01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 4 April 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 05382181
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £5,242,050
- Latest expenditure
- £4,475,967
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Clarence House, 46 Humberstone Gate, LEICESTER, LE1 3PJ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.home-start.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Home-Start offers informal and friendly support to families with young children, providing a lifeline to thousands of parents and children in around 300 communities across the UK, and with forces families in Germany and Cyprus.Support is free, confidential and non-judgemental, and the quality of this is maintained with local schemes working to national standards.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,242,050
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,475,967
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,847,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,880,226
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,837,413
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,916,020
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,946,397
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,921,887
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £7,003,548
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,218,183
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,242,050
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,475,967
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £223,282
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,847,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,880,226
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £292,416
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,837,413
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,916,020
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £244,665
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 20 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,946,397
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,921,887
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £6
- Income From Government Grants
- £626,577
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £7,003,548
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,218,183
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £7
- Income From Government Grants
- £1,304,519
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1571972
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 35375
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3477178
- Income Investments
- 57525
- Income Other
- 100000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5242050
- Income Legacies
- 12990
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £675,851
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,800,116
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4475967
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1097121
- Expenditure Governance
- 27581
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1232735
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 19270
- Gain Loss Investment
- -32843
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -67909
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,801,527
- Assets Total Fixed
- 698387
- Assets Own Use
- 26314
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 672073
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -34625
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,605,695
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £533,491
- Assets Current Investment
- 950000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,735,966
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 533491
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,287,575
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2324091
- Funds Restricted
- 411875
- Funds Total
- 2735966
- Count Employees
- 50
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1604296
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 49406
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2146233
- Income Investments
- 47476
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3847411
- Income Legacies
- 166449
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £572,952
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,307,274
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3880226
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 627640
- Expenditure Governance
- 20025
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1194918
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 11720
- Gain Loss Investment
- 58511
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 21833
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,521,007
- Assets Total Fixed
- 768818
- Assets Own Use
- 63902
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 704916
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,780,083
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £478,265
- Assets Current Investment
- 300000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,070,636
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 478265
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,131,412
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1818238
- Funds Restricted
- 252398
- Funds Total
- 2070636
- Count Employees
- 50
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 831923
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 45791
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2920498
- Income Investments
- 39201
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3837413
- Income Legacies
- 2157
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £485,240
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,430,780
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5916020
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 820892
- Expenditure Governance
- 109897
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 452364
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6772
- Gain Loss Investment
- -24353
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 23052
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,558,259
- Assets Total Fixed
- 689949
- Assets Own Use
- 43544
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 646405
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -13105
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,753,552
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £559,624
- Assets Current Investment
- 1000000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,870,772
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 559624
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £447,733
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1608615
- Funds Restricted
- 262157
- Funds Total
- 1870772
- Count Employees
- 53
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 20 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1125152
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 79946
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3716070
- Income Investments
- 25229
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4946397
- Income Legacies
- 7348
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £333,579
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,588,308
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4921887
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 18426
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1734873
- Expenditure Governance
- 153708
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 367824
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 8821
- Gain Loss Investment
- 52305
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- -92788
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,446,548
- Assets Total Fixed
- 679064
- Assets Own Use
- 8306
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 670758
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -27215
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,855,560
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £510,625
- Assets Current Investment
- 1408105
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,996,784
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 510625
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,472,008
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2752430
- Funds Restricted
- 1244354
- Funds Total
- 3996784
- Count Employees
- 37
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1850140
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 122127
- Income Charitable Activities
- 5007872
- Income Investments
- 23409
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7003548
- Income Legacies
- 1500
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £320,891
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,897,292
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5218183
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2948615
- Expenditure Governance
- 140337
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 204035
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 11869
- Gain Loss Investment
- 14858
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 71355
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,510,080
- Assets Total Fixed
- 639237
- Assets Own Use
- 20784
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 618453
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -192266
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,081,443
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £701,233
- Assets Current Investment
- 1407205
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,827,181
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 701233
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £955,935
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2329361
- Funds Restricted
- 1497820
- Funds Total
- 3827181
- Count Employees
- 29
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- HOME-START UK
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2016-12-12T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 4031233
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1119984
- Assoc Charity Name
- HOME-START EAST STAFFORDSHIRE
- Charity Name
- HOME-START UK
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2022-08-26T00:00:00
- Reason
- Does not operate
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 4043319
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1127266
- Assoc Charity Name
- NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (LEIGHTON BUZZARD)
- Charity Name
- HOME-START UK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-04-04T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 MARCH 2005 AS AMENDED ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 SEP 2017 as amended on 11 Dec 2019
- Charitable Objects
- THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN OR PARENTS IN DESPAIR AND DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF SUCH CHILDRENANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 453294
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- HOME-START CONSULTANCY
- Charity Name Id
- 453288
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- HOME-START
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests