Kotu Trust
What it does
Makes grants to individuals and organisations for education, training and relief of poverty in Gambia.
Its charitable purposes
1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GAMBIA.2) RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE GAMBIA.3) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER RELATED CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS, THAT THE TRUSTEES SHALL, FROM TIME TO TIME, DETERMINE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- The Gambia
Area of benefit in its governing document: Gambia
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £6,436 and spent £6,995.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £6,436 | £6,995 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,563 | £16,120 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2023 | £10,630 | £7,600 | Not reported | 2 |
| 31 March 2022 | £9,276 | £14,700 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £11,272 | £7,150 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 43%, from £11,272 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £6,436 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 109% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Barbara Helen ConnellChair
- Catherine Grove
- Sarah Ann Willetts
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 31 December 2025, 31 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 22 December 2024, 40 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 30 January 2024, 1 day early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 14 January 2023, 17 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 15 January 2022, 16 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1114064
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 5 May 2006
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31 MARCH 2006
- Website
- www.kotu-trust.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.