STARLING

Registered charity 1182361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Starling provide creative projects for, by and with neurodiverse young people

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Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£238k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,200,000 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £450,000 for the year, primarily generated from fundraising activities, and maintains a going concern status with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mazars. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£200k£238k
31/03/2024£235k£214k
31/03/2023£203k£194k
31/03/2022£144k£111k
31/03/2021£104k£56k

Common questions

Is STARLING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £1,200,000 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £450,000 for the year, primarily generated from fundraising activities, and maintains a going concern status with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mazars.

Who funds STARLING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STARLING as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, YOUNG MANCHESTER.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2023£120k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
YOUNG MANCHESTERFY2024£1k
YOUNG MANCHESTERFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2025£20kND Young Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kND Stories Together
Sport England18/10/2023£8kMove & Create
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2023£131kCreative Minds
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2022£10kCommunity Garden Project
Sport England21/10/2022£6kJubilee Fund - Doodle Dancing - Old Trafford
UK government11/10/2022£5kALB-Historic England-Everyday Heritage: Fault Lines
UK government11/10/2022£5kALB-Historic England-Everyday Heritage: Fault Lines
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2021£10kThe Recovery Toolkit
UK government24/09/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government25/08/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Star Community Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STARLING£200k——unclear—no doubt
Star Community Foundation FY2025£300k—0unclear—no doubt
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£2.4m—0below—no doubt
STARR TRUST FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STARLING FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£578k——unclear—no doubt
STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES) FY2025£167k——unclear—no doubt

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