Gunjur Project Association
What it does
Working to relieve poverty in The Gambia, we are based in a rural area of Gambia in Gunjur. We support many community initiatives, incl women's development and small business development plus we have a memorandum of understanding with The Ministry of Education to improve learning opportunity in schools, sponsor students education, run training events for teachers and students and the community.
Its charitable purposes
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN GAMBIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Human rights, equality and diversity
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Provides other finance
- Provides services
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- The Gambia
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £186,357 and spent £156,175.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £186,357 | £156,175 | Not reported | 120 |
| 30 June 2024 | £170,508 | £152,358 | Not reported | 250 |
| 30 June 2023 | £213,808 | £141,684 | Not reported | 500 |
| 30 June 2022 | £121,281 | £79,661 | Not reported | 450 |
| 30 June 2021 | £87,005 | £75,963 | Not reported | 300 |
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
- Up 114%, from £87,005 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £186,357 in the year to 30 June 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 84% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Josephine Jane Austin-preeceChair
- Charlotte Cooper
- Emily John
- jenifer jane ringstead
- Sarah Adams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | 30 April 2026 | Received 20 November 2025, 161 days early | Received 20 November 2025 |
| 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | Received 17 December 2024, 134 days early | Received 17 December 2024 |
| 30 June 2023 | 30 April 2024 | Received 25 January 2024, 96 days early | Received 25 January 2024 |
| 30 June 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Received 30 December 2022, 121 days early | Received 30 December 2022 |
| 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | Received 30 July 2021, 274 days early | Received 30 July 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1171815
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 28 February 2017
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Feb 2017 as amended on 29 Sep 2021
- Website
- www.gpagambia.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Neath Port Talbot
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.