MORNING STAR (SALISBURY)

Registered charity 1094618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the benefit of the community the business of:a) providing houses or hostels and any associated amenities for persons in necessitous circumstances upon terms appropriate to their means.b) providing for persons suffering from drug and/or alcohol abuse or otherwise suffering from breakdowns in interpersonal relationships Christian based values, service training and other resources.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF: (A) PROVIDING HOUSES OR HOSTELS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS, (B) PROVIDING FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL ABUSE OR MENTALLY AFFLICTED, DISABLED PHYSICALLY OR WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, OR OTHERWISE SUFFERING FROM BREAKDOWNS IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS CHRISTIAN BASED VALUES, SERVICES TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO BETTER ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH THE BUSINESS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £18,824 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £68,052 and total expenditure of £86,876. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total funds of £81,568, comprising £30,833 in reserves, £49,675 in designated funds, and £1,060 in restricted funds. The directors confirm that the amount of reserves complies with the charity's Financial Control Policy, being greater than 25% of the forecast expenditure for 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £24,160 — grants £24,160 (2); 36% of the £68,051 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £4,663 — grants £4,663 (1); 7% of the £65,615 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Morning Star Salisbury (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£68k£87k
31/12/2024£66k£65k
31/12/2023£27k£26k
31/12/2022£22k£21k
31/12/2021£30k£19k

Common questions

Is MORNING STAR (SALISBURY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £18,824 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £68,052 and total expenditure of £86,876. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total funds of £81,568, comprising £30,833 in reserves, £49,675 in designated funds, and £1,060 in restricted funds. The directors confirm that the amount of reserves complies with the charity's Financial Control Policy, being greater than 25% of the forecast expenditure for 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MORNING STAR (SALISBURY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MORNING STAR (SALISBURY) as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FISHERTON ANGER (ST PAUL), SALISBURY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FISHERTON ANGER (ST PAUL), SALISBURYFY2023£4kDonation to support charitable activity

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£10kWoodwork Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2011£10kResources Room
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2008£10kNewlife Volunteer project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MORNING STAR TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MORNING STAR (SALISBURY)£68k——unclear—no doubt
MORNING STAR TRUST FY2025£306k—0unclear—no doubt
WESTBURY COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUNSET CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
STAR HOUSING FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.