Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HOME-START KIRKLEES

Home-Start Kirklees is a volunteer led family support charity offering early intervention support to vulnerable families with young children. Support centres on 1:1 home visits made by specialist staff & community volunteers. Volunteers are recruited, trained & supervised in a range of roles. We specialise in supporting young parents 14-24 years with peer support, 1:1 support & group activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£612£582£29£0£325£3086.415105
31/03/22£551£451£100£34£296£2446.515133
31/03/21£484£384£101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£364£356£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£311£302£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£248£224£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£174£169£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£169£163£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£168£182£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£183£204£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£195£206£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£185£169£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£244£229£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£172£155£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£180£181£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£173£179£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£195£214£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£248£246£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£256£249£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£227£211£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.homestart-kirklees.org.uk

info@homestart-kirklees.org.uk

01484421925

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£254,903
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Tudor Trust£129,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Sir George Martin Trust£9,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£3,000 15/03/2024
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Home-Start Kirklees
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Group Support for Targeted Parents
£254,903 16/09/2022
This funding will be used to provide one to one and peer support to parents through the Homestart Kirklees Family Group Support for Targeted Parents project. The project creates tailored care plans for parents with staff and volunteers providing ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Kirklees
£129,000 30/11/2021
36
over three years towards the running costs of a young parents' project at a Home-Start charity in Kirklees
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£180,000 02/11/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing volunteer support for families with young children in the district of Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£1,604 23/10/2021
We would like to recruit and train volunteers as ""school readiness champions"" for parents with pre-school children. They would help the parents gain the skills needed to get children ready for school.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£3,000 15/10/2021
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£3,000 15/10/2021
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Home-Start Kirklees
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 16/07/2021
36
Support for vulnerable families with young children
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,126 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for young parents who are under 25 years and their children
£256,926 20/07/2018
36
The group will offer support for young parents, aiming to improve their life chances and those of their children, by making group support accessible across Kirklees and involving young mothers and fathers in offering and delivering the services. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Kirklees
£48,607 16/03/2016
24
The charity provides emotional and practical help to families. The grant will fund the Young Parents Groups in order to support young parents with additional challenges to develop their parenting skills and develop into responsible and resilient ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Mums Matter
£44,510 12/07/2011
24
Families in Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Dewsbury West and Newsome will be able to access help from the project when they are most in need. A family support worker will meet with mums in their own homes and help them access further support such as ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANDREW JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2023
  • CLARE MULGAN Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • HELEN THEWLIS Appointed: 2024
  • JOSEPH KARL YATES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Operations Director
  • JULIE GRINDLEY Appointed: 2023
  • KIERAN JOSEPH BRADY Appointed: 2023
  • PEGAH PARANDIAN Appointed: 2024
  • VANESSA STIRUM Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2003, number: 1099770
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Home-Start Kirklees
1st Floor
Bates Mill
Colne Road
Huddersfield
HD1 3AG

Objectives

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 OF CHILDCARE WITHIN THE AREA OF KIRKLEES AND ITS ENVIRONS;

Defined Area of Benefit:

KIRKLEES AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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