Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HOME-START SUTTON 

To offer support,friendship and practical help to families with an under five living in the London Borough of Sutton
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 including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

www.homestartsutton.org.uk

admin@homestartsutton.org.uk

02086476501

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Financial Data ?

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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£291£343£-52n/an/an/an/an/a86
31/03/22£509£306£203£3£350£26310.31096
31/03/21£275£214£61n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/20£232£188£44n/an/an/an/an/a78
31/03/19£173£196£-23n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/18£152£161£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£185£132£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£128£129£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£56£94£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£120£130£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£154£166£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£220£184£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£210£216£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£224£226£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£200£203£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£205£188£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£247£259£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£216£210£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£147£104£44£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 86 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£746,580
City Bridge Trust£38,649
Tudor Trust£29,000
DCMS£11,525
Co-Operative Group£8,956
The London Community Foundation£8,925
BBC Children in Need£3,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Uplifting Families and Communities
£448,626 06/07/2023
This funding will support Home-Start Sutton to deliver their core services supporting families with children under 5 in the London Borough of Sutton. Home-Start Sutton provide early intervention ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£4,078 23/10/2021
We would like to develop a support service for isolated fathers. Our work with families in lockdown has highlighted that dads sometimes feel ""left out"" and would like to meet ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£1,000 31/08/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£31,941 22/04/2021
towards the salaries of the CEO and a new Operational Manager role to provide additional leadership capacity
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Sutton
£2,000 22/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£4,878 24/10/2020
We wish to run a weekly support group for new parents and their babies, affected by anxiety and depression, through well-being activities.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£8,925 24/09/2020
increased capacity to intensively support families with children under 5 and with complex needs who are in crisis
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,925 24/09/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£2,600 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund online resources and additional staff to support children affected by poverty, illness and disability who are isolated due to Covid-19, this work will improve essential ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Sutton
£25,000 11/06/2020
12
over one year as continuation funding towards the core costs of a Home-Start in Sutton, including a peer advocacy service for parents who have been invited to child protection conferences
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,600 21/05/2020
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 ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£6,708 15/05/2020
A grant of £6,708 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Sutton (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 14/05/2020
as emergency funding towards essentials including food, baby milk and nappies for families in Sutton, South London, during the Coronavirus pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Families (continuation)
£297,954 12/12/2019
The project will use the funding volunteer-led and home-based parenting programmes for disadvantaged children and families, with the aim of improving child and family well-being. The tailored support ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Home-Start: Sutton
£75,000 23/02/2017
36
over three years towards the costs of a peer advocacy service for parents who have been invited to child protection conferences in Sutton
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 01/02/2017
Support, friendship and practical help through volunteer home visits to families from disadvantaged backgrounds who have young children. Also runs a peer advocacy service and parenting course.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Sutton
£41,956 11/10/2016
36
This project will provide play session to enable children to develop social skills, confidence and self-esteem, to build stronger parent/carer - child relationships and to provide advice to address a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Families
£438,415 23/09/2014
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-76
  • KATHY PELC Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health Visitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2004, number: 1104960
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/06/2004, number: 05165417
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
19 returns made; AR23: 33 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SUTTON WOMEN'S AID LIMITED on 29/11/2021
Main office

Home Start
Alexandra Gardens
Stanley Road
Carshalton
SM5 4LJ

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 AD PARENTS OF CHILDREN. (D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OR CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF SUTTON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUTTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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