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

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

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.

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

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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