Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

STARBURST FOUNDATION

The Starburst vision is to ensure that children with special needs are given the opportunity to live a full and enriched life by providing specialized equipment that enables them to aim towards their full potential. Money is raised in order to fund the equipment in a number of ways including the staging of amateur theatre shows. Starburst supports children in the Hampshire, Surrey, Berks borders.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23	*	£135	£100	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/22		£94	£59	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/21		£44	£49	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/20		£127	£127	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/19	*	£57	£48	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/18		£61	£65	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/17		£50	£50	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/16?	*	£54	£48	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/04/15		£36	£34	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£39	£47	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.starburstfoundation.com

directors@starburstfoundation.com

07887966131

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,376	04/03/2024	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-55

ALEXANDER BARZYCKI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Asset Manager

DR PETER WOODFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

GRACE JOHNS Appointed: 2024

HANNAH ELLSMORE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker

JACK POLLOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Cyber Engineer

LARA ROWLINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Social Worker

MATTHEW GAYNOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Network Engineer

MEGAN DUNNAGE Appointed: 2024

TOM MCWILLIAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Estates Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2013, number: 1152478
Registered at Companies House on 27/02/2012, number: 07966258

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR23: 63 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR16: 32 days late,

Main office

Starburst Studios
Old School Lane
YATELEY
Hampshire
GU46 6NG

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC AND DRAMA BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL AND DRAMA EVENTS.

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