Sawbridgeworth Young People's Recreational Centre

Analysis

Sawbridgeworth Young People's Recreational Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sawbridgeworth. It was registered in January 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sawbridgeworth Young People's Recreational Centre reported income of £48k and spending of £36k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £72k to £48k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sawbridgeworth Young People's Recreational Centre sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bucket List Wishes (£48k), Troubadour Stageworks (£48k) and Astbury Village Hall (£48k).