Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

SPECIAL STARS FOUNDATION 

Special Stars Foundation provides a diverse and vibrant range of inclusive opportunities for people with learning and physical disabilities who cannot access mainstream activities.Our aim is to reduce social isolation, provide meaningful experiences, build confidence and develop new skills. We also offer a variety of learning opportunities, advice and support services for parent carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 10 years

www.heyspecialstars.co.uk

info@heyspecialstars.co.uk

01482227657

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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£406£273£133n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22£312£233£79n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£404£220£184n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£238£202£36n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£172£169£4n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/18£186£145£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£67£66£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£43£38£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£26£24£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£480,447
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Sport England£6,235
Masonic Trust£216
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£216 08/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 22/04/2022
Art for All
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,235 18/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Special Stars - Continuation Funding
£480,447 22/01/2020
36
The funding will be used to build on SSF's success and learning by opening a new facility in the centre of Hull to serve double the beneficiaries and their families, along with the opportunity for ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Special Stars Foundation
£4,726 19/11/2018
Funding will go towards the costs of Makaton courses for parent carers to give them skills to teach their disabled child to communicate.
National Lottery Community Fund - Centre for Inclusion Project
£205,075 19/05/2017
36
The project focuses on better supporting and developing opportunities for parents/carers of children and young people with disabilities through play and social activities and family days out. The aim ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Special Stars Foundation
£6,600 11/04/2017
purchase of IT equipment and furniture for a charity which works with disabled people in Hull
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2014, number: 1156237
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Special Stars Foundation
F24
Upper Deck
Princes Quay
HULL
HU1 2PQ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE REGION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF INCLUSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, TRAINING AND PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR PARENT CARERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ?ADDITIONAL NEEDS? MEANS A PHYSICAL, SENSORY, COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOURAL OR LEARNING DISABILITY OR A LIFELONG/ LIFE LIMITING CONDITION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KINGSTON UPON HULL CITYEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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