THE SATURDAY CLUB TRUST

Registered charity 1165362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Saturday Club Trust gives young people aged 13-16 the unique opportunity to study subjects they love every Saturday morning at their local college, museum or university, for free. Over the academic year, Saturday Club tutors and industry professionals build the young people's skills, nurture their talents and inspire them towards further and higher education and careers.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING BY:1) PROVIDING EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF ART AND DESIGN), INCLUDING TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREERS; AND2) DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SATURDAY CLUBS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,210 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £145,517. The trustees note that these unrestricted reserves remain below the stated policy target of approximately £0.3 million. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09559467

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SONDHI, Jasbir — director, appointed 29/04/2025on trustee list
• MERRY, Kenneth John — director, appointed 29/04/2025on trustee list
• MORRISON, Anne Catherine — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• SCAVAZZA, Sim — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
• CARRINGTON, Nigel Martyn, Sir — director, appointed 27/05/2021on trustee list
• LLOYD, Russell — director, appointed 03/12/2018on trustee list
• GREENYER, Katie Mary — director, appointed 08/10/2018on trustee list
• WATKINS, Philip John — director, appointed 20/05/2016on trustee list
• SORRELL, Frances Mary, Lady — director, appointed 24/04/2015on trustee list
• SORRELL, John William, Sir — director, appointed 24/04/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nigel Carringtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Catherine Morrison
• FRANCES MARY SORRELL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jasbir Sondhi
• Katie Greenyer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth John Merry
• PHILIP JOHN WATKINS
• RUSSELL LLOYD
• SIR JOHN WILLIAM SORRELL
• Sim Scavazza · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 CLUB 66 BOYS CLUB.

• CLUB 66 BOYS CLUB income £639k
• SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY income £150k
• HITCHIN YOUTH TRUST income £265k
• DEVAS CLUB income £360k
• THE POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER income £199k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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