Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

HOME-START WEST BERKSHIRE

Home-Start West Berkshire provides volunteer support to families with at least one child under age 5, in their own home.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£212£238£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£178£236£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£228£193£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£196£183£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£159£145£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£143£153£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£130£138£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£114£147£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£168£136£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£127£119£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£115£117£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£163£122£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11?£131£75£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08?*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.homestartwestberks.org.uk

office@home-startwb.org.uk

01635760310

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • West Berkshire,
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£145,450
Henry Smith Charity£132,200
Masonic Trust£10,000
BBC Children in Need£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start West Berkshire Baby Bank
£9,954 03/03/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a baby bank facility where low income families will be provided with the opportunity to access food clothing and toys for their children up to the age of 5 with the aim of alleviating the effects of poverty and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start West Berkshire
£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’
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start West Berkshire
£132,200 11/08/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a Maternal Mental Health Support Service, including a home visiting service and support group for mothers with mental health support needs, in West Berkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hello - Early Years Communication Project
£135,496 14/01/2021
36
A project that will address the language development and attainment gap that some children experience. This project will train staff and volunteers to help families develop the right environment exposing babies and young children to language and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home start west berkshire improved communications project
£7,300 23/11/2018
12
The organisation will increase capacity by improving their IT and volunteer infrastructure. This will help to develop services and support families to improve their wellbeing and support the development of their children in their early years.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start West Berkshire
£111,000 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a maternal mental health support project for mothers with young children in a deprived area of Berkshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 04/12/2017
Rapid Response Maternal Mental Health Service
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start West Berkshire
£5,867 29/11/2017
Funding will help us identify and train suitable teenage parents to become volunteers in our peer mentoring scheme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Isolated Families
£318,998 08/04/2015
60
The aim of the project is to address the rural and social isolation of young families. The project will support families who are experiencing social isolation and mental health issues. Volunteers will be recruited and trained and matched to families ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Outreach
£377,282 13/04/2010
60
This expansion of an existing project will support families throughout West Berkshire who have at least one child under the age of five and are experiencing difficulties for various reasons such as disability, mental health issues, isolation or ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-68
  • CLAIRE CARLESS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lawyer
  • DEIRDRE CARR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • HOLLY KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
  • JANET SUGDEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Volunteer
  • JULIET PENLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • KAREN SMITH Appointed: 2022
  • RACHAEL LORMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Personnel Management
  • SUSAN ORMISTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fund Awarder For National Lottery Community Fund
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2005, number: 1111171
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2005, number: 05485321
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 31 days late, AR08: 98 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 15 days late,
Main office

Home Start West Berkshire
4-8 The Broadway
NEWBURY
RG14 1BA

Objectives

3.1.1 TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN3.1.2 TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN3.1.3 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN3.1.4 TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF WEST BERKSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST BERKSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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