid (£46k).