Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

HOME-START EXETER, EAST AND MID DEVON

To safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children;To prevent cruelty to or maltreament of children;To relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children;to promote the education of the public in better standards of childcare
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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*£128£154£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£147£136£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£174£144£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£127£110£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£87£74£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£72£78£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£131£155£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£171£164£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£157£155£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£143£137£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£130£126£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£93£104£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£103£103£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£114£97£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£79£77£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£25£32£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.homestarteemd.org.uk

office@homestarteemd.org.uk

01395 542298

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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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
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
Henry Smith Charity£92,700
DCMS£26,750
Devon Community Foundation£24,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£24,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,300
BBC Children in Need£3,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£5,000 18/07/2023
To support the position of Volunteer Co-ordinator/Group Facilitator, volunteer expenses and activity costs to support families with complex disability and special educational needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£12,000 07/10/2022
24
Home-Start Exeter, East & Mid Devon
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core Costs
£2,500 28/03/2022
Towards core costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Exeter, East & Mid Devon
£92,700 10/02/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an organisation providing support for families with children under five from disadvantaged communities in Exeter and East and Mid Devon.
Devon Community Foundation - Helping Children Thrive
£5,000 18/01/2022
Support for families with babies and children up to five years old.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£12,000 24/09/2021
24
Home-Start Exeter, East & Mid Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer e-learning
£9,300 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to develop and roll out a new online training programme for volunteers to support vulnerable families with young children.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 14/10/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
£4,000 27/08/2020
Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,000 27/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£19,750 11/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will provide online support sessions for young children and their families affected by low income, mental health issues who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve emotional well-being and family ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Keeping Connected
£10,000 04/06/2020
12
Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Mothers in Mind - Mid & East Devon
£10,000 12/11/2019
12
expanding the Mothers in Mind groups to Mid and East Devon, offering a range of activities to promote peer support and well-being and helping women to make long-lasting social connections
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 05/12/2018
24
Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
National Lottery Community Fund - PIMH
£8,252 17/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to train volunteers to support young mothers experiencing mental ill health. The project will enable participants to develop positive parent and infant relationships.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£89,700 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£99,829 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide sessions at home for young children and their families affected by low income, mental health issues and social isolation. It will help to reduce isolation, improve emotional well-being and improve family relationships.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£82,300 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' salary of the Home-Visiting Organiser at a Home-Start working with disadvantaged families in Exeter
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£18,000 21/01/2013
The charity provides support to children and families in need in Exeter and East Devon. The grant will contribute to the salary and on-costs of the East Devon organiser, helping disadvantaged families in the deprived estates there to overcome ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Exeter and East Devon
£492,411 08/03/2011
60
Aimed at vulnerable and hard-to-reach families in Exeter and East Devon, this funding will enable the project to expand to provide much needed support to more families. This could include help with household tasks, budgeting, child-rearing practices ....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: 60-70
  • CLAIRE FARMER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed
  • DEBORAH HERBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • JACQUELINE ANN EVANS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • MARGARET CARTER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • PETER CRAWFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • WENDY WILLS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2006, number: 1116385
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2006, number: 05818942
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
16 returns made; AR23: 9 days late,
Main office

Exmouth Business Centre
14 Hartley Road
Exmouth
Devon
EX8 2SG

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 EXETER AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EXETER AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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