Gambia School Support

Analysis

Gambia School Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liss. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Gambia School Support reported income of £157k and spending of £132k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £76k to £157k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gambia School Support sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Totnes and District Hospitals (£157k), Royal Orthopaedic Charity (£157k) and Child Safe Foundation (£157k).