01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC020659
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- KY1 1YA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity is set up to support families with young children through home-visiting volunteers and support groups. Volunteers visit families at home each week, supporting parents in situations as diverse as isolation, bereavement, multiple births, illness, disability or who are just finding parenting a struggle. They provide non-judgemental practical and emotional support and help build the family’s confidence and ability to cope. Home-Start Kirkaldy aims to: Reduce family isolation and increase social support networks Strengthen parent-child relationships Improve parents’ physical health and emotional well being Develop and improve parenting skills Improve the home environment Improve children’s health, wellbeing and development Increase access to health, education and community services
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It does none of these
Constitutional objectives
The objectsfor which HOME-START is established are: a) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children b) to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children . c) to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children d) to promote the education of the public in better standards childcare within the area of Kirkcaldy and its environs Infurtherance of the foregoing, but for no other purpose, HOME-START shall have the following powers:- i) Obtain, collect and receive moneyandfunds by way of contributions, donations, affiliation fees, subscriptions, legacies, grants and any other lawful method, and accept gifts of property of any description whether subject to any special trusts or not PROVIDED that HOME-START shall not, undertake any permanent trading activities in raising funds for the said objects. ii) Procure and provide information. iii) Procure to be written and print, publish, issue and circulate gratuitously or otherwise any reports or periodicals, books, pamphlets, leaflets or other documents. iv) Arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing for the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes. . v) Promote, advance or undertake organised research and experimental work in connection with any of the above mentioned objects and publish the useful results of such research.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £145,083 | £142,820 | 6 | 31 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £125,880 | £134,491 | 6 | 21 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £130,534 | £132,742 | 6 | 15 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £116,311 | £116,947 | 6 | 1 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £119,610 | £105,908 | 6 | 30 November 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 5 South Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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