Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Fundraising costs high: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK)

School-Home Support's vision is that every child has the support they need to thrive and achieve. We work to make this vision a reality by helping disadvantaged, vulnerable and disaffected children overcome barriers to learning through the support of highly-trained, independent workers in schools and through training and consultancy services around our best practice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 23 years

www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk

enquiries@shs.org.uk

08453370850

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/08/23		£2,328	£3,022	£-694	£473	£1,300	£934	3.7	73
31/08/22		£3,258	£3,067	£191	£421	£1,994	£1,370	5.4	86
31/08/21		£3,661	£2,663	£998	£343	£1,802	£783	3.5	79
31/08/20		£2,697	£2,404	£293	£284	£804	£275	1.4	69
31/08/19		£2,089	£2,083	£6	£263	£511	£198	1.1	65
31/08/18		£2,328	£2,328	£0	£343	£505	£224	1.2	69
31/08/17		£2,549	£2,572	£-23	£262	£505	£261	1.2	78
31/08/16		£2,773	£2,692	£82	£203	£517	£226	1	76
31/08/15		£2,698	£3,079	£-381	£320	£421	£335	1.3	80
31/08/14		£3,343	£3,094	£249	£244	£811	£148	0.6	86
31/08/13		£3,686	£3,441	£245	£246	£546	£488	1.7	129
31/08/12		£4,120	£4,232	£-112	£310	£271	£14	0	105
31/08/11?		£7,253	£7,682	£-429	£420	£375	£135	0.2	158
31/03/10		£5,304	£4,990	£314	£363	£810	£604	1.5	193
31/03/09		£4,702	£4,796	£-94	£353	£415	£198	0.5	174
31/03/08		£4,100	£4,379	£-280	£167	£639	£495	1.4	175
31/03/07		£3,676	£3,757	£-81	£147	£1,006	£806	2.6	150
31/03/06	*	£2,882	£3,217	£-335	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£2,932	£2,841	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£2,908	£2,740	£168	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackpool, Bradford City, East Sussex, Kent, Liverpool City, Manchester City, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

73 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Pears Foundation	£200,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£186,000
City Bridge Trust	£118,500
Dulverton Trust	£90,000
DCMS	£87,000
United Saviours Charity	£80,000
Charles Hayward Foundation	£35,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£30,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to School-Home Support
£6,000	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Dulverton Trust - Welfare Fund
£20,000	08/02/2023	Welfare Fund
Dulverton Trust - 1 Practitioner - Blackpool
£70,000	19/10/2022	1 Practitioner - Blackpool
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support (SHS)
£15,000	26/08/2022	School-Home Support in the Holme Wood Estate, Bradford
The Childhood Trust - School-Home Support's Christmas Challenge 2022
£7,500	12/06/2022	School-Home Support works with disadvantaged children and families to break down barriers to education and end intergenerational cycles of poverty. Our practitioners provide a link between school and ....more School-Home Support works with disadvantaged children and families to break down barriers to education and end intergenerational cycles of poverty. Our practitioners provide a link between school and home, addressing the issues that are hampering learning, such as poverty, housing or mental health.
Pears Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support
£100,000	03/12/2021	Core Funding
London Catalyst - School-Home Support - 10
£1,000	07/09/2021	Hardship Fund
The Childhood Trust - School-Home Support Big Give Summer Challenge 2021
£7,500	22/06/2021	School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and ....more School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and home, tackling issues affecting children?s learning, such as poverty, housing, and mental health.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£15,000	03/03/2021 6	School-Home Support (SHS), formerly Aqoon, is a charity working with children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Partnering with schools, local authorities ....more School-Home Support (SHS), formerly Aqoon, is a charity working with children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Partnering with schools, local authorities and communities, SHS looks beyond the classroom to understand and tackle the issues affecting children’s learning, such as poverty, inadequate housing and mental ill-health. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
The Childhood Trust - SHS Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
£6,250	08/12/2020	School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and ....more School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and home, tackling issues affecting children?s learning, such as poverty, housing, and mental health.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support Services (UK)
£20,000	05/11/2020	Towards the salary of the Parental Engagement Co-ordinator
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,000	24/08/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£72,000	29/07/2020	"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 ....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."
The Childhood Trust - SHS Big Give Summer Challenge 2020
£3,750	03/07/2020	School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and ....more School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and home, tackling issues affecting children’s learning, such as poverty, housing, and mental health.
United Saviours Charity - School-Home Support Brandon
£80,000	18/06/2020 23	The project will provide holistic practical and emotional support to children and families from Southwark’s Brandon Estate, targeting children for whom our partner schools have the highest level of ....more The project will provide holistic practical and emotional support to children and families from Southwark’s Brandon Estate, targeting children for whom our partner schools have the highest level of concern - typically those with the highest levels of school absence, Absence from school is directly related to a child’s educational achievement, impacting their future life opportunities. But it’s not just their future that is at risk; children not in school are not safe. Children who are persistently absent are more likely to be bullied, excluded or engaging in risky behaviours such as using alcohol or drugs, engaging in sex or in gang activity, or carrying knives. They are more likely to end up in the criminal justice system or to become NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training). Last year in London, 83% of young people arrested for knife possession were those who were persistently absent from school Children who are persistently absent from school are typically experiencing severe disadvantage at home, with parents often incapacitated through multiple and complex issues such as poverty, debt, housing issues, substance misuse, mental ill health, family breakdown or domestic violence. The project will place a specialist practitioner on the Brandon Estate partnering with one or more primary schools. He/she will provide individually tailored holistic practical and emotional support to enable families facing multiple and complex issues to take control of their situations. Our practitioners support families to develop confidence and capability. Whatever issues families are facing, School-Home Support practitioners work to ensure that children are able to attend school and achieve their potential. By tackling the root causes of school absence School-Home Support aims to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty to bring lasting change to disadvantaged families on the Brandon Estate, levelling the playing field and building strong, resilient families.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to School-Home Support
£10,000	11/06/2020	£10,000.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to School-Home Support
£180,000	12/05/2020 36	Towards unrestricted core costs to provide child and family support, share best practice and enable schools to improve support to families in order to increase school attendance.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support (SHS)
£20,000	24/04/2020	SHS Practitioner at Olive Alternative Provision Academy in Thurrock
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To School-Home Support (SHS)
£4,000	14/04/2020	Family Catalyst
City Bridge Trust - Grant to School-Home Support
£108,500	26/03/2020 36	£108,500 over three years (£36,000; £36,200; £36,300) for the salary and associated costs of a School-Home Support Practitioner (37.5hpw, term time only) to support the positive transitions of ....more £108,500 over three years (£36,000; £36,200; £36,300) for the salary and associated costs of a School-Home Support Practitioner (37.5hpw, term time only) to support the positive transitions of young people with mental ill health in Alternative Provision.
The Childhood Trust - Support-Home Support (SHS) Welfare Fund
£3,750	10/12/2019	School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and ....more School-Home Support (SHS) works with disadvantaged children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Our SHS Practitioners provide a vital link between school and home, tackling issues affecting children?s learning, such as poverty, housing, and mental health.
Essex Community Foundation - Supporting the Most Disadvantaged Children in Thurrock to Attend and Achieve at School
£9,200	07/11/2019 12	Towards the salary of a practitioner working with disadvantaged young people at an alternative provision academy in Thurrock
Pears Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support
£100,000	30/09/2019 24	Core funding
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to School-Home Support
£30,000	29/05/2019 24	Providing support for vulnerable girls and families in Barking & Dagenham, focussing on girls at risk of sexual exploitation
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£4,850	04/12/2018	To give children and families living in extreme poverty a helping hand this Christmas and to improve their chances in education.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support Services (UK)
£40,000	03/12/2018 24	Towards the salary of the Parent Engagement Coordinator enabling SHS to be a source of expertise on how to work with parents for schools and for SHS staff.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To School-Home Support (SHS)
£5,000	17/07/2018	Family Catalyst
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to School-Home Support
£2,500	29/06/2018	Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to School-Home Support
£2,500	29/06/2018	Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£300,000	21/06/2018	Core Costs
Dulverton Trust - School-Home Support at Carrwood Primary School, Bradford
£75,000	13/06/2018	School-Home Support at Carrwood Primary School, Bradford
United Saviours Charity - School-Home Support: summer holiday support for families
£4,968	27/04/2018 2	Project to support parents from disadvantaged families in north Southwark, targeted at those with no recourse to public funds, to improve confidence and increase engagement with their children’s ....more Project to support parents from disadvantaged families in north Southwark, targeted at those with no recourse to public funds, to improve confidence and increase engagement with their children’s education.
Essex Community Foundation - Supporting the Most Disadvantaged Children in Thurrock to Attend and Achieve at School
£8,800	11/01/2018 11	To provide a qualified practitioner at Olive AP Academy to work with students and their complex issues that cause persistent absence
The Childhood Trust - School-Home Support - The SHS Welfare Fund
£3,500	05/12/2017	To give children and families living in extreme poverty a helping hand this Christmas and to improve their chances in education.
Pears Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support
£100,000	20/09/2017 24	Core funding
Walcot Foundation - Parental engagement with targeted families at City Heights Academy
£22,435	18/07/2017 12	Parental engagement with targeted families at City Heights Academy
Dulverton Trust - Maximising the SHS effect nationally
£75,000	21/10/2015	Maximising the SHS effect nationally
Pears Foundation - Grant to School-Home Support
£100,000	09/09/2015 24	Core funding
Tudor Trust - Grant to School-Home Support Services UK
£90,000	25/08/2015 36	over three years towards the launch of a programme focused on addressing persisent absence in schools in Gravesend
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to School-Home Support
£250,000	24/06/2014	Towards the salaries of the chief executive and managing director during a time of transition to a new business plan enabling the organisation to become more sustainable.
Walcot Foundation - SHS Lambeth Parental Engagement & Coaching Programme
£59,851	16/07/2013	SHS Lambeth Parental Engagement & Coaching Programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to School-Home Support Service UK
£142,000	12/09/2012 36	towards three years' salary and associated costs of an Access Manager to support School-Home Support Workers in their provision of therapeutic support for young people in schools in areas of high ....more towards three years' salary and associated costs of an Access Manager to support School-Home Support Workers in their provision of therapeutic support for young people in schools in areas of high deprivation
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to School Home Support
£30,000	01/07/2012	School Home Support helps get children in school, ready to learn improving attendance and attainment.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to School Home Support
£30,000	01/07/2011	School Home Support helps get children in school, ready to learn improving attendance and attainment.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to School Home Support
£30,000	01/07/2010	School Home Support helps get children in school, ready to learn improving attendance and attainment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-65

ALICE VICTORIA WILCOCK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Education Policy

CHARLES ALEXENDER JOSEPH GANNON (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

CARLY JANINE WICKHAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Global Digital Marketing Manager

DAN O'BRIEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director

DAVID ALEXANDER MACPHERSON DICKSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Executive Head Teacher

EMMA GRACE TINA FAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager

JOSEPH WILLIAM HOWES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

LAURA NAOMI BRUCE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Programmes And Partnerships

MATTHEW JAMES KOSTER-MARCON Appointed: 2023

MICHELLE CLAIRE LOUGHREY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Education Consultant, Safeguarding Coordinator

NIKOLAI PETROU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Principal Consultant

YUN HUI TEOH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/01/2001, number: 1084696
Registered at Companies House on 09/05/2000, number: 03991440

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR06: 269 days late, AR05: 29 days late,

Main office

Solar House
3rd Floor
1 - 9 Romford Road
Stratford
London
E15 4LJ

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HOME-SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE PASTORAL CARE OF PUPILS; 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WHICH ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF RESOURCES FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING EDUCATION BY PROMOTING, DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF PUPILS OR WHICH FOSTER LINKS BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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