STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES)
Registered charity 1079042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAR
STAR is a national charity building a society where refugees are welcomed & can thrive. We do this by building amovement of welcome, empowering young people to be changemakers; providing localsupport to refugees through community projects; challenging the structural barriers people face seeking protection and building new lives; sharing information to shift the narrative.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity operated in a challenging environment with limited funding and rising operational costs, which strained smaller charities. Despite these pressures, the organization continued its activities, supported by student volunteers and staff, though it notes increased competition for funding from larger charities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — STAR (Student Action for Refugees) (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alexandra McAssey
- Annam Khalid
- Christine Bacon
- JAMES OSBORNE · trustee of 3 other charities
- Maryam Taher
- Matthew Peter Grenier
- Tim Seal
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated in a challenging environment with limited funding and rising operational costs, which strained smaller charities. Despite these pressures, the organization continued its activities, supported by student volunteers and staff, though it notes increased competition for funding from larger charities.
Who funds STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES) as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, W F SOUTHALL TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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