Starfish Services Limited

Analysis

Starfish Services Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06959904). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Starfish Services Limited reported income of £76k and spending of £77k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £297k to £76k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Starfish Services Limited sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Bangladeshi Association (£76k), St Mary and St Abaskhiroon (£76k) and The Friends of Crowborough Hospital (£76k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.