Throw a Starfish

Analysis

Throw a Starfish is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Throw a Starfish reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,206 to £11k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Throw a Starfish sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bona Fide (£11k), The Friends of Thomas Wolsey School (£11k) and Scuba Trust (£11k).

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.