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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.

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

Latest income
£33k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £4,076, resulting in total net assets of £5,211. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its activities and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general policy to maintain reserves for contingencies and cash flow management.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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... maintain reserves at an overall level which enables the management of short term cash flow fluctuations (held: £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 FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£33k£35k
31/08/2024£28k£51k
31/08/2023£49k£26k
31/08/2022£44k£49k
31/08/2021£25k£20k

Common questions

Is SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £4,076, resulting in total net assets of £5,211. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its activities and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general policy to maintain reserves for contingencies and cash flow management. Its FY2025 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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITYFY2023£30k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITYFY2024£5k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITYFY2025£2k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITYFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/11/2025£20k"To discover and record the lives of those who dies in WW1 as listed on the Sawston War Memorial"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2022£17k"The Heritage of the Boys' Brigade Movement in the UK"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2019£10k"Discover and explore the role of the Boys' Brigade in the D Day Landings 1944"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/10/2015£9k"Discover and explore the role of the 16th Highland Light Infantry in WW1"