OCEAN STARS TRUST

Charity number: 1110022
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONG DISADVANTAGED SRI LANKAN PEOPLE. WE AIM TO DO THIS BY PROVIDING THE PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £135,080
Total expenditure: £125,544

People

7 Trustee(s)

12 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Hampshire
  • Sri Lanka

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 June 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • OCEANS STARS TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JOHN STUART BUNTER Chair
None on record
Rachel Angel Trustee 18 May 2023
None on record
Denise Barnes Trustee 18 May 2023
None on record
Cameron Williams Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
Daniel Haylett Trustee 26 November 2015
EDMONTON METHODIST CHURCH
Received: On time
Jennie Gilbert Trustee 24 July 2015
None on record
JOANNA ELIZABETH BARTON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £110.48k £91.04k £104.67k £112.70k £135.08k
Total expenditure £111.23k £71.55k £118.04k £117.66k £125.54k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 April 2024 17 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 17 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2023 05 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 05 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2022 20 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 20 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2021 28 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 28 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2020 17 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 17 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 21 APRIL 2005 AS AMENDED ON 13 JUL 2017 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 28 MAY 2021 as amended on 15 Apr 2022 as amended on 03 Mar 2021

Charitable objects

The relief of financial need and suffering among victims of natural and other kinds of disaster in the form of money (or other means deemed suitable) for persons, bodies or organisations in Sri Lanka, and the provision of educational opportunities for all children in Sri Lanka.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SRI LANKA

Contact information

Address:
2 NETHERHOUSE MOOR
CHURCH CROOKHAM
FLEET
GU51 5TY
Phone:
01252 692248
Email:
dilanee@ntlworld.com
Website:

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