Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

HOME-START WELLINGBOROUGH & DISTRICT

Home-Start Wellingborough & district is a voluntary organisation in which volunteers offer support, friendship & practical help to families who have at least one child under the age of five and who are experiencing difficulties.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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
31/03/24£123£102£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£113£109£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£59£93£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£130£96£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£44£72£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£101£66£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£116£147£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£123£126£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£129£116£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£119£116£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£131£113£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£123£103£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£96£101£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£98£95£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£103£96£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£103£94£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£41£76£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.homestartwellingborough.org.uk

admin@homestartwellingborough.org.uk

01933272749

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • 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 human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£185,573
BBC Children in Need£105,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£27,148
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - WISH Group and food bank
£3,000 19/01/2024
To support a weekly WISH group (Well-being, Isolation, Self-esteem, Health) and food bank for families with pre-school children.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough and District
£3,000 08/09/2023
We would like to continue our vital work of home-visiting support within our community
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough and District
£3,000 04/08/2023
We would like to continue our vital work of home-visiting support within our community
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough & District
£105,000 05/06/2023
36
This grant will provide support to children and young people, many from households in deprived areas, who are experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/04/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£7,500 23/09/2022
24
Home visiting
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Provide food vouchers
£2,000 22/02/2022
We would like to provide families with food vouchers specific to the shops they usually use in order for them to keep a continuity of items that they normally purchase
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - peer support & play group
£3,000 12/08/2021
to continue weekly peer support/play group supporting families with pre-school children
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Wellness 4 Families
£149,573 01/03/2021
35
The funding will be used over 3 years and will enable the group to deliver core services such as counselling services along with an additional mental health focused sessions to further support young families with young children.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough and District
£1,791 22/01/2021
Units of technology
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Crisis Support Hub
£11,357 18/01/2021
To support families through this crisis by creating a Hub of support where we can offer help that is required due to the effects of the Coronvirus. The Hub would deal with any issue that is as a result of the current crisis and every family will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for vulnerable families
£36,000 28/05/2020
6
Home-Start volunteers support families with varying needs such as isolation mental health issues domestic abuse and bereavement. The funding will be used to help sustain them over the next six months. During the COVID-19 pandemic they have continued ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/10/2019
Home-Start Wellingborough and District - Home Visiting Support in the Community
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough & District
£85,500 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a support project for families with children under the age of five in Northamptonshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough & District
£19,550 29/04/2014
The charity provides one to one support using volunteers placed with struggling families. The grant will support the placement of volunteers and ensure families have improved parenting skills, reduced isolation and improved access to services.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wellingborough & District
£120,000 13/03/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a disadvantaged area of Northamptonshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Wellingborough and District Strengthening Families
£296,912 14/09/2011
61
The Northamptonshire branch will help to improve the life chances of children and improve parents' mental health and well-being through a home visiting service, providing hands on support and advice to young families. It will actively promote better ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-85
  • ANNIE LENNOX Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Health Visitor
  • FELIX BARTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Support Worker
  • JULIET SMITH Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired
  • JEAN BERKSHIRE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIAN PAYNE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant
  • REBECCA ABBOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Student
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2006, number: 1114076
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/2006, number: 05694775
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; AR23: 104 days late, AR16: 4 days late,
Main office

Croyland Nursery School
Croyland Road
WELLINGBOROUGH
Northamptonshire
NN8 2AX

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 CAREWITHIN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF WELLINGBOROUGH AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF WELLINBOROUGH AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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