Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 9

No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD

Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical assistance to families with at least one child under the age of five. Unpaid volunteers visit families struggling under the pressure of bringing up small children, helping them to avoid crisis and enjoy family life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 2 trustees?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/03/23	*	£125	£130	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£142	£127	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£131	£112	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£113	£105	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	*	£75	£114	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£38	£102	£-65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£111	£109	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£169	£135	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£169	£137	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£254	£135	£119	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£170	£126	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

homestartnwkent.org.uk

office@homestartnwkent.org.uk

01322 225100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
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 buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Postcode Society Trust	£25,000
Co-Operative Group	£13,912
DCMS	£11,600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Millionaire Street 2023 11w3
£25,000	21/11/2023	Funding was used to support their volunteer led parent to parent support network, which works alongside families, helping them to change their lives for the better.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North West Kent
£3,425	21/10/2023	We would like to fund the volunteer parents who need recruiting and training annually in order to provide home visiting support for 160+ families referred each year.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North West Kent
£4,148	22/10/2022	We would like to enhance our service to meet increased demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many parents are reporting increased feelings of isolation and low mood.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North West Kent Ltd
£6,340	24/10/2020	We aim to reduce the isolation of vulnerable families via trained home-visiting volunteers, support groups, and social opportunities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£11,600	15/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North West Kent
£7,131	15/11/2019	We want to train up two Home-Start volunteers who will provide weekly support to vulnerable families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Homestart Nwkent
£8,125	19/11/2018	We want to run support groups and have an outing for the children. We need resources, equipment, refreshments and specialist toys.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Building Multi-Cultural Community Cohesion
£499,836	01/10/2018 60	This project will continue to deliver a volunteer-led, multicultural support service for isolated and vulnerable families with preschool children. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve the mental health/coping skills of vulnerable ....more This project will continue to deliver a volunteer-led, multicultural support service for isolated and vulnerable families with preschool children. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve the mental health/coping skills of vulnerable families by matching them with a home visiting volunteer based on shared life experiences, languages and cultural understanding.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-69

DAWN FUNGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Head Teacher

JONATHON HAWKES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Human Resources Strategic Planning Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2012, number: 1148298
Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2012, number: 08112993

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR23: 112 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR20: 2 days late, AR19: 7 days late, AR18: 7 days late, AR14: 4 days late,

Main office

2 TEMPLE HILL SQUARE
DARTFORD
DA1 5HZ

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 ITS ENVIRONS

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