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Connect Stars

Registered charity 1104934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORN STARS

Community advice and guidanceSummer and School holidays play activitiesFootball Training programmeMentoringConsultancyFamily mediation

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£225k
Latest spending
£208k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the general reserve was £44,911, which the Treasurer notes has achieved the auditor's advice of holding three months of operating expenditure. However, the Trustees' Report explicitly states the charity currently operates with minimal general reserves and is endeavouring to build its donor base to ensure sufficient reserves for future operations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Kenya · Somalia · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£225k£208k
31/03/2024£267k£272k
31/03/2023£329k£322k
31/03/2022£341k£354k
31/03/2021£204k£193k

Common questions

Is Connect Stars financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the general reserve was £44,911, which the Treasurer notes has achieved the auditor's advice of holding three months of operating expenditure. However, the Trustees' Report explicitly states the charity currently operates with minimal general reserves and is endeavouring to build its donor base to ensure sufficient reserves for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Connect Stars?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Connect Stars as a grant recipient include JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION, NFL FOUNDATION UK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£250kYouth Empowerment
BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATIONFY2023£59k
NFL FOUNDATION UKFY2024£20k
BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KING'S CHURCH MILDENHALL1£15k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£6k
THE ARCHER TRUST1£5k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST1£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER1£3k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST1£2k
THE ARDWICK TRUST1£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NHANCED COMMUNITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Connect Stars£225k—0above—no doubt
NHANCED COMMUNITIES FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY MONEY ADVICE LTD FY2025£512k—0below—no doubt
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO FY2025£478k—0unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9m——above—no doubt

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