SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD

Registered charity 1136849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYG

To advance in life and help young people through the provision of both recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life, and by providing support and activities which help develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

(A) (I) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:1. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED INTHE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE;2. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH HELP DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASMATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(A) (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN MARCHINGBAND MUSIC BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MARCHING BAND.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £27,204 for the year ended 31 August 2026, driven largely by a significant Heritage Lottery grant. The trustees consider the charity to have sufficient resources to continue its activities, with unrestricted reserves held at £4,382. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain reserves which are generally required for the organisation and include a contingency fund to meet unforeseen emergencies. They will also maintain reserves at an overall level which enables the management of short term cash flow fluctuations. (reserves figure: £4k)

“The directors have established a Reserves Policy in order to maintain reserves which are generally required for the organisation and include a contingency fund to meet unforeseen emergencies. They will also maintain reserves at an overall level which enables the management of short term cash flow fluctuations.” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/08/2026

Volunteers: 22
Government income: £1,680 — grants £1,680 (1); 3% of the £61,045 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 19

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 15

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISTAIR JAMES MONTGOMERYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Craig Barnes
Holly Jade Burgess
Michelle Ballantyne
Paul Edwin Whitmell · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen David Burgess
caroline Burgess

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2026	£61k	£34k
31/08/2025	£33k	£35k
31/08/2024	£28k	£51k
31/08/2023	£49k	£26k
31/08/2022	£44k	£49k

Common questions

Is SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £27,204 for the year ended 31 August 2026, driven largely by a significant Heritage Lottery grant. The trustees consider the charity to have sufficient resources to continue its activities, with unrestricted reserves held at £4,382. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD as a grant recipient include JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2023	£30k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2021	£17k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2025	£2k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/11/2025	£20k	"To discover and record the lives of those who dies in WW1 as listed on the Sawston War Memorial"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/12/2022	£17k	"The Heritage of the Boys' Brigade Movement in the UK"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/02/2019	£10k	"Discover and explore the role of the Boys' Brigade in the D Day Landings 1944"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/10/2015	£9k	"Discover and explore the role of the 16th Highland Light Infantry in WW1"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
AMUD HATZDOKOH TRUST	1	£121k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£32k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£2k
TEHILOIS YOEL	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH NORTHANTS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.

SOUTH NORTHANTS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT income £95k
MY FOUNDATION income £430k
SOUTH WORKINGTON YOUTH PARTNERSHIP income £146k
POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY income £463k
SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT income £211k
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH NORTHANTS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT FY2025	£95k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025	£430k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH WORKINGTON YOUTH PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£146k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOR THE COMMUNITY FY2025	£463k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT FY2025	£211k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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