SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH LIMITED

Registered charity 1129397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCY

Charity enabling young people who are at risk from getting involved with gang culture and crime. Programmes include advice, social and physical activites to help young people with developing their skills and capabilites; to enable them to participate in society as independent and mature individuals.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE:(A)TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN SOUTH CENTRAL LONDON, PARTICULARLY BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OR AT RISK OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN GANG CULTURE AND CRIME BY PROVIDING ADVICE ANDASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(I) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TOPARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(II) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(III) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(IV) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFITWHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH AVIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(V) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING GOOD HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORTAND AS INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO ANY OF THESE OBJECTS THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS:

Area of benefit: SOUTH CENTRAL LONDON

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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Registered contact address: Broxbourne, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£114k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased trading in 2025 and is insolvent. The trustees have recognized this insolvency, ceased all activities, and notified the Charity Commission. Full statutory accounts for the period ended 31 March 2025 could not be prepared.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Serious incident reported to Charity Commission due to insolvency.
“The trustees have recognised the charity’s insolvency, ceased all activities, and notified the Charity Commission under the serious incident reporting process.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £20,000 — grants £20,000 (1); 16% of the £122,851 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 05/02/2025, 5 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£114k£125k
31/03/2024£126k£166k
31/03/2023£123k£132k
31/03/2022£90k£131k
31/03/2021£220k£134k

Common questions

Is SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ceased trading in 2025 and is insolvent. The trustees have recognized this insolvency, ceased all activities, and notified the Charity Commission. Full statutory accounts for the period ended 31 March 2025 could not be prepared.

Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HERNE HILL.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HERNE HILLFY2024£1kRelief of poverty and other charitable giving

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2024£20kIts ok to not be ok
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£10kBlue Sky
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2019£10kShining Start - teen parents project
UK government07/01/2019£7kTampon Tax Community Fund
Greater London Authority22/10/2018£60kYoung Londoners Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2015£298k360
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2013£6kB-CONNECTED IT Workshops
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2010£5kNew Day
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2008£5kSHINE
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2007£5kBack from the Front Line

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH CENTRAL YOUTH LIMITED£114k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD FY2025£127kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
YOUTH EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES LONDON FY2024£0—0unclear—not going concern
YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—noted
REDTHREAD YOUTH LIMITED FY2025£1.4m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—not going concern
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.