Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 0

HOME-START BLACKBURN & DARWEN

Recruit and train parents from the community who then provide support to families who are: experiencing difficulties; that have at least one child under the age of seven.The support provided can be emotional and practical but it is provided in the families own home by a trained volunteer

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

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		£220	£179	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£199	£153	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£203	£141	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£81	£124	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£91	£125	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£151	£135	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£158	£134	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£177	£141	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£146	£130	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£146	£147	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£146	£149	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£177	£146	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£111	£112	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£173	£142	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

www.homestartblackburnanddarwen.org

hello@home-start-bnd.org.uk

01254692613

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Blackburn & Darwen
£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’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Blackburn & Darwen
£29,300	20/03/2020 36	This project delivers active and creative play sessions for children aged 0-4 years from refugee or asylum-seeking families in Blackburn. This will lead to children being safe and emotionally well, with positive relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Friendship and Fun
£201,721	31/01/2020 35	The funding will be used to support families to improve their health, well-being and family management, through delivery of the organisations' core Home-Start Service with some additional services to offer more flexibility and respond to the needs ....more The funding will be used to support families to improve their health, well-being and family management, through delivery of the organisations' core Home-Start Service with some additional services to offer more flexibility and respond to the needs of beneficiaries. The project will have three strands (Home Visiting, Child and Parent Groups, Drop in coffee morning/ information and guidance sessions) and families can access any number of these at any stage.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Starting Early
£9,830	07/06/2018 12	This project will deliver a home visit infant feeding support service. The organisation will train parent volunteers to support new mothers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Blackburn & Darwen
£28,370	10/08/2017 36	This project will work with pre-school Refugee and Asylum Seeker children experiencing emotional trauma to deliver play sessions resulting in children feeling emotionally well and physically safe.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Blackburn Darwen and Hyndburn
£14,840	11/07/2017 24	A pilot project to support clients develop life skills to a point that they are better able to a The grant will funccess employment opportunities alongside which they plan to develop a robust monitoring systems to capture employment & training ....more A pilot project to support clients develop life skills to a point that they are better able to a The grant will funccess employment opportunities alongside which they plan to develop a robust monitoring systems to capture employment & training outcomes
National Lottery Community Fund - School Readiness Project
£225,000	06/10/2014 36	Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Blackburn and Darwen
£95,500	13/03/2014 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Coordinator at a Home-Start in a deprived area of Lancashire
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Communities through Volunteers and Parents
£264,024	11/05/2011 36	This project will support families with children under the age of five who are experiencing difficulties to access services, build confidence and be involved in their children's development. It will also provide practical help such as household ....more This project will support families with children under the age of five who are experiencing difficulties to access services, build confidence and be involved in their children's development. It will also provide practical help such as household management. It will also train new Home-Start (HS) volunteers to provide ongoing support to active volunteers who are seeking actual or improved employment, access to vocational training, or further and or higher education.

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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: 64-73

ELAINE MATCHETT MSC S W

JOHN EASTON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Sebior Regional Offical

JUDITH HOLDEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired Teacher

KATHRYN ADNITT (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired Head Teacher

MIKE RAWSTERNE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Health Worker

NICHOLAS ISHERWOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Fire & Rescue

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2009, number: 1131111
Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2009, number: 06907615

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR20: 9 days late,

Main office

SUITE 19
KINGS COURT
33 KING STREET
BLACKBURN
BB2 2DH

Objectives

A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDRENAND 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 BLACKBURN & DARWEN AND ITS ENVIRONS ('THE OBJECTS').

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKBURN & DARWEN

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