SAWBRIDGEWORTH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RECREATIONAL CENTRE

Registered charity 302466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BULLFIELDS CENTRE

Community Centre for hire to organisations for the benefit of young people

Objects

RECREATION GROUND OR PLAYING FIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF EITHER SEX RESIDENT IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN YEARS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Area of benefit: URBAN DISTRICT OF SAWBRIDGEWORTH

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a self-financing basis in 2025, generating a net surplus of £12,240.20 which was added to reserves. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £359,294.11, providing a significant financial buffer against future risks such as the currently unaffordable facility expansion plans.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£48k£36k
31/12/2024£56k£40k
31/12/2023£29k£55k
31/12/2022£52k£43k
31/12/2021£72k£27k

Common questions

Is SAWBRIDGEWORTH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RECREATIONAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on a self-financing basis in 2025, generating a net surplus of £12,240.20 which was added to reserves. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £359,294.11, providing a significant financial buffer against future risks such as the currently unaffordable facility expansion plans. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2021£3kSawbridgeworth Young People's Recreational Centre CCTV
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2005£5kPlayground equipment