## Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date 01 April 2024 31 March 2025 From To ## Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Star Other names charity is known by Star Foundation Registered charity number (if any) 1160614 Charity's principal address Unit 5 Coppers Business Park Derby Road Burton on Trent Staffordshire Postcode DE14 1RN Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity |1
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appoint trustee (ifany)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Peter Easy|||| ||JennyKelly|||| ||Adrian Harvey|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)|||| ||Name||Dates actedif notfor whole year|| |||||| |||||| STAR March 2025 1 ## Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ## Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted CIO - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by other trustees - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## Additional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about: Helping teach the teachers from within, will help increase internal support and promotions, this will help ensure the objectives of the charity are increased in the community. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## Section C Objectives and activities Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document (a) To advance amateur sport (that is, sports or games which promote health by involving physical and mental skill or exertion), the arts, and environmental protection for the public benefit within the UK, for young, old and/or disadvantaged people. This is by the provision of, but not STAR March 2025 2 limited to, grants and fundraising to eligible individuals, teams, clubs and schools, and the provision of community facilities to develop capacity and skills, to provide equipment, and for the recycling of furniture, clothes, and other household items. (b) To advance environmental protection and the relief of poverty for the public benefit within the UK for low income families. This is by the provision of, but not limited to, the provision of community facilities for the recycling and resale of furniture, clothes, and other household items at low cost. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) STAR March 2025 3 You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance STAR March 2025 4 Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main Star has help support, 692 families with Christmas dinners, presents, achievements of the charity community food pantry, vouchers and 65 families with furniture for their during the year homes. Star has been working closely with local authorities, social services, housing associations and children centres helping those in need of furnishings. Star shop has helped support many families that were in need of help, and managed to recycle 106 tons of bulky waste, reusing furniture and household items supporting families in very much need of furnishing increasing their quality of life. Working closely with clubs, local authorities and facilitators of leisure centres within 5 counties, Star managed to recycle 188,395kg of textiles, shoes, books, cd/dvds, bedding, saving landfill, generating nearly £37,679 helping raise much needed funds, the price has dropped dramatically. Funds raised by Life Leisure Active Ashfield was used to help keep young people creative and active. Star still reduced going into landfill 1,333,988.30 of books and media, 30,286.52kg Bric a Brac. ## Volunteers: Probation have seen 12 people to do their community service, and a further 5 long term volunteers Star helping to provide them with social interaction skills and more importantly in some a reason to get up and be part of a team. Two are being offered full time employment. ## Be A Star: Star has provided 16,568 hours over the year of free activities into schools, helping young people engage into Martial Arts and Dance and other activities, to help them be more creative and active in school and out. Star also took into schools free beatboxing, drama, tennis and badminton sessions. Stars partnership with Awesome Books helped provide free reading books to every primary and secondary pupils all over East Staffordshire and Derbyshire. ## Section E Financial review STAR March 2025 5 Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Star is working towards building a minimum of 1 months reserves, this is still a major priority. Details of any funds materially in deficit ## Further financial review details (Optional information) Priority to maintain the contracts with Precycle to empty recycling centres of books and charity shops to ensure this project is viable for the charity. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: Recycling of books will provide 19.45173% of our income and the shop 32.02068 %, textiles 8.12403%, other 40.40356%. Gaining contracts to recycle more books will reduce the reliant on the shop and spread our income across a number of sources. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - supported the key objectives Star has been working closely with Check the Disc in Wales recycling of the charity; CD/DVD’s cases granulating them, they have provided the granulating machines and training, looking at ways to develop this over the coming - investment policy and year. - objectives including any ethical investment policy Increase number of schools in the Midlands to provide more free - adopted. activities and resources to help support young people. ## Section F Other optional information ## Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. ## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Jenny Kelly Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date 10/4/2026 STAR March 2025 6 Annual a￿OUnts for the 01.￿24 To 31.03.25 Section A Statement of financial activities (including summ.ary.income. and expenditure account) nod Tctsl fun IncoTh (Nots 3) F04 F05 131.019 113,260 45,789 741.346 16.669 Exwidknrn (Notes 6) ,42 139,391 31,713 459,702 174,443 135,383 26.208 528.599 161,149 sio 811 Total S12 Net Incomel(•xponditurn) lth tsx for the reportlng porlod TLY poyawo Ilet Incom￿{0xpendI1Ura) afi•r lax bèfore Invesljnent gaIn￿l￿5> $13 814 12,146 147,965 Nel g•irW(ltss)BS) tll S15 11148 147.965 Not Incom￿(0xp•TKIIturn) Extraordlnary Items Translers Ixlw8on funds Other recognl8ed galn81(108se8): 816 817 818 S19 12,148 147.965 12, 47, fun(ts.. 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