Starlight Barking Trust

Analysis

Starlight Barking Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and animals, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Starlight Barking Trust reported income of £69k and spending of £65k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £72k to £69k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Starlight Barking Trust 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 The Romford Greyhound Owners Association Trust for Retired Racing Greyhounds (£69k), Caring for Animals 2001 (£69k) and The Dr Sheila Millar-Danks Charitable Trust (£69k).