OpenCharities

Start Network

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1159483
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 31, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 3, 2014
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
09286835

Address

Address
181a
High Holborn
London
WC1V 7QX

Activities

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.

Objects: The Objects Of The Charity Are For The Public Benefit: The Relief And Assistance Of People In Any Part Of The World Who Are The Victims Of War, Conflict, Natural Disaster, Trouble, Or Catastrophe, Particularly, But Not Exclusively, By Providing Grants And Other Forms Of Support To Charities And Other Organisations Working To Provide Humanitarian Relief And Assistance To Such Persons; The Promotion Of Efficiency And Effectiveness Of Charities And The Effective Use Of Charitable Resources In The Provision Of Humanitarian Relief And Assistance; And The Advancement Of Education And The Promotion Of Research In Relation To The Subject Of Humanitarian Assistance And Any Related Subjects, Provided That The Useful Results Of Any Such Research Are Published.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Local Authority
Islington

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 Oct. 31, 2025On time £23,802,662 £23,524,358 £10,819,880 50
Dec. 31, 2023 Oct. 31, 2024On time £21,894,111 £16,454,452 £10,541,477 40
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 5, 2023On time £6,424,000 £7,914,000 £5,101,000 39
Dec. 31, 2021 Aug. 18, 2022On time £5,648,000 £3,246,000 £6,591,000 38
Dec. 31, 2020 Sept. 17, 2021On time £3,543,000 £2,287,000 £4,189,000 34

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sanjayan Srikanthan (Chair) June 7, 2021
Angelina Nyajima Simon Jial May 22, 2025
Aydrus Sheikh Daar May 22, 2025
Giovanni Stoppiello Feb. 19, 2026
James Alexander Hall Sept. 7, 2026
Jamshaid Farid May 22, 2025
Malcolm David Spence Oct. 31, 2022
Mohammad Iqbal Rafiq Jan. 29, 2025
Muhammad Amad March 25, 2021
Salome Mulangala Ntububa Feb. 10, 2025