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START NETWORK

Registered charity 1159483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Start Network works through its member NGOs to create new ways of delivering humanitarian assistance globally. Our aim is to deliver effective aid, harnessing the power and knowledge of the network to make faster and better decisions to help people affected by crises. We are developing more effective ways to work together, and new approaches that will reduce the scale of human suffering.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£23.8m
Latest spending
£23.5m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £10.8 million, with unrestricted reserves of £3.26 million sitting within the charity's stated policy range of £2.9 million to £3.2 million. The charity reported a net income of £278,000 and confirmed it has sufficient resources to remain operational for at least the next twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 2” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 10
“Total key management personnel remuneration (including pension costs) in the year was £242,427” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 3.6% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Total expenditure for 2024 was £23,524,000 (2023: £16,454,000) of which £865,000 (2023: £681,000) was allocated to raising funds.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £2.9 million to £3.2 million (held: £3.0m)
“Start Network has set an unrestricted reserves level in the range of £2.9 million to £3.2 million.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£23.8m
Total spending
£23.5m
Cost of raising funds
£865k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£23.8m£23.5m
31/12/2023£21.9m£16.5m
31/12/2022£6.4m£7.9m
31/12/2021£5.6m£3.2m
31/12/2020£3.5m£2.3m

Common questions

Is START NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £10.8 million, with unrestricted reserves of £3.26 million sitting within the charity's stated policy range of £2.9 million to £3.2 million. The charity reported a net income of £278,000 and confirmed it has sufficient resources to remain operational for at least the next twelve months. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of START NETWORK earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band, and 10 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds START NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name START NETWORK as a grant recipient include ELRHA, Howden Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ELRHAFY2023£740k
ELRHAFY2022£464k
Howden FoundationFY2023£401kStart Ready programme
Howden FoundationFY2025£249k
ELRHAFY2024£231k
Howden FoundationFY2024£201kStart Ready programme
ELRHAFY2021£50kR2HC

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£500kSpecial Award 2025 - Year 2 of 2
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£500kSpecial Award 2024 - Year 1 of 2

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ZOUQ FOUNDATION1—
THE DR N K SHAH TRUST1£3.0m
PENNY APPEAL1£1.3m
ISSA FOUNDATION1£415k
WAR ON WANT1£367k
ACTIONAID1£275k
HUMANITY FIRST UK1£250k
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST1£211k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CDAC NETWORK LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
START NETWORK£23.8m£100,001 - £110,00010within3.6%no doubt
CDAC NETWORK LIMITED FY2025£975k——unclear—no doubt
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024£406k—0unclear—no doubt
Humanity First International FY2024£886k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWSTARTS FY2025£617k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.