SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT

Registered charity 1157049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYEP

To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 years living in Sprowston and the surrounding area by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities, advancing education, providing recreational and leisure time activity

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS LIVING IN SPROWSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 AND TO BUILD THEIR SELF ESTEEM;B)ADVANCING EDUCATION;C)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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£211k

Latest spending

£217k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an accounting deficit of £5,640.52 for the year, reducing its reserves from £77,203.87 to £71,563.35. The filing notes that the accounts were not yet approved by the Trustees at the time of the examination and excludes creditors and debtors due to the receipts and payments basis of preparation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: National Lottery Reaching Communities Programme (52% of income)

“£110,985.22 from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Programme”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The Charity’s Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis. Accordingly any Creditors (debts owed by the Charity to any parties) or Debtors (sums owed to the Charity) as at 31 March 2025 are not included with the Receipts and Payments End of Year Accounts, which have yet to be approved by the Trustees.

“The Charity’s Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis. Accordingly any Creditors (debts owed by the Charity to any parties) or Debtors (sums owed to the Charity) as at 31 March 2025 are not included with the Receipts and Payments End of Year Accounts, which have yet to be approved by the Trustees.” — page 2

“The Charity’s insurance policy presented to the Examiner displayed cover of £25,000 for Fidelity (Fraud and Dishonesty) which is significantly below the sums routinely held at bank by the Charity.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The Charity’s insurance policy presented to the Examiner displayed cover of £25,000 for Fidelity (Fraud and Dishonesty) which is significantly below the sums routinely held at bank by the Charity.

“The Charity’s Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis. Accordingly any Creditors (debts owed by the Charity to any parties) or Debtors (sums owed to the Charity) as at 31 March 2025 are not included with the Receipts and Payments End of Year Accounts, which have yet to be approved by the Trustees.” — page 2

“The Charity’s insurance policy presented to the Examiner displayed cover of £25,000 for Fidelity (Fraud and Dishonesty) which is significantly below the sums routinely held at bank by the Charity.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
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
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Simon Stokeschair · trustee of 6 other charities
Judith Cecile Leggett · trustee of 3 other charities
Martin Callam · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev David Hagan-Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Vincent · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£211k	£217k
31/03/2024	£0	£0
31/03/2023	£0	£0
31/03/2022	£113k	£97k
31/03/2021	£57k	£51k

Common questions

Is SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an accounting deficit of £5,640.52 for the year, reducing its reserves from £77,203.87 to £71,563.35. The filing notes that the accounts were not yet approved by the Trustees at the time of the examination and excludes creditors and debtors due to the receipts and payments basis of preparation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/07/2023	£10k	The Adventure Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/12/2022	£319k	SYEP development
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/10/2021	£2k	Local Park Kicks
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2021	£10k	Sprowston Urban Nature Community Reserve

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
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£20k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	—
THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION	1	£519k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£120k
The Renegade Foundation	1	£50k
W WING YIP AND BROTHERS FOUNDATION	1	£43k
Prosper Wakefield District Ltd	1	£33k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

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

SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT income £211k
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP income £147k
COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT income £384k
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION income £805k
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT	£211k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPROWSTON YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROJECT FY2025	£211k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT FY2026	£384k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION FY2025	£805k	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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