Astar Foundation Limited

Analysis

Astar Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10740043). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Astar Foundation Limited reported income of £250k and spending of £250k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,150 to £250k (+3397%), an average of +143% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 111507%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Astar Foundation Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imix (£250k), Christina Smith Foundation (£250k) and Woodhaven Trust (£249k).

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.