Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

HOME-START SOUTH WEST KENT 

Recruiting and training volunteers to visit families in their own homes, offering emotional and practical support to families with children under 5.
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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.home-startswk.org.uk

contact@home-startswk.org.uk

01892524916

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UN SDGs
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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£149£138£11n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£126£116£9n/an/an/an/an/a78
31/03/21£137£101£36n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/20£91£79£12n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/19£60£62£-2n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/03/18£67£48£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£33£48£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£67£67£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£48£94£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£53£74£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£74£108£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£170£164£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£188£174£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£189£152£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£157£137£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£142£140£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£141£137£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£149£115£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£72£70£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 80 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Kent,

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£150,000
Henry Smith Charity£50,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South West Kent
£20,000 21/09/2023
24
towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing support for families living in disadvantaged communities with a child under 5 years old in Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South West Kent
£10,000 10/03/2022
12
towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing support for disadvantaged families with a child under 5 years old in Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 05/11/2021
Supporting vulnerable families and children under five in Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, and Sevenoaks
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/02/2020
Providing one-to-one home visiting support for vulnerable families with young children in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge and Malling.
National Lottery Community Fund - Giving children in South West Kent a better start in life
£150,000 12/12/2019
59
Home-Start South West Kent will use funding to support disadvantaged families who have children under five and who are struggling to cope. The project will recruit, train and match volunteers with ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South West Kent
£20,000 12/06/2019
24
towards two years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Kent
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 13/07/2017
Supporting struggling families in Kent and helping to give children a better start in life.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South West Kent
£7,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a Home-Start working with disadvantaged families in Kent
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start South West Kent
£29,409 09/03/2017
36
This project will provide parenting support to families who may live in areas of deprivation and experience complex issues at home. Children will benefit through improved relationships, increased ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 54-76
  • WENDY MCGEACHY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Community Development Manager, Imago
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2004, number: 1105047
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/2004, number: 05104961
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

HOME-START SOUTHWEST KENT
116B LONDON ROAD
SOUTHBOROUGH
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
TN4 0PN

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 CHILDCARE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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