Registered charity · Bristol
The Starfish Trust
The Starfish Trust is a registered charity (number 800203) based in Bristol, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Charles Dobson. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £46k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Disability
- Where
- Bristol City
- Website
- www.thestarfishtrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£43k
- 2024£18k£23k
- 2023£40k£50k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£13k
- 2021£13k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR PURPOSE OR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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
- Charles Dobson Chair
- Julian Charles Dobson since 2013
- Mary Dobson
- Suzanne Dobson since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Julian Charles Dobson since 2013
- Suzanne Dobson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Charles Dobson Chair
- Julian Charles Dobson since 2013
- Mary Dobson
- Suzanne Dobson since 2020
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 800203
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH SEPTEMBER 1988
- Contact on the register
- 07769668844 · charlie@gainwell.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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