FUTURE STARS

Registered charity 1109835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE THRU HOOPS, WEST LONDON BASKETBALL PROJECT, WLBP

To provide basketball and other sport related opportunities for underprivileged youth

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is wholly reliant on grant-making bodies, predominantly from the educational sector, and operates on a very lean basis. Per the trustees' report, the charity is dependent upon this revenue to sustain its charitable objectives. The unrestricted reserves increased to £95,677, which the trustees describe as building reserves to ensure the charity is in a healthy position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
The charity predominantly receives funding from grant making bodies from the educational sector. In addition to this the charity received funding from lottery funded bodies. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The charity is very much dependent upon this revenue and budgets accordingly around the expected funding levels. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£267k£211k
31/08/2024£255k£223k
31/08/2023£195k£173k
31/08/2022£185k£187k
31/08/2021£144k£144k

Common questions

Is FUTURE STARS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is wholly reliant on grant-making bodies, predominantly from the educational sector, and operates on a very lean basis. Per the trustees' report, the charity is dependent upon this revenue to sustain its charitable objectives. The unrestricted reserves increased to £95,677, which the trustees describe as building reserves to ensure the charity is in a healthy position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England11/06/2020£2kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England27/02/2019£10kAgainst All Odds
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2018£10kFuture Stars Summer Action
Sport England22/05/2017£9kHope Thru Hoops Development Project

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUTURE STARS£267k0unclearnoted
FUTURE FY2025£268k0aboveno doubt
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2023£4.2munclearno doubt
SPORTS AID TRUST FY2025£16.8munclearno doubt
GIVE A CHILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE LIMITED FY2024£335k0aboveno doubt
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE FY2024£111k0unclearno doubt

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