Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 37 years

www.starlight.org.uk

talktous@starlight.org.uk

02072622881

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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
31/03/23£3,744£5,361£-1,617£2,139£2,391£2,1004.74316
31/03/22£4,958£5,151£-193£2,269£4,010£3,4668.1380
31/03/21£4,033£3,344£689£1,612£4,186£3,75513.5340
31/03/20£4,863£6,000£-1,137£1,829£3,454£3,2056.433150
31/03/19£6,323£8,368£-2,045£2,320£4,622£4,3666.332166
31/03/18£5,455£7,504£-2,049£1,265£6,662£6,40810.2270
31/03/17£7,244£7,959£-715£1,518£8,711£8,45412.7290
31/03/16£8,627£8,485£142£804£9,232£9,00212.7260
31/03/15£8,262£8,269£-7£729£9,989£9,76514.2210
31/03/14£9,862£9,691£171£731£9,849£9,61311.9240
31/03/13£9,947£10,121£-174£840£9,606£9,38111.1270
31/03/12£10,511£10,268£243£767£9,212£8,98710.5250
31/03/11£9,427£9,998£-571£842£9,197£8,97210.8240
31/03/10£6,782£6,915£-133£855£9,757£9,53216.5230
31/03/09£7,405£5,147£2,259£706£9,679£9,16421.4220
31/03/08£6,401£4,118£2,283£608£7,468£7,24421.1140
31/03/07£5,471£4,312£1,159£550£5,196£4,95113.8140
31/03/06£4,432£3,388£1,045£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,578£3,052£526£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,616£1,695£921£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 57.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 43 employees
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
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 ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-58
  • ANNA GAWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Independent Consultant
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
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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