Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -5

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

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

To brighten the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by providing play and distraction in healthcare settings (throughout UK and NI) to help take their minds off the pain, fear and isolation caused by their illness.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/24	£4,575	£5,086	£-510	£2,490	£1,876	£1,595	3.8	43	120
31/03/23	£3,744	£5,361	£-1,617	£2,139	£2,391	£2,100	4.7	43	16
31/03/22	£4,958	£5,151	£-193	£2,269	£4,010	£3,466	8.1	38	0
31/03/21	£4,033	£3,344	£689	£1,612	£4,186	£3,755	13.5	34	0
31/03/20?	£4,863	£6,000	£-1,137	£1,829	£3,454	£3,205	6.4	33	150
31/03/18	£5,455	£7,504	£-2,049	£1,265	£6,662	£6,408	10.2	27	0
31/03/17	£7,244	£7,959	£-715	£1,518	£8,711	£8,454	12.7	29	0
31/03/16	£8,627	£8,485	£142	£804	£9,232	£9,002	12.7	26	0
31/03/15	£8,262	£8,269	£-7	£729	£9,989	£9,765	14.2	21	0
31/03/14	£9,862	£9,691	£171	£731	£9,849	£9,613	11.9	24	0
31/03/13	£9,947	£10,121	£-174	£840	£9,606	£9,381	11.1	27	0
31/03/12	£10,511	£10,268	£243	£767	£9,212	£8,987	10.5	25	0
31/03/11	£9,427	£9,998	£-571	£842	£9,197	£8,972	10.8	24	0
31/03/10	£6,782	£6,915	£-133	£855	£9,757	£9,532	16.5	23	0
31/03/09	£7,405	£5,147	£2,259	£706	£9,679	£9,164	21.4	22	0
31/03/08	£6,401	£4,118	£2,283	£608	£7,468	£7,244	21.1	14	0
31/03/07	£5,471	£4,312	£1,159	£550	£5,196	£4,951	13.8	14	0
31/03/06	£4,432	£3,388	£1,045	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£3,578	£3,052	£526	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£2,616	£1,695	£921	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 54.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 49%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 38 years

www.starlight.org.uk

talktous@starlight.org.uk

02072622881

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£65,007
True Colours Trust	£50,000
Wates Family Enterprise Trust	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,502

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Starlight Children's Foundation
£2,502	21/10/2023	We would like to continue supporting frontline health staff by providing our Boost and Sensory Boxes to children in local hospitals, to help seriously ill children be themselves and feel less alone.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Starlight-general-Family large-Dec 21
£10,000	01/12/2021	This grant will be used to provide a bundle of our existing services including tools for distraction; entertainment and mindfulness to 10 hospitals in most need.
True Colours Trust - Towards a project testing using technology to support play in hospitals
£50,000	08/12/2020	Towards a project testing using technology to support play in hospitals
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£65,007	09/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-59

ALAIN NATHANIEL WOLFFE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None

ANNA GAWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Independent Consultant

BETSABEH SOLENTE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo / Non-Executive Director

CHRIS EVANS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor

CHRISTOPHER KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor

HANS CHRISTIAN PAU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Vp & General Manager

IAN JAMES HARDING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fund Management

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/1987, number: 296058
Registered at Companies House on 18/07/1986, number: 02038895

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

15/11/2022 - Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF ST AUSTELL BENEVOLENT FUND
01/12/2023 - Asset transfer in from BROXBOURNE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF ST AUSTELL BENEVOLENT FUND on 15/11/2022
Asset transfer in from BROXBOURNE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY on 01/12/2023

Main office

Starlight Childrens Foundation
227 Shepherds Bush Road
LONDON
W6 7AU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICK AND DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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