Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

When You Wish Upon a Star aims to grant the 'Wishes' of children from the age of 4 to 16 years who are living with a life threatening or terminal illness

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£1,186	£1,198	£-12	£436	£1,565	£1,283	12.9	21	15
31/12/21		£1,028	£1,014	£14	£509	£1,578	£1,275	15.1	22	15
31/12/20	*	£1,198	£1,110	£89	£639	£1,467	£1,201	13	26	15
31/12/19		£1,392	£1,928	£-536	£844	£1,378	£1,158	7.2	28	0
31/12/18	*	£1,871	£2,193	£-322	£1,092	£1,922	£1,718	9.4	28	20
31/12/17		£2,044	£1,942	£102	£849	£1,920	£1,716	10.6	27	0
31/12/16		£2,495	£1,979	£517	£775	£1,717	£1,717	10.4	28	0
31/12/15		£2,367	£2,155	£212	£972	£1,200	£1,200	6.7	25	0
31/12/14		£2,080	£2,075	£5	£833	£988	£988	5.7	26	0
31/12/13		£1,801	£1,680	£121	£739	£983	£983	7	23	0
31/12/12		£1,572	£1,491	£81	£544	£862	£862	6.9	18	0
31/12/11		£1,287	£1,466	£-178	£480	£781	£781	6.4	17	0
31/12/10		£1,284	£1,470	£-186	£461	£959	£959	7.8	17	0
31/12/09		£1,534	£1,347	£187	£423	£1,145	£1,145	10.2	16	0
31/12/08		£1,484	£1,657	£-173	£412	£958	£958	6.9	15	0
31/12/07		£1,478	£1,321	£157	£365	£1,131	£1,131	10.3	13	0
31/12/06		£1,628	£1,505	£123	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£1,575	£1,615	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£1,287	£1,312	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 57.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 43%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 12.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk

head.office@whenyouwish.org.uk

01159791720

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Scotland, Spain, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

21 employees
15 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£75,280	05/10/2020	"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 "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 (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-68

MANDY DAWN SIMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None

VICTORIA ELIZABETH SEARBY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Director

BARBARA SUSAN WHITE OBE, Occupation: Director

DAVINDER JASPAL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

DR TREVOR MILLS (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1997, number: 1060963
Registered at Companies House on 19/11/1996, number: 03280440

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 32 days late, AR18: 2 days late,

Main office

FUTURIST HOUSE
VALLEY ROAD
BASFORD
NOTTINGHAM
NG5 1JE

Objectives

(1) to relieve the need of terminally ill or sick children and in particular to assist such children to have holidays and/or entertainment; and (2) to relieve the need of families of such children.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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