BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Registered charity 519443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To work with people who experience mental ill health and or learning and other disabilities, to enable them to live and work independently within their own local community and to support them towards achieving a quality of life. The provision of community residential rehabilitation, living support, meaningful day time activities, training and employment training services.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total reserves grew to £2,790,309, with unrestricted reserves at £2,588,693, exceeding the trustees' policy target of six months' running costs (£1,191,355) by £1,397,338. The charity reported a net income surplus of £258,635 for the year, driven by organic growth in service delivery and increased income from charitable activities. The trustees maintain a prudent approach to reserves amidst ongoing uncertainty in the social care sector.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Two members of staff received emoluments in excess of £60,000 (2024: 1).” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £2.6m)
“the current reserves policy allows for up to six months running costs to be Kept as an uncommitted reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: T. P. Chrisp received remuneration of £96,524; another trustee received £33,638; a further trustee received £29,269.
“T. P. Chrisp received remuneration, including pension contributions and travel expenses, of £96,524 (2024: £90,523) for his services as Finance Director/Trustee. Another trustee was paid £33,638 (2024: £9,440) for her services as Philanthropy and Marketing Manager and one further trustee was paid £29,269 (2024:£28,186) for his services as a consultant.” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bell Tindle Williamson LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- JACKSON, Michael Edward — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
- RAILTON, Anthony John — director, appointed 31/01/2025on trustee list
- CHRISP, Timothy Paul — director, appointed 18/12/1995not on trustee list
- GIBSON, Stephen William — directoron trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £272k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Blyth Star Enterprises Limited — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 08/01/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- MR TIM CHRISPchair
- Anthony John RAILTON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Susan McAnelly JP
- Gordon Moore MBE
- Joanne Hunter
- Michael Jackson
- STEPHEN GIBSON
- Sharon Herron
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves grew to £2,790,309, with unrestricted reserves at £2,588,693, exceeding the trustees' policy target of six months' running costs (£1,191,355) by £1,397,338. The charity reported a net income surplus of £258,635 for the year, driven by organic growth in service delivery and increased income from charitable activities. The trustees maintain a prudent approach to reserves amidst ongoing uncertainty in the social care sector. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bell Tindle Williamson LLP.
Who funds BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, Jill and Norman Franklin Trust, THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST, E C GRAHAM BELFORD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.
Known funders
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