Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

HOME-START WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT

HOME-START WAKEFIELD & DISTRICT RECRUITS AND TRAINS VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE NORMALLY PARENTS THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 5 YEARS.

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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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
31/03/23		£295	£359	£-63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£393	£256	£137	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£232	£187	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£166	£185	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£138	£126	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£149	£126	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£133	£134	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£146	£185	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£298	£304	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£316	£322	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£319	£304	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£304	£282	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£311	£306	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£274	£293	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£264	£242	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£221	£237	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£352	£264	£88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£203	£240	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£109	£114	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.homestartwakefield.org.uk

admin@homestartwakefield.org.uk

01924251205

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Wakefield,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - HomeStart Wakefield & District
£1,999	19/07/2022	The funding is for the cost of a staff member for 6 months to support families struggling financially
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wakefield & District
£179,500	26/05/2022 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing support for families with at least one child under 5 years of age in the Wakefield District, West Yorkshire.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Home-Start Wakefield
£29,998	28/07/2021	This new Emotional Wellbeing Champions (EWBC) project will enable the organisation to provide practical advice and support to parents dealing with mental health issues brought on by the emotional and/or financial stress of the pandemic. The project ....more This new Emotional Wellbeing Champions (EWBC) project will enable the organisation to provide practical advice and support to parents dealing with mental health issues brought on by the emotional and/or financial stress of the pandemic. The project will recruit two part-time posts who will work with up to 50 parents and their families over 12 months to provide one to one and group support on self-development techniques and strategies to manage emotional and mental wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wakefield & District
£145,700	12/12/2018 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a Home-Start working with vulnerable families in a deprived area of Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Giving Back
£232,126	20/09/2017 36	The group will train volunteers to be able to support families with children, to help parents develop coping strategies, identify sources of additional support and build positive relationships with schools. They will work to address the impact of ....more The group will train volunteers to be able to support families with children, to help parents develop coping strategies, identify sources of additional support and build positive relationships with schools. They will work to address the impact of challenging life issues such as bereavement, mental ill-health, addiction and domestic abuse. Volunteers will be supported to find employment in childcare, social work, youth work or education sectors.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000	20/07/2016	Support, friendship and practical help through volunteer home visits to families from disadvantaged backgrounds who have young children, group support and a programme to ready children for starting school.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Wakefield & District
£46,000	13/08/2015 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the running costs of an income maximisation project for vulnerable families
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wakefield & District
£120,000	11/06/2015 36	towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start - Wakefield & District
£30,000	26/04/2013	This charity supports families with young children to help them build a happy and healthy life for all via the support of a volunteer. They will use the grant to help fund the salaries of two of their Co-ordinators.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Family Groups
£259,246	08/11/2010 61	This project in Wakefield and District offers support services to families with at least one child under five, using volunteers to provide individually tailored support including friendship, a listening ear, emotional and practical help with ....more This project in Wakefield and District offers support services to families with at least one child under five, using volunteers to provide individually tailored support including friendship, a listening ear, emotional and practical help with maintaining a home and child rearing. The project also offers support for a healthy lifestyle, including physical exercise activities, basic cooking, diet balance and nutritional advice, as well as peer support and social activities to reduce isolation.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-69

CATHERINE ELIZABETH LYNAGH Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Health Visitor

JANE HALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee

JANET WALTER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of System Capability And Operations Nhs

JENNIFER WIDDOWSON TREASURER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Client Services Director

KARRON ZELEI Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Social Worker

SARAH MILLNS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2004, number: 1105617
Registered at Companies House on 17/08/2004, number: 05208262

Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

Home-Start House
2 Kilnsey Road
Eastmoor
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4RW

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 WAKEFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE AREA OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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