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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 ?

HOME-START IOW

Home-Start I.O.W - A Voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with children under five. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families experiencing difficulties, helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown. Support is also offered through group provision.
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£278£223£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£159£177£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£193£147£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£197£134£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£126£125£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£128£118£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£132£128£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£138£115£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£114£107£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£100£103£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£88£92£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£67£80£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£89£74£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£74£70£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£85£65£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£63£69£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£72£65£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.homestartisleofwight.org.uk

admin@homestartiow.org

01983533357

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Wight,
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£215,454
Henry Smith Charity£91,900
BBC Children in Need£85,661
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£74,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Home Start IOW
£4,000 02/06/2024
A voluntary home-visiting scheme committed to offering friendship and promoting the welfare of families with young children, to alleviate stress and conflict in their home and help to prevent family breakdown.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Home Start IOW
£20,000 14/05/2023
A voluntary home-visiting scheme committed to offering friendship and promoting the welfare of families with young children, to alleviate stress and conflict in their home and help to prevent family breakdown.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Isle of Wight
£91,900 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' salary and on costs of an additional specialist coordinator at a project providing support for expecting and new parents in the Isle of Wight.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Isle Of Wight
£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’
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Home Start IOW
£20,000 03/05/2022
A voluntary home-visiting scheme committed to offering friendship and promoting the welfare of families with young children, to alleviate stress and conflict in their home and help to prevent family breakdown.
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Isle of Wight
£1,000 03/02/2022
12
Family Fund Donation
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Isle Of Wight
£1,000 07/10/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing their understanding of financial management.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Home Start IOW
£15,000 28/03/2021
A voluntary home-visiting scheme committed to offering friendship and promoting the welfare of families with young children, to alleviate stress and conflict in their home and help to prevent family breakdown.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Isle Of Wight
£82,161 18/12/2020
The project will provide stay and play sessions for children aged 0-4 years, living in low income families. Children will feel less isolated, improve their social skills and family relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start IOW - Because childhood can't wait
£215,454 15/12/2020
35
Home-Start Isle of Wight (HSIW) will use the funding to enable them to meet increasing demand for their services in supporting young families across the Isle of Wight (IOW).
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 11/12/2020
Stronger together
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Isle Of Wight
£2,000 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff training, IT equipment and software to support children living in low income families, isolated as a result of Covid-19. Children will improve their communication and social skills.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Home Start IOW
£15,000 19/01/2020
A voluntary home-visiting scheme committed to offering friendship and promoting the welfare of families with young children, to alleviate stress and conflict in their home and help to prevent family breakdown.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Isle Of Wight
£73,480 09/02/2017
36
This project will support families on low or very low incomes and who are socially isolated. Children and young people will have better family relationships, have fun and learn through play and improve their social skills.
The Blagrave Trust - Targeted weekly support for families
£50,400 08/11/2014
Children under 5 and their families
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Isle of Wight
£16,200 14/03/2013
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start working with disadvantaged families on the Isle of Wight
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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: 36-72
  • JANE ALISON MCKEAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Health Visitor
  • JANE BAILEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Non Executive Director And Deputy Chair Of Univers
  • JULIAN YOUNG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Financial Services Partner
  • KAREN MELINDA RIVLIN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retitred
  • MAUREEN O'FLYNN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Independent Trainer/ Facilitator
  • STACEY GEARING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed
  • TRACY ANN HASTAIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2006, number: 1113958
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/03/2006, number: 05743981
Gift Aid
  • 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
17 returns made; AR20: 4 days late,
Main office

EXCHANGE HOUSE
ST. CROSS LANE
NEWPORT
ISLE OF WIGHT
PO30 5BZ

Objectives

(A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN;(B) TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN;(C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN;(D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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