Shooting Star Children's Hospices

Registered charity 1042495 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout London, Surrey

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

Swati Suri since 2022

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Professional services 9Business services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£13.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

18.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.4 in 2021

210 from 173 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

19%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Parenting Mental Health 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity Similar size; both Health
United Jewish Israel Appeal Similar size; both Health
Tommy's Similar size; both Health
Cornwall Hospice Care Limited Similar size; both Health
Lehachzikom Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.shootingstar.org.uk
Email	hello@shootingstar.org.uk
Phone	02087832000
Address	Shooting Star Childrens Hospice, Shooting Star House, The Avenue, HAMPTON, Middlesex, TW12 3RA

Finances

£13,071,573 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£10,005,537	£8,782,146
2022	£9,609,303	£7,676,753
2023	£10,626,338	£9,796,223
2024	£12,354,437	£10,604,638
2025	£13,071,573	£12,496,801

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING RESIDENTIAL NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE RECEPTION AND CARE OF YOUNG PERSONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MAY 1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 10 NOVEMBER 1994; FURTHER AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 7 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28TH MAY 2004 as amended on 04 Apr 2019 as amended on 01 Apr 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees

55median age

0aged 70+

Andrew John Edgeage band 55-59 since 2020
Andrew Maxwell Coppel CBE since 2019
Christopher Lewinage band 60-64 since 2022
Dr Kheelna Bavaliaage band 50-54 since 2023
Dr Sally Joanne Johnsonage band 55-59 since 2023
Katherine Nicola Theobaldage band 55-59 since 2020
Olga Nuryaevaage band 40-44 since 2025
Phillip Ludlowage band 45-49 since 2025
Simon Dennis John Barkerage band 65-69 since 2019
Swati Suriage band 50-54 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Shooting Star Children's Hospices · 02927688 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/05/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Parenting Mental Health 1 shared trustee

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