OCEAN STARS TRUST

Registered charity 1110022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCEANS STARS TRUST

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONG DISADVANTAGED SRI LANKAN PEOPLE. WE AIM TO DO THIS BY PROVIDING THE PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

Objects

The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural and other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies or organisations in Sri Lanka, and the provision of educational opportunities for all children in Sri Lanka.

Area of benefit: SRI LANKA

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

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £9,727, resulting in total funds decreasing to £20,742. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £10,503 fell below the stated policy target of £17,000, although they consider the year-end position to be materially in line with requirements for the coming year.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ocean Stars Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN STUART BUNTERchair
• Abdul Basith Rafeekin
• Cameron Williams
• JANINE DUNBAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOANNA ELIZABETH BARTON
• Rachel Angel
• Sharron Jayne Marsh

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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• OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST income £149k
• The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
• The Disabled Sailors Association income £775k
• MERCY TO THE WORLD LTD income £143k
• MORNING STAR TRUST income £306k
• PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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