Starfish Greathearts Foundation

Analysis

Starfish Greathearts Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04528018). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Starfish Greathearts Foundation reported income of £347k and spending of £322k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £229k to £347k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Starfish Greathearts Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingsbury Charity (£347k), Michael and Shirley Hunt Charitable Trust (£347k) and Fuel Allotment (£347k).