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Registered charity · Nottingham

When YOU Wish Upon A Star

(1) to relieve the need of terminally ill or sick children and in particular to assist such children to have holidays and/or entertainment; and (2) to relieve the need of families of such children.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Spain, United States, Scotland
Website
www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
When YOU Wish Upon A Star
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.1m£1.5m
  • 2024£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2023£1.1m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2021£1.0m£1.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) to relieve the need of terminally ill or sick children and in particular to assist such children to have holidays and/or entertainment; and (2) to relieve the need of families of such children.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.”

Grants received

2 grants · £76,280 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £75,280
  • SHAREGIFT · £1,000

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £1,0002023-10-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £75,2802020-10-05
Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8General 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.

Business services 8Arts and leisure 2Education 1

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£1.1m latest income
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.

7.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.4 in 2021

10 from 22 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1060963
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/11/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/07/2008 as amended on 02 Aug 2018
Companies House
Company number 03280440 · Active
Contact on the register
01159791720 · head.office@whenyouwish.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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