CHASE was registered as a charity on 13 November 1994 after founder Julia Lever MBE was prompted by an article in a national newspaper describing the plight of a family living with their life-limited daughter.

In 1995, Kate Turner MBE established The Shooting Star Trust with the aim of providing a home-from-home environment offering medical and practical services free of charge to families in South-West London.

[4] Other Patrons include Simon Cowell, Lauren Silverman, Dame Joan Collins, Tony Hadley, Tim Oliver, Michael More-Molyneux, Sarah More-Molyneux, Julia Lever MBE, Kate Turner MBE, Michael Ball OBE, Laurence and Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen, Joel Dommett, Philip Glenister and Alison Davis .

Their extended bereavement service provides a new pathway of care which includes a rapid-response referral system and specialist trauma therapies.

[8] Shooting Star Children's Hospices receives some central government funding, but the majority of its revenue comes from donations and fundraising.

A large amount of fundraising is also generated through local communities, from individuals, schools and education as well as dedicated ‘Friends of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices’ groups.

Shooting Star Children's Hospices also runs eight charity shops, which are located in Cobham, Godalming, Guildford, Hampton Hill, Knaphill, Shepperton, Teddington, and Weybridge.