Start Circle of Friends

Analysis

Start Circle of Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingsbridge. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Start Circle of Friends reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9,389 to £13k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Start Circle of Friends sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaw Meades Charitable Trust (£13k), Newton Village Rooms (£13k) and The Rotary Club of Shrewsbury Darwin Trust Fund (£13k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.