SUPPORT TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND RESPITE SERVICES

Registered charity 1134552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Wigan Stars

We support individuals with learning disabilities to play an active role in the community through partaking in life skills activities.Wigan STARS supports the training of our volunteers and members in first aid, food hygiene, safeguarding, equality and diversity amongst many others.We undertake a large variety of activities in both leisure & educational purposes within the local community.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR CARERS, DEPENDANTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RESPITE, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF ENHANCING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR CARERS, DEPENDANTS AND FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO DEVELOP THEIR WORK AND LIFE SKILLS BY DEVELOPING, DELIVERING AND EVALUATING ACCESSIBLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net asset balance of £13,446.02, having generated total income of £27,599.40 against total outgoing costs of £25,081.44. The trustees report that the organization is fully dependent on volunteers to continue its activities and building maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Wood
• JOYCE DAVIES
• KAREN SWINBURN
• MARGARET BIRD
• Marie Walsh
• STEPHEN RAMAGE
• SUZANNE BIRD
• Scott Ramage
• maureen ramage

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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