Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

OCEAN STARS TRUST 

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONG DISADVANTAGED SRI LANKAN PEOPLE. WE AIM TO DO THIS BY PROVIDING THE PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
30/04/23£113£118£-5n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/22£105£118£-13n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/04/21£91£72£19n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/04/20£110£111£-1n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/19£112£110£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/04/18£76£86£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£69£70£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£61£42£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£67£76£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£56£52£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£49£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£57£53£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£52£53£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£40£39£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£30£29£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£24£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£19£22£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£30£21£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.oceanstars.org.uk

dilanee@ntlworld.com

01252 692248

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Sri Lanka,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/2005, number: 1110022
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 NETHERHOUSE MOOR
CHURCH CROOKHAM
FLEET
GU51 5TY

Objectives

The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural and other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies or organisations in Sri Lanka, and the provision of educational opportunities for all children in Sri Lanka.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SRI LANKA

Data Sources

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