BRIGHTSTARS

Registered charity 1164295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASD2

We currently run a club for Disabled Children and Young People from the age of 5 to 19 that runs every other Saturday throughout the year,

Objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOPROVIDING RESPITE CAREPROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICEFACILITATING A SUPPORT NETWORKPROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Brightstars holds unrestricted cash funds of £101,896 at the end of the period, with no restricted or endowment funds held. The charity reports no funds in deficit and notes that its principal sources of funds are local authority grants, child attendance fees, and charitable donations.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEVEN JAMES TURPIEchair
• ABIGAIL PROCTER
• Dr Sarah Thomas
• Paula Turpie

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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