Connect Stars

Analysis

Connect Stars is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04921997). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Connect Stars reported income of £225k and spending of £208k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £204k to £225k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Connect Stars sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liberty Tea Rooms and Community Hub (£225k), The Lighthouse Family Church (£225k) and Barnstaple Almshouses (£225k).