Swan Youth Project (Norfolk) Ltd

Registered charity 1143957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWAN Youth Project (Norfolk), Swan Youth Project, THE SOUTH WEST NORFOLK YOUTH OPPORTUNTIES PROJECT, THE SWAN YOUTH PROJECT

Swan Youth Project supports over 350 young people aged 8-18 and their familiesper year with a whole variety of needs. Our work takes a holistic approach to enable us to provide wrap around support not just for the young person but also their family. These activities include Open Access sessions, Family Support, one to one support, Young Carers support plus Hygiene Bank and 'Love Downham' shop

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN SOUTH WEST NORFOLK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D) RELIEVING SICKNESS AND PROMOTING AND PROTECTING GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTHE) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE WEST NORFOLK

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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £132,260, which the trustees confirm is in-line with their stated policy of holding between 25% and 50% of total annual expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing its total fund balances from £301,393 to £260,778, while noting that funding has become more difficult to obtain.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• 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

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

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alfred James Stephen Bagge
• Alison Hornby
• Birgit Elisabeth Angelika Filby Hobbs
• Colin Edwards
• Darren Wynne
• Joanna Louise Wilcox
• Oliver Patrick Hamilton Judges

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHWICK NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH PROJECT.

• SOUTHWICK NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH PROJECT income £467k
• THE SWAN YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED income £95k
• START YOUNG UK income £46k
• SOUTH WHITEHAVEN YOUTH PARTNERSHIP income £179k
• YOUTH ACTION income £531k
• SHEFFIELD YOUNG CARERS PROJECT income £647k

Side by side with its peers

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