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ASTER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1198145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Aster Foundation exists to enable the better lives of the people who live in and around our communities. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to have a safe, fulfilled, and happy life.Our approach is to offer impact programmes which not only work for people when things go wrong, but also try to tackle the root cause of social challenges through innovation.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £1.1 million in income and incurred £1.1 million in expenditure, resulting in a net movement of £nil for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months, adopting the going concern basis. The charity is a subsidiary of Aster Group Limited and relies on donations from its parent group and other group entities to fund its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% of income)
“Aster Group Limited, Aster Communities, Synergy Housing Limited and Aster Treasury Plc donated £1.0 million to the foundation”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet exiting and forecast financial commitments
“The Trustee's policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to meet exiting and forecast financial commitments.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transactions
“From regulated entity Nature of supply £000 Aster Group Limited Management and other services 97 Aster Communities Management and other services 397 Synergy Housing Limited Management and other services 197”
“Aster Foundation is a subsidiary of Aster Group Limited, the ultimate parent entity and controlling party” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transactions
“From regulated entity Nature of supply £000 Aster Group Limited Management and other services 97 Aster Communities Management and other services 397 Synergy Housing Limited Management and other services 197”
“Aster Foundation is a subsidiary of Aster Group Limited, the ultimate parent entity and controlling party” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£134k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.2m

Common questions

Is ASTER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £1.1 million in income and incurred £1.1 million in expenditure, resulting in a net movement of £nil for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months, adopting the going concern basis. The charity is a subsidiary of Aster Group Limited and relies on donations from its parent group and other group entities to fund its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST1—
THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION1£1.0m
THE VARDY FOUNDATION1£615k
CRODA FOUNDATION1£399k
THE HARRISON FOUNDATION1£228k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£173k
Point North Community Foundation1£157k
ST. JAMES'S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£150k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASTRA FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASTER FOUNDATION£1.1m—0no_policy—no doubt
THE ASTRA FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt
Star Community Foundation FY2025£300k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWSTAR FOUNDATION FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
AXIS FOUNDATION FY2024£490k—0unclear—no doubt

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