Registered charity · London
First Star Scholars UK
- 7 trustees
- Income £132k (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, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.firststaruk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- First Star Scholars UK
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£132k£142k
- 2024£308k£337k
- 2023£312k£230k
Earlier years
- 2022£264k£270k
- 2021£182k£115k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE:(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO THE SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ACADEMIC AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION AND CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO THE SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ACADEMIC AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION AND CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT.
Grants received
10 grants · £214,821 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £93,000 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £75,000
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £16,851 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £9,000
- WCIT Charity · £8,970
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Gratton Chair since 2025
- Danielle Hughes since 2026
- Monica Henao-De-Castro since 2024
- Peter Samuelson since 2018
- Teshie Monae since 2024
- Tom Brighton since 2024
- Richard Donnelly since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Samuelson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Robert Gratton Chair since 2025
- Danielle Hughes since 2026
- Monica Henao-De-Castro since 2024
- Peter Samuelson since 2018
- Teshie Monae since 2024
- Tom Brighton since 2024
- Richard Donnelly since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1180754
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 NOV 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAR 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 MAR 2018 as amended on 14 Feb 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 11067711 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07748757278 · info@firststaruk.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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