Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

HOME-START MEDWAY LIMITED

Home-Start Medway offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children. We recruit and train volunteers, who are usually parents themselves, to home-visit families who have at least one child under five. Our volunteers offer parents informal, friendly and confidential support. Home-Start Medway supports parents in order to help give children the best possible start in life.
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£351£288£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£278£228£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£328£221£106n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£268£228£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£286£224£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£213£178£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£151£147£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£136£139£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£141£138£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£137£127£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£146£148£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£146£147£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£154£149£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£145£139£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£148£146£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£143£143£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£156£132£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£160£162£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.home-startmedway.org.uk

manager@home-startmedway.org.uk

01634570717

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent, Medway,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£500,773
BBC Children in Need£66,406
Ministry of Defence£20,000
Co-Operative Group£6,731
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£1,229 21/10/2023
We would use any funding that we receive to support our work with children and families across Medway. This includes home visiting support, groups in the community, activities, and days out.
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Adventurers
£263,223 27/09/2023
The funding will be used to families with children who have experienced developmental delay due to the pandemic. The project aims to develop skills to enable children to reach their potential.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£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’
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£2,677 23/10/2021
Our aim is to provide vulnerable local families with free day trips to local attractions, such as castles and museums. We'd also like to provide them with a healthy packed lunch.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£65,906 10/08/2021
This project will deliver early years support to children experiencing domestic abuse in Medway. The activities will result in children feeling safe, having improved emotional wellbeing and reduced isolation.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£20,000 12/02/2021
For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£2,825 24/10/2020
We aim to offer Home-Start families new positive activities and trips during the school holidays, whilst also tackling 'holiday hunger'.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 25/09/2020
"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 - Financial Fitness Champions (Continuation)
£237,550 13/02/2020
35
The funding will be used to support families and volunteers within Medway to understand and discuss financial situations and resolve any associated problems they are experiencing, both practical and emotional. The aim is to support 450 families and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£4,788 15/11/2019
We want to offer fun activities and sports opportunities during the school holidays to Home-Start Medway families.
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Allsorts' make a community
£10,000 03/09/2019
12
'Allsorts' make a community
National Lottery Community Fund - Pop n Play Plus
£10,000 09/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to develop an existing play group to include a mobile play group and hold sessions in a local dementia day centre creating intergenerational play opportunities .The project aims to reach new families, strengthen community ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£15,000 25/07/2018
12
The grant will fund the costs to deliver a pilot supporting young parents under the age of 21 using the Solihull Approach.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£93,950 17/10/2017
36
This project will offer one to one support to children and families who have experienced Domestic Abuse. It will keep children safe, improve mental health and build positive relationships.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£13,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Pop N Play' group, providing on going support after home visiting for disadvantaged families with young children in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Financial Fitness Champions (FFC)
£149,530 16/11/2016
36
The aim of the project is to provide support, advice and guidance to families with financial concerns. The project also works with children’s centres and other community groups to deliver workshops and group sessions with a particular debt ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£10,000 16/03/2015
12
towards one year's running costs including the salary of the Co-ordinator at a Home-Start in a deprived area of Kent
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Medway
£30,000 28/03/2014
The focus of the charity is to support families with a child under 5. The funding will help support their volunteer programme so they can meet increased demand.
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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: 31-66
  • GEORGINA APLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Civil Servant
  • JAMES HARMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Health Manager
  • JOAN MARY ARTHURS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Treasurer
  • ROSEMARRIE RHYANNON WRAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Officer
  • SHEENA BOLLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Nhs Manager
  • TINA JANET LOVEY OBE Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/02/2005, number: 1108057
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/05/2004, number: 05135567
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • 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
18 returns made; AR22: 3 days late,
Main office

Home Start Medway
Unit L5
Temple Court,Knight Road
ROCHESTER
Kent
ME2 2LT

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 CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF MEDWAY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MEDWAY, KENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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