Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE SWAN YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED

The objective of the charity is to provide a safe, drug and alcohol free recreational facility for the young people of Berkhamsted and the surrounding area. The charity runs the Swan Youth Centre, the facilities of which include a large room in which events can be held, pool table, audio equipment, TV, games console, and bar selling soft drinks and snacks. Activities include after-school drop-in

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/23	£119	£105	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/06/22	£83	£74	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/06/21	£43	£40	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/06/20	£65	£69	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/06/19	£61	£57	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/18	£47	£51	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£47	£51	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	£63	£60	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15	£76	£77	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14	£46	£45	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13	£66	£66	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12	£63	£69	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11	£53	£66	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10	£48	£67	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09	£76	£65	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08	£77	£57	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07	£36	£48	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06	£30	£17	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05	£9	£11	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04	£14	£9	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

https://www.theswanyouthproject.co.uk

manager@swanyouthproject.co.uk

01442384349

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£10,997
Co-Operative Group	£6,741
National Lottery Community Fund	£6,474

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Swan Youth Centre
£500	22/06/2023	To support our colleague who is participating in a 10k run around the hills and valleys of Berkhamsted to raise funds for Swan Youth Centre.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SWAN Youth Project
£2,348	22/10/2022	We would like to acquire funding to renovate our centre so that more young person involved in crime or substance abuse can have a safe space to access to better their mental health and wellbeing.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Wise up to County Lines
£4,850	11/03/2022	Grant to The Swan Youth Project Limited (formerly Swan Youth Centre)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000	13/03/2020	Core for Future Growth
National Lottery Community Fund - Boiler replacement
£6,474	31/01/2020 0	The funding will be used to replace the boiler at their Youth Centre. This will enable young people to continue to access a wide range of diversionary, social, recreational and creative activities, ....more The funding will be used to replace the boiler at their Youth Centre. This will enable young people to continue to access a wide range of diversionary, social, recreational and creative activities, healthy lifestyles training and volunteering opportunities to improve their aspirations and employment opportunities.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Right Frame of Mind
£6,147	05/12/2019	Grant to The Swan Youth Project Limited (formerly Swan Youth Centre)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Swan Youth Project Limited ("SYP")
£4,393	15/11/2019	We want to build awareness of a range of health issues and provide learning and education on proper diet and nutrition.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	18/04/2018	Core 2019
National Lottery Community Fund - Synergy Berkhamsted project
£9,555	03/05/2017 12	The funding will be used to run youth workshops, wellbeing activities and one to one support sessions. The project aims to provide the opportunity for young people to take part in activities and ....more The funding will be used to run youth workshops, wellbeing activities and one to one support sessions. The project aims to provide the opportunity for young people to take part in activities and receive support to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-63

HELEN AGNES ROGNALDSEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

JOANNA LOUISE JACQUES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant

KATE ELIZABETH ROGERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

RICHARD FREEDMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

THOMAS PHILIPPE ANDREW STREATER Appointed: 2021

VICTORIA MARIA GRATTON SINDERMANN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

SANDRA GIOVANNA SWARBRICK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/08/1994, number: 1039966
Registered at Companies House on 11/07/1994, number: 02947322

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

137-139 HIGH STREET
BERKHAMSTED
HERTFORDSHIRE
HP4 3HH

Objectives

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 2) THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25 YEARS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL AS EXISTING ON 1 JANUARY 1994 ( AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE HOMELESS OR OTHERWISE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF SHORT-TERM ACCOMODATION AND TRAINING COUPLED WITH ADVICE AND COUNSELLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. ALL SUCH RELIEF AND FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE COLOUR OR CREED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL

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