Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 16

HOME-START HILLINGDON

Home-Start Hillingdon befriends and supports families with children under 5, parent to parent,with the gifts of time, shared experience, dignity and mutual respect. Our aim is to help prevent family breakdown, to help families enjoy their children within happy and secure homes and to help them achieve their potential.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£204	£224	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/03/22		£222	£202	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/21		£225	£192	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£194	£176	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/19		£153	£163	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/18		£141	£156	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£152	£153	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£137	£153	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£154	£142	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£162	£135	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£145	£128	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£137	£144	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£165	£196	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£207	£180	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£180	£163	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£126	£134	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£145	£130	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£125	£118	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£119	£96	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.homestart-hillingdon.org.uk

office@homestart-hillingdon.org.uk

01895252804

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hillingdon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
38 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£128,200
The Fore	£30,000
The London Community Foundation	£11,900
Greater London Authority	£10,111
DCMS	£5,445
Co-Operative Group	£4,764

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Fore - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£30,000	01/12/2023 36	Home-Start Hillingdon supports families as they navigate challenges of parenthood including isolation, post-natal depression, relationship problems, or the emotional and practical demands of young ....more Home-Start Hillingdon supports families as they navigate challenges of parenthood including isolation, post-natal depression, relationship problems, or the emotional and practical demands of young children. A team of 40 trained parent volunteers work with 120 families a year. They visit families for 2-3 hours a week to offer bespoke support, befriending and practical advice. 93% of families felt better able to cope after receiving help.
Greater London Authority - CSR 3 Round 2 Capacity Building Grant
£10,111	20/09/2023	The Home-Start Hillingdon project aims to address the underrepresentation of women from ethnic minority groups in volunteer, staff, and trustee roles. Collaborating with local entities like H4All, ....more The Home-Start Hillingdon project aims to address the underrepresentation of women from ethnic minority groups in volunteer, staff, and trustee roles. Collaborating with local entities like H4All, GRoW, Hillingdon's Women’s Centre, and REAP, the initiative seeks to engage these women, understand barriers to volunteering, and subsequently improve recruitment strategies. By conducting focus groups, surveys, and presentations, the project intends to gather actionable insights.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£128,200	15/03/2023 36	towards three years' salary and on costs of a Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Family Co-ordinator at a project providing support for families who are experiencing or are at high risk of PNMH ....more towards three years' salary and on costs of a Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Family Co-ordinator at a project providing support for families who are experiencing or are at high risk of PNMH challenges in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£5,445	24/09/2020	Costs associated with adapting our support service to social distancing restrictions imposed by government. We need the funding to help us to train new volunteers but while maintaining social ....more Costs associated with adapting our support service to social distancing restrictions imposed by government. We need the funding to help us to train new volunteers but while maintaining social distancing and having safety measures in place to ensure that volunteers and staff are kept as safe as possible.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,445	24/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£6,455	15/05/2020	Costs associated with adapting our support service to social distancing restrictions imposed by government: equipment (laptops, printers & phones) to enable staff to work effectively from home, ....more Costs associated with adapting our support service to social distancing restrictions imposed by government: equipment (laptops, printers & phones) to enable staff to work effectively from home, plus additional staff hours to establish & continue safe remote support to our volunteers & vulnerable families. In addition, to purchase materials to make up family activity packs for isolated families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£4,764	15/11/2019	We want materials and other essentials to help us recruit and train a team of volunteers so they can support families in need in Hillingdon.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Hillingdon
£3,602	04/08/2017	Our volunteers are parents themselves. Fund extra training to help them support other parents in need who are experiencing crisis.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72

MOREMI APATA-OMISORE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Link Worker

BALA MERE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Link Worker

LORRAINE DORRINGTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PAULA YA'EL WITTELS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

RASHPAL SINGH VIRDEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Technical/Service Support Manager

DR GILLIAN LAUDER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

PETER JAMES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE UXBRIDGE CENTRE,

HELEN ANASTASI Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HOME-START LONDON,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2003, number: 1100534
Registered at Companies House on 09/12/2002, number: 04612504

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 22 days late,

Main office

306 LONG LANE
HILLINGDON
UXBRIDGE
UB10 9PE

Objectives

1. TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. 2. TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN. 3. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. 4. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE AREA OF HILLINGDON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE AREA OF HILLINGDON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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