Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

LOTUS FAMILIES

Home-Start East Sussex (new name Lotus from 1 April 2024) is a small, independent East Sussex based charity with a specialism in whole family domestic abuse support. Although we primarily work with women, our aim is to work with the whole family to prevent domestic abuse and wider safeguarding issues, and aid victim-survivors on their journey to recovery.
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/24£326£281£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£292£276£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£176£161£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£145£125£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£93£106£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£108£101£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£72£128£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£213£207£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£265£211£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£132£149£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£106£138£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£159£131£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£163£157£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£136£148£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£143£118£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£101£92£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£97£88£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£53£56£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.hses.org.uk

info@hses.org.uk

01273612025

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex,
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£195,515
Henry Smith Charity£128,700
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
DCMS£24,011
Sussex Community Foundation£20,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
The MSE Charity£6,749
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 13/10/2023
24
Home-Start East Sussex Core Costs
The MSE Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£6,749 15/09/2023
Funding the delivery of online financial relationship group support and training to 80 domestic abuse victim-survivors who are at risk of or have experienced financial abuse.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£5,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided towards core staff costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Increased inclusion
£9,843 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to create a toolkit for staff working with people who have experienced domestic abuse. The project aims to support the specific needs of clients with disabilities neurodiversities and mental health conditions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Home Start East Sussex
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£5,000 11/03/2022
2
Funding was provided towards project costs for their Being Mum Group and Volunteer support service.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home Start East Sussex
£50,000 16/11/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Home Start East Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Be the Change Peer Support Project
£175,000 04/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver the Be the Change Peer Support Project which aims to establish on-line and in-person group peer support to anyone and facilitated by recovering victims of domestic abuse who have previously attended their Lotus or ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBT+ Quality Standard for Domestic Abuse Services
£4,844 14/05/2021
The funding will be used to make their services more accessible to the LGBT+ community. The project aims to address the inequalities affecting this community group.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£128,700 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start providing support to vulnerable families including the Lotus domestic abuse recovery project and support for parents experiencing violence from their children in East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£5,000 14/10/2020
Home-Start East Sussex works towards the increased safety, confidence and independence of disadvantaged families living in the county. Funding is for running 'Who's in Charge?' an online child to parent violence programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,011 03/07/2020
"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 - Oasis Client Database
£5,828 29/05/2020
6
OASIS will use funding to replace its database to a bespoke system in order to better deal with the increase in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The system will be up and running within three months with the aim of reducing administration ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 07/05/2020
Volunteer home-visiting service and domestic abuse recovery programmes (core costs)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£5,000 23/03/2020
2
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£10,000 11/09/2019
12
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start working across East Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£3,000 15/03/2019
2
Funding was provided for project costs associated with their Freedom domestic abuse programme in Eastbourne.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£10,000 14/03/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of East Sussex, including courses to help combat domestic abuse
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£6,377 29/11/2017
Money raised will help pay for the cost of volunteers’ supervision and their travel expenses to local vulnerable families’ homes.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£15,000 20/11/2017
5
HSES runs two services: a) volunteer home-visiting service for vulnerable parents living in East Sussex b) Freedom domestic abuse courses to break the cycle of abuse. Funding was provided towards their core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighton Freedom Domestic Abuse Course
£7,719 20/09/2017
12
The organisation will run a domestic abuse project supporting women and to improve their family lives.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£10,000 09/03/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support to struggling families in urban and rural East Sussex
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£90,437 09/02/2017
36
This project will offer a home-visiting service to vulnerable families in East Sussex. Children will benefit through improved readiness for school, improved home environment and better development of skills.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home Start East Sussex
£15,000 29/06/2016
12
The grant will support a pilot of the Freedom Project to support families affected by domestic abuse and violence. Specifically the funding will contribute towards the salary of the Freedom Programme Co-ordinator and delivery costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start East Sussex
£10,000 17/09/2015
12
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start providing services across East Sussex
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-77
  • ANNA BACCHOO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Senior Leader
  • BECKY LOUISE REID Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lead Specialist
  • CHERYL TRICIA TITHERLY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • GAIL GRAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • JAYNE RICE-OXLEY MS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lawyer
  • MARK BREWER Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chairman - Limited Company
  • MS CHRISTINE MOON, Occupation: Retired - Registrar, Univ Of Btn
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2005, number: 1108855
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2005, number: 05368531
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
  • 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; AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 22 days late,
Main office

NEWHAVEN ENTERPRISE CENTRE
DENTON ISLAND
NEWHAVEN
EAST SUSSEX
BN9 9BA

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN EAST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA:A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE AT RISK OF HARM AND DISADVANTAGE, INCLUDING THOSE AT RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN ALL ITS FORMS.B) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE; LEWES AND WEALDEN DISTRICT AND THEIR ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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