Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 19

MUMMY'S STAR

Mummy's Star is the only UK charity with the aim of 'supporting pregnancy through cancer and beyond'. More specifically the charity focuses on supporting women/families where the mother:Is diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy; Is diagnosed with cancer within a year of giving birth;Loses her life to cancer, following a diagnosis in either of the time periods specified above.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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	£258	£258	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22	£227	£247	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	£246	£190	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	£241	£217	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19	£186	£210	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18	£131	£158	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17?	£131	£105	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16	£163	£125	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15	£143	£81	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14	£56	£32	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.mummysstar.org

info@mummysstar.org

07939154217

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Michael And Betty Little Trust	£120,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£108,060
Co-Operative Group	£5,052
DCMS	£4,539

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Mummy's Star
£30,000	19/11/2023	Supports pregnancy through cancer and beyond
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mummy's Star
£2,041	21/10/2023	Our project aims to help women diagnosed with cancer in and around pregnancy to access the emotional support they need from the moment they are diagnosed through pregnancy, birth, loss, and beyond.
National Lottery Community Fund - Online support for women diagnosed with cancer in and around pregnancy
£9,745	14/04/2023	The funding will be used to develop their online resources in order for women who have been diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or up to 12 months after birth or experienced baby loss due to ....more The funding will be used to develop their online resources in order for women who have been diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or up to 12 months after birth or experienced baby loss due to cancer. The online resources will enable women to access the information and support they need. They will also develop financial resources to help families during the cost of living crisis. The project aims to enable women to feel less isolated and more informed.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional support for women diagnosed with cancer around pregnancy
£88,955	19/12/2022	The funding will be used to expand the emotional support it offers to women and birthing people diagnosed with cancer in and around their pregnancy. The project aims to reduce anxiety and feelings of ....more The funding will be used to expand the emotional support it offers to women and birthing people diagnosed with cancer in and around their pregnancy. The project aims to reduce anxiety and feelings of isolation of people experiencing cancer treatment helping them through any emotional challenges they face.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Mummy's Star
£30,000	20/11/2022	Supports pregnancy through cancer and beyond
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Mummy's Star
£25,000	02/02/2022	Supports pregnancy through cancer and beyond
National Lottery Community Fund - Online Forums for mums diagnosed with cancer in and around pregnancy
£9,360	07/01/2022	The funding will be used to continue to run four online support forums for mums with cancer in and around pregnancy. The project aims to offer peer support advice and signposting
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Mummy's Star
£25,000	08/12/2020	Supports pregnancy through cancer and beyond
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,539	07/08/2020	"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."
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Mummy's Star
£10,000	19/01/2020	Supports pregnancy through cancer and beyond
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mummy’s Star
£3,010	15/11/2019	We want new literature and an updated website, so we can support more women diagnosed with cancer who have a child under the age of two.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mummy's Star
£10,000	14/11/2013 12	_x000B_This is a project by a charity in Derby, serving beneficiaries across the UK. The group will use the funding on publicity to raise awareness and increase the profile of the group to support ....more _x000B_This is a project by a charity in Derby, serving beneficiaries across the UK. The group will use the funding on publicity to raise awareness and increase the profile of the group to support women and families who are diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or after birth of a child. This will increase the profile of the group to enable beneficiaries to receive tailored care and access financial and peer support._x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-62

ALICE PEMBERTON-BARLOW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

BARBARA ANNE NELSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Human Resources Director

FELICITY BENNETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

KAREN EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

KATHRYN NATTRESS (Chair) Appointed: 2022

SALIMA JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Health Project Manager

TINA SOUTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

PETER WALLROTH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

THOMAS ANDREW GROOM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2013, number: 1152808
Registered at Companies House on 30/05/2013, number: 08548961

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

PO Box 428
GLOSSOP
SK14 9EA

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND NEED, AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE A MOTHER: (A) WHO RECEIVES A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER DURING HER PREGNANCY (WHICH IS DEFINED FROM BEING 1 WEEK PREGNANT UP TO AND INCLUDING DELIVERY, OR IF THE PREGNANCY ENDS NATURALLY OR MEDICALLY); OR (B) WHO RECEIVES A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER AT ANY TIME POSTNATALLY UP TO THE YOUNGEST CHILD TURNING 12 MONTHS OLD; OR (C) WHO LOSES HER LIFE TO CANCER, FOLLOWING A DIAGNOSIS IN EITHER OF THE TIME PERIODS SPECIFIED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE, BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

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