STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-11 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+82.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-19.4% vs 2024
Employees
37
-14% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£364K
+28.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION 1998-06-10 → present
- STARLIGHT FOUNDATION LIMITED 1986-07-18 → 1998-06-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,810 | £6,624 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£510,160 | -£363,878 | |
| Net profit | -£515,433 | -£362,977 | |
| Cash | £571,118 | £1,042,640 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,875,836 | £1,512,859 | |
| Net assets | £1,875,836 | £1,512,859 | |
| Equity | £1,875,836 | £1,512,859 | |
| Average employees | 43 | 37 | |
| Wages | £2,000,185 | £1,893,228 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -907.3% | -5479.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.59x | 6.08x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are, therefore, confident that the charity should be considered as a going concern.”
Group structure
- STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION · parent
- Starlight General Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A new toolkit of guidelines and standards, produced by Starlight via a joint taskforce, is being prepared for publication by NHS England in the summer of 2025.”
- “The Blenheim Ball raised significant income in March 2024, with Trustees deciding to extend the next financial year to September 2026 to manage financial uncertainty.”
- “Starlight launched a new Innovation Award to highlight expertise and ingenuity of Health Play Specialists.”
- “Starlight delivered 5,279 health play services, accessed over 1.3 million times, and VR headsets were used almost 2,000 times.”
- “The Starlight Shooting Challenge celebrated its 20th anniversary, raising significant funds.”
- “A new three-year partnership was signed with Theo Paphitis Retail Group.”
- “A partnership was instigated with the LEGO Group to launch a new Build & Feel Play Box service in hospitals across the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIELS, Michael Philip | Director | 2025-07-09 | Jan 1977 | British |
| GATHERCOLE, Paul Marcus | Director | 2025-07-09 | May 1959 | British |
| HARDING, Ian James | Director | 2019-10-16 | Feb 1975 | British |
| KELLY, Christopher John, Dr | Director | 2022-01-26 | Jan 1984 | British |
| PAU, Hans Christian | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jun 1978 | German |
| ROBINS, Abigail Anne | Director | 2025-04-04 | Jan 1977 | British |
| WOLFFE, Alain Nathaniel | Director | 2018-06-21 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWAN, Neil | Secretary | 2011-09-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| TAN, Elaine Suan Kooi | Secretary | — | 1997-11-03 |
| HEXAGON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-05-05 | 2012-01-18 |
| ST JOHNS SQUARE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 2004-05-05 |
| AMBLER, Jane Rosamund | Director | 1993-01-12 | 1996-09-30 |
| CLARK, Nigel Culliford | Director | 2006-05-17 | 2007-08-26 |
| COOK, Richard Charles | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2019-03-20 |
| COOK, Trevor John | Director | — | 1992-09-15 |
| CUBBERLEY, John James | Director | 1993-04-08 | 1995-11-08 |
| DALE, Richard Frank | Director | — | 1992-08-14 |
| DAVIES, Geoffrey Ronald | Director | — | 1992-12-09 |
| DEVITT, James Hugh Thomas, Sir | Director | 1994-04-12 | 1996-03-13 |
| EVANS, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2025-07-09 |
| FORBES, David Lachlan | Director | 2005-07-27 | 2017-02-01 |
| FRAMPTON, Roger Roy | Director | 1997-10-21 | 2001-06-28 |
| GAWN, Anna May | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2025-04-04 |
| GEACH, Nigel Anthony | Director | 1993-01-12 | 2003-03-21 |
| GRANT, Michael Steele Keith | Director | — | 2003-05-07 |
| HADDEN PATON, Alasdair Kinloch | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2023-11-22 |
| HANBURY, Christopher Osgood Philip, Major | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2018-10-18 |
| HANVEY, Christopher Peter, Dr | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2021-08-03 |
| HINDLEY, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2005-07-27 |
| HOPPER, Alan Keith Thompson | Director | — | 2002-01-07 |
| INNES, James Douglas | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2021-08-03 |
| JAMES-YOUNG, Frenchesca | Director | 2021-07-20 | 2022-05-01 |
| JARVIS, Michael Ernest | Director | 1993-02-09 | 1998-05-29 |
| KRAJEWSKI, Martin John | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2007-03-14 |
| LUCAS, Zahra Patricia Anne | Director | 2005-07-27 | 2018-10-18 |
| MUSTOE, Nicholas | Director | 2002-04-29 | 2021-07-20 |
| PATEL, Hina | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2023-11-22 |
| POSNER, Lindsey | Director | — | 1993-08-25 |
| ROSS, Richard Philip | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2002-01-31 |
| SAMUELSON, Marc Jack Wylie | Director | — | 2010-07-20 |
| SCORER, Bernard Robert Ian | Director | — | 1993-10-08 |
| SMITH, Glynn | Director | — | 1997-01-21 |
| SOLENTE, Betsabeh | Director | 2023-11-22 | 2025-07-09 |
| SWARBRECK, Cindee | Director | 1993-01-12 | 1998-10-06 |
| TASKER, Mark Michael Bernard Journu | Director | 1994-09-13 | 2023-11-22 |
| TATE, Christopher John | Director | — | 2001-11-09 |
| WAY, Adam Gerald Richmond | Director | 1995-08-10 | 2016-06-22 |
| THE LADY KENILWORTH | Corporate Director | 1997-02-18 | 2004-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-88.3%
£56,810 £6,624
-
Cash
+82.6%
£571,118 £1,042,640
-
Net assets
-19.4%
£1,875,836 £1,512,859
-
Employees
-14%
43 37
-
Profit before tax
+28.7%
-£510,160 -£363,878
-
Wages
-5.3%
£2,000,185 £1,893,228
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers