Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf)

Analysis

Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birminghan. It was registered in April 1999, 27 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 makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf) reported income of £51k and spending of £960, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £44k to £51k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 47381%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf) sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO (£51k), Turning Point Church (£51k) and The Garden House (Marple) Charity (£51k).