The Henry Starnes Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Henry Starnes Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Henry Starnes Charitable Settlement reported income of £70k and spending of £65k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £74k to £70k (-5.7%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Henry Starnes Charitable Settlement sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greyhound Rescue (£70k), The Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society (£70k) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Herefordshire Branch (£70k).