SEEDS4SUCCESS

Registered charity 1193737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S4S

Seeds4Success (S4S) is a youth work charity based in Mere, which provides co-ordinated developmental youth work opportunities and targeted 1:1 support to young people across South West Wiltshire. Having grown and developed significantly in recent years, in response to the changing needs of local young people, S4S is the main provider of positive activities for young people in this area.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 5 TO 25 YEARS LIVING IN WILTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL,EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BY 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)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 THE YOUTH,AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY,POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;E)CONSERVING AND ENHANCING THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 67% to £386,590, while total expenditure rose by 23% to £245,580, resulting in a net income of £141,010. Free reserves stood at £74,763, which the trustees note is at the lower end of their target range of three to six months of core operating costs. The charity transitioned to SORP accounting for the first time in this financial year.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Adrian Swire Charitable Trust — “FUNDED BY Adrian Swire Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Andrew & Belinda Scott Charitable Trust — “The Andrew & Belinda Scott Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Bowerchalke Parish Council — “Bowerchalke Parish Council” (source page)
• Chilmark Parish Council — “Chilmark Parish Council” (source page)
• The Duke of Fife Charitable Trust — “The Duke of Fife Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Ernest and Majorie Fudge Trust — “Ernest and Majorie Fudge Trust” (source page)
• European Social Fund — “European Social Fund” (source page)
• Fonthill Gifford PCC — “Fonthill Gifford PCC” (source page)
• Fonthill Park Cricket Club — “Fonthill Park Cricket Club” (source page)
• Fovant Parish Council — “Fovant Parish Council” (source page)
• The Girdlers’ Company Charitable Trust — “The Girdlers’ Company Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Hedley Foundation — “The Hedley Foundation” (source page)
• Hindon Parish Council — “Hindon Parish Council” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Merth Williamschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew John Noble
• BARBARA ANN THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Camilla Nelson
• Charles Newitt
• Emily Rose Kelly
• Miranda Roberts
• ROSS ALAN COAD

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Swindon · Wiltshire

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 SEEDS FOUNDATION.

• SEEDS FOUNDATION income £58k
• SEEDS FOR GROWTH income £97k
• 4Youth (South West) income £144k
• EMPOWER4SUCCESS (E4S) income £68k
• SPARKS OF SUCCESS LTD income £66k
• SPORT 4 LIFE UK income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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