STARLIGHT ARTS

Registered charity 1201332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Arts workshops (Music Therapy, Makaton, Disability Dance, Drama, Life & Social Skills, Lego Therapy and Arts and Crafts) for disabled adults aged 16 and over.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH THE DISABLED, AND THEIR CARERS OR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR DISABILITY TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO:• ENGAGE WITH THE ARTS THROUGH ORGANISATION EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY,• PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC THERAPY, DRAMA, THEATRE, DISABILITY DANCE,• PARTICIPATE IN ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND• CONTRIBUTE TO EXHIBITIONS OF ABOVE ART FORMS, LOCALLY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO DISABILITY. DISABILITY MEANS LEARNING, PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, LIFE LIMITING.

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

Causes: Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £15,046 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total receipts of £87,375 against payments of £72,329. Unrestricted cash reserves stood at £16,601 at the year-end. The trustees state there is no formal reserves policy in place, noting that sufficient reserves may need to be held due to economic downturns affecting 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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Starlight Arts (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Laura-Anne Bassengerchair
• Christopher Bassenger
• Rachel Downs
• Sylvimaree Westlake

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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