Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

STAR - STEPS TO ACTIVE RECOVERY

The STAR model helps churches and organisations work together to deliver appropriate support for those affected by addiction.The carefully designed framework ensures these STAR communities operate with confidence and knowledge in an area of ministry that needs professional insight.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£82,924	£53,999	£28,925	28
31/03/22		£81,742	£44,155	£37,587	25

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.starrecovery.org

info@starrecovery.org

07586693362

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
28 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
Dorset Community Foundation - Expanding STAR's Reach
£4,000	06/02/2023	Core funding for charity offering training for local churches looking to support people with addictions
National Lottery Community Fund - STAR - Steps To Active Recovery
£10,000	14/10/2022	The organisation are building a network of trained volunteers and communities within churches and organisations to offer programmes to support people impacted by addictions through their steps to ....more The organisation are building a network of trained volunteers and communities within churches and organisations to offer programmes to support people impacted by addictions through their steps to active recovery programme.
Dorset Community Foundation - Helping Develop Recovery Support
£5,000	12/10/2021	Training programmes to enable churches to provide support services for those with addictions

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISTAIR ROBERT DOXAT-PURSER Appointed: 2020

JULIAN DAVID RADFORD Appointed: 2022

JACQUELINE ANN LESWELL (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2020, number: 1191725

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Winton Methodist Church
Heron Court Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH9 1DE

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF ADDICTION OR POOR MENTAL HEALTH BY WORKING TO TRAIN, RESOURCE, EQUIP AND SUPPORT CHURCHES, CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DELIVER RECOVERY MINISTRY AND PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT TO SUCH PEOPLE.

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