--- title: "Shooting Star Children's Hospices rating | CharityCompare" description: "Is Shooting Star Children" source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/shooting-star-children-s-hospices retrieved: 2026-08-18T02:10:36.145Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is Shooting Star Children's Hospices a good charity? Shooting Star Children's Hospices scores 88/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£13m total income, 69% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. London · TW12 3RA | Reg [1042495](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/shooting-star-children-s-hospices) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1042495) Donate ## How can you give to Shooting Star Children's Hospices? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official Shooting Star Children's Hospices form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.shootingstar.org.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1042495) ## What does Shooting Star Children's Hospices do? Shooting Star Children's Hospices is a registered charity (no. 1042495) working in hospices in London · TW12 3RA. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 69% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 21 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been growing (≈7% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — Shooting Star Children's Hospices hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=shooting-star-children-s-hospices) **In short:** Shooting Star Children's Hospices scores 88 out of 100 (4 stars). 69% average program spend (3-year average). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is Shooting Star Children's Hospices? Shooting Star Children's Hospices has a Clarity Score of 88 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars, Good). Charity Commission registration number 1042495. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Hospices. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £13m, with 69% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 21 months of operating costs. 1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 88/100 4★ · Good Cause spend 69% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Finance beacon Income £13m Latest year 2025 Reserves 21 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £3.6 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 31% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does Shooting Star Children's Hospices compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers Shooting Star Children's Hospices scores higher than. Income band (£10m+)87thpercentile **Scores higher than 87% of 943 charities in its income band** · 88/100 vs 77 peer average (marker). Hospices charities79thpercentile **Scores higher than 79% of 155 charities in this cause** · 88/100 vs 81 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is Shooting Star Children's Hospices's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is Shooting Star Children's Hospices's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 11 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 97/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 21 month · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 7% · 4/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 45/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 50% | 69% · 5/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 40% | 28p per £1 income · 4/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 610 volunteers / 210 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is Shooting Star Children's Hospices's Clarity Score? 88/100 total · Good · 4 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 100/100 Accountability & Transparency 97/100 Financial Health 45/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight11 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 97/100 Reserves (months of cash)21 month · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth10/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets7% · 4/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 45/100 Program expense ratio69% · 5/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency28p per £1 income · 4/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio610 volunteers / 210 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does Shooting Star Children's Hospices raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £13m | — | | Total expenditure | £12m | — | | Charitable activities | £8.9m | 71% | | Fundraising | £3.6m | 29% | | Governance & admin | £32k | 0% | 71%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £12m spent - Charitable activities71% · £8.9m - Fundraising29% · £3.6m - Governance0% · £32k ## What trust indicators does Shooting Star Children's Hospices have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 11 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 210 employees · 610 volunteers (3:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Not listed as member Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1042495 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1042495) ### Trustees & officers - SIMON DENNIS JOHN BARKER since 2019 - Andrew Maxwell Coppel CBE since 2019 - Andrew John Edge since 2020 - Katherine Nicola Theobald since 2020 - Christopher Lewin since 2022 - Swati Suri since 2022 - Dr Sally Joanne Johnson since 2023 - Alison Mary Robertson since 2023 - Dr Kheelna Bavalia since 2023 - Olga Nuryaeva since 2025 - Phillip Ludlow since 2025 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have Shooting Star Children's Hospices's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about Shooting Star Children's Hospices? Overall score 88/100 (4★) Income £13m Cause spend 69% of expenditure Reg number 1042495 Scope Local (london) Reserves 21 months Trustees 11 Accounts year 2025 Filing up to date ## How does Shooting Star Children's Hospices compare, and where else can you look? [Compare Shooting Star Children's Hospices with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=shooting-star-children-s-hospices) [More hospices charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/hospices) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where Shooting Star Children's Hospices sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [hospices charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/hospices) - [health charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/health) - [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children) - [Charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/london) - [hospices charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/hospices/london) ### Similar hospices charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [THE ROTHERHAM HOSPICE TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-rotherham-hospice-trust) 96/100 · £8.4m - [WIGAN AND LEIGH HOSPICE](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/wigan-and-leigh-hospice) 96/100 · £7.2m - [DR KERSHAW'S HOSPICE](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dr-kershaw-s-hospice) 96/100 · £6.0m - [THE COUNTESS OF BRECKNOCK HOSPICE TRUST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-countess-of-brecknock-hospice-trust) 96/100 · £1.3m ## How can you share Shooting Star Children's Hospices's rating? 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Is Shooting Star Children's Hospices a legitimate charity? + Yes — Shooting Star Children's Hospices is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1042495). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1042495. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is Shooting Star Children's Hospices's charity number? + Shooting Star Children's Hospices's charity number is 1042495. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is Shooting Star Children's Hospices's charity rating? + Shooting Star Children's Hospices scores 88 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does Shooting Star Children's Hospices have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Shooting Star Children's Hospices. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches Shooting Star Children's Hospices? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, 69% of Shooting Star Children's Hospices's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are Shooting Star Children's Hospices's overheads? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 31% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 31% of total expenditure at Shooting Star Children's Hospices. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Shooting Star Children's Hospices's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does Shooting Star Children's Hospices receive? + Shooting Star Children's Hospices reported £13m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing. Are Shooting Star Children's Hospices's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is Shooting Star Children's Hospices based? + Shooting Star Children's Hospices is listed at London · TW12 3RA, focused on hospices. How does CharityCompare score Shooting Star Children's Hospices? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Shooting Star Children's Hospices's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Shooting Star Children's Hospices's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.