The Starling Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Starling Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thetford. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Starling Family Charitable Trust reported income of £578k and spending of £136k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £277k to £578k (+109%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Starling Family Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrew's (Burgess Hill) Pre-School (£577k), The Leigh Educational Foundation (£579k) and Side by Side School Ltd (£575k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 64%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £83k. Reserves of £418k would cover about 33 months of spending at that rate.