01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC032231
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 101-250 volunteers
- Staff
- 23
- Postcode
- PA3 2HQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde (HSRI) is an early intervention/prevention family support charity, providing volunteer led parent-to-parent support, working alongside parents and their children to improve family life and help their children achieve their full potential. We train our local volunteers, usually parents themselves, to carry out the majority of services we offer. Our support involves regular home visits, group peer-support and intensive support, with assistance encompassing access to services such as mental health appointments, housing, literacy, and welfare benefits. We work with adults who have at least one child under five and have been working at grassroots level with Renfrewshire families since 2001. Families are usually referred through a health professional/social work services, often face barriers to engagement and are amongst the most marginalised in society. We support parents coping with a combination of difficulties: physical and mental he
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
a) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children. b) to help 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 of child care within the area of Renfrewshire and its environs.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £634,689 | £613,004 | 23 | 11 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £616,759 | £494,632 | 23 | 9 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £480,670 | £458,027 | 23 | 28 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £498,523 | £338,693 | 23 | 30 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £360,895 | £282,292 | 23 | 14 December 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
- St James House, 25 St James Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.hsri.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Home-Start UK · 1108837
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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