Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

HOME-START DOVER DISTRICT

Home-Start Dover District offers support and friendship to families under stress. Our Core service offers home visiting volunteers to families, in addition to this we run Family Groups that provide additional support to families.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£192£234£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£243£218£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£209£192£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£234£172£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£179£171£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£202£145£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£30£144£-113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£192£212£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£306£290£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£355£338£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£280£296£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£274£266£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£279£272£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£273£261£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£319£302£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£275£271£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£218£238£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£266£218£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£317£205£112n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.homestartdover.org.uk

office@homestartdover.org.uk

01304242314

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • 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
  • Kent,
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£583,555
Henry Smith Charity£145,100
BBC Children in Need£33,276
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
DCMS£2,776
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 22/03/2023
Embrace
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace
£287,646 01/02/2023
This funding will be used to continue to provide a home visiting support service to vulnerable families in the Dover District. The project will continue to offer a flexible preventative support service providing emotional and practical support for ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Dover District
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Family Group
£9,959 26/11/2021
The funding will be used to continue to deliver two family groups serving families in Dover and Deal. The project aims to provide opportunities for parents and children under 5 to meet and play in a safe environment.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Dover District
£2,776 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staff to help with social distancing measures as well as activity packs and equipment for children who are shielding at home due to Covid-19. It will help them improve managing emotions and opportunities to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Dover District
£30,000 28/05/2020
36
This project will provide weekly parenting support sessions to families with young children on the autism spectrum. The sessions will reduce isolation, increase confidence and improve emotional well-being.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,776 19/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace (Continuation)
£285,950 24/03/2020
35
Homestart Dover will use funding to provide support to families through the facilitation of home-visiting volunteers. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Dover District
£145,100 19/03/2020
12
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Dover, Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - HomeStart Dover Specialist Family Worker
£9,829 27/03/2019
12
The project supports children with Autistic Spectrum Condition to build a positive relationships. The project will also support parents feeling socially isolated due to their children's behavioural issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Dover District Family Support Worker
£9,996 07/03/2018
12
The group will recruit a family support worker to help those who either have a parent or child with a physical or emotional disability. The aim of the project is to provide early invention support and improving well-being.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Dover District
£55,104 17/10/2017
36
This project is for support groups for disabled children and their parents in Dover and Deal. The project will reduce isolation, improve confidence and offer children more opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace
£337,192 25/01/2017
36
This project will deliver a specialised disability support service to families in their homes, with a particular focus on children and parents who are experiencing a physical or learning disability. A Home-Start family support coordinator will ....more
Comic Relief - Home-Start Dover District
£39,441 30/11/2016
24
Home-Start Dover works with families who are facing difficulties such as poverty, isolation, mental health issues or special needs. They provide one to one support for parents and children alongside supportive group activities and access to grants ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Dover District Family Support
£249,667 21/11/2012
36
The aim of this continuing project is to provide vulnerable, isolated families in Dover with support on a one-to-one basis. With the assistance of volunteers, families who are affected by mental health issues, post-natal depression, disability, poor ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-75
  • AMY PAPWORTH Appointed: 2006, Occupation: None
  • ANDREA REES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • DIANA MARY CROSSLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • DIANE PATRICIA CAWSEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Immigration Officer
  • GRAHAM HUTCHISON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIA WOOD Appointed: 2023
  • PATRICIA RUTH WHEELER Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Pastoral Support
  • PAUL GATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director / Trustee
  • PENNY STEPHENS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Social Worker
  • SARAH-JANE EDWINA HINDLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2004, number: 1102201
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/2003, number: 04974145
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

HOME-START DOVER DISTRICT
THE ARK
NOAHS ARK ROAD
DOVER
KENT
CT17 0DD

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 CHILDRENC) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF THE CHILDCARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

DOVER DISTRICT, KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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