THE SWAN YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1039966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is to provide a safe, drug and alcohol free recreational facility for the young people of Berkhamsted and the surrounding area. The charity runs the Swan Youth Centre, the facilities of which include a large room in which events can be held, pool table, audio equipment, TV, games console, and bar selling soft drinks and snacks. Activities include after-school drop-in

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 2) THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25 YEARS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL AS EXISTING ON 1 JANUARY 1994 ( AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE HOMELESS OR OTHERWISE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SHORT-TERM ACCOMODATION AND TRAINING COUPLED WITH ADVICE AND COUNSELLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. ALL SUCH RELIEF AND FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE COLOUR OR CREED.

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £6,123 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £65,716. The trustees note that the charity remains heavily dependent on grants and donations, with funding opportunities declining, which necessitates a focus on diversifying income sources to ensure sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Swan Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Agnes Rognaldsen
• Joanna Louise Hardyman
• Kate Elizabeth Rogers
• Kate Wilcock Ashton
• Richard Freedman
• Victoria Maria Gratton Sindermann

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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Government & lottery funding

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