Indochina Starfish Foundation

Analysis

Indochina Starfish Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05798114). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Indochina Starfish Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £911k to £1.7m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Indochina Starfish Foundation 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Matt Hampson Foundation (£1.7m), Fischer Family Foundation (£1.7m) and Epilepsy Research Institute UK (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%, investments 1.3% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 97 people.