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@Howard
^ sad.
Lesson learned I guess, don't leave road bikes locked up over night in a public place.
So you need new bars, shifters, cables and fork. Assume the front wheel was still there? You'll need a new front brake too I guess.
Your situation is a PITA because unless you know how to reassemble it you are a bit stuck. If you are mechanically minded or know how to put it all together again you have two options;
buy all the bits yourself at the best price and fix
cut loses and split the rest and sell
if you don't know how to do either of these your options are limited because you'll have to either source the parts yourself and pay someone to assemble them, or just pay someone to sort the whole thing out.
Getting the parts yourself will be tricky because there's a good chance you'll buy the wrong thing - there are gotchas. For example the headset bearings that allow the front fork to turn may have dropped out when the fork was taken. Could you get replacement bearings? When you get a new fork you'll have to cut the steerer down and fit a new crown race. Is this something you can do? It will certainly be time consuming.
Paying someone to sort it all out will get you on the road again, but it will be expensive.
Here's roughly the costs (new cost) / (used cost)
Bars: £20 / £5 +
Shifters: £200 / £75+
Fork: £120 / £55 +
Cables: £10+ / ?
Front brake: £40 / £15 +
Headset: £40+ / £20
labour: £80 / free if DIY
Sorry, no easy answer to this. You could see it as a project and a way of looking at how bikes are put together, but it is time consuming and can turn out very expensive. If you need to get on the road again fast, you may be better off cutting your loses and selling what's left or buying something else as a stop gap. Or you could just throw money at it and get someone to source the parts and rebuild it for you.