The Starfish Enterprise Trust Limited

Analysis

The Starfish Enterprise Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07971991). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Starfish Enterprise Trust Limited reported income of £50k and spending of £56k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £64k to £50k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Starfish Enterprise Trust Limited sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Forest of Dean Baby Bank (£50k), Nediv Lev Ltd (£50k) and Human Friendly International (£49k).

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.