Registered charity · London
Connect Stars
- 4 trustees
- Income £225k (2025)
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
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Throughout London
- Website
- www.hornstars.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Connect Stars LTD
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£225k£208k
- 2024£267k£272k
- 2023£329k£322k
Earlier years
- 2022£341k£354k
- 2021£204k£193k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVEDB. TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH, WELFARE HOUSING AND SOCIAL BENEFITS AND BY PROVIDING TRAINING FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE
Grants received
11 grants · £496,100 total360Giving 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
- John Lyon's Charity · £383,500 (4 grants)
- Hyde Charitable Trust · £34,000 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £29,900 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £25,000
- Sport England · £23,700 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Abdikarim Farah Chair since 2024
- Ahmed Jama since 2018
- Ahmed Musa since 2014
- Ayan Ali since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Ahmed Jama since 2018
- Ahmed Musa since 2014
- Ayan Ali since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Ahmed Jama since 2018
- Ahmed Musa since 2014
- Ayan Ali since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Abdikarim Farah Chair since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1104934
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 OCTOBER 2003 as amended on 01 Apr 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 04921997 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07530512998 · info@hornstars.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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