BISHOPS STORTFORD YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1154678 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is to engage, promote and develop young people and the youth culture in Bishops Stortford. We will do this through establishing a youth cafe in the town centre which will play host to open mic nights, mentoring and community building activities. All those aged 11-18 are welcome in the cafe, free of charge

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN BISHOPS STORTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING LEISURE PREMISES 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) 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.

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

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £28,909, resulting in total funds decreasing from £180,970 to £152,061. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £133,859 are above their stated policy target of £85,000, and they are confident of having sufficient funds available to continue operations.

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
• 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 — Bishop's Stortford Youth Project (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hertfordshire Community Foundation — “Hertfordshire Community Foundation” (source page)
• The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust — “The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Abbvie Pharmaceuticals — “Abbvie Pharmaceuticals” (source page)
• The Albert Hunt Trust — “The Albert Hunt Trust” (source page)
• Cambridge Community Foundation — “Cambridge Community Foundation” (source page)
• The Christopher Laing Foundation Foundation — “The Christopher Laing Foundation Foundation” (source page)
• The Bishop Radford Trust — “The Bishop Radford Trust” (source page)
• Central Social & Recreational Trust — “Central Social & Recreational Trust” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children in Need” (source page)
• Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust — “Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• The Shanly Foundation — “The Shanly Foundation” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Clark
• Darren Woolnough
• Gareth McCormick
• Jefferey Howard Buck
• Philip Butson
• Rebecca Millican

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• LEVENSHULME YOUTH PROJECT income £68k
• NEW TAVISTOCK YOUTH CAFE income £168k
• CATHAYS AND CENTRAL YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT income £967k
• BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £298k
• THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD HIGH SCHOOL MITRE FUND income £46k
• BOVEY TRACEY YOUTH ACTION income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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