STARBURST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1152478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STARBURST THEATRE COMPANY

The Starburst vision is to ensure that children with special needs are given the opportunity to live a full and enriched life by providing specialized equipment that enables them to aim towards their full potential. Money is raised in order to fund the equipment in a number of ways including the staging of amateur theatre shows. Starburst supports children in the Hampshire, Surrey, Berks borders.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC AND DRAMA BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL AND DRAMA EVENTS.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased slightly from £82,293 in 2024 to £81,708 in 2025. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £49,272 against restricted funds of £33,021. The trustees confirmed they prepared the statements on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr peter woodfordchair
• Lara Rowlinson
• Tom McWilliam

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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