Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
    • Grant maker support: +11

    HOME-START CYMRU FOR FAMILIES 

    Supporting families with young children who may be experiencing difficulties. Volunteers offering support in family home or in group setting. Parents benefit from support, friendship and practical help, from volunteers who have parenting experience. Service is free and confidential.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
    • 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 including the Government
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
    Established: 20 years

    www.homestartcymru.org.uk

    info@homestartcymru.org.uk

    029 2036 0876

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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£1,512£1,567£-55£0£714£5153.952156
    31/03/22£1,472£1,530£-58£0£769£4513.553204
    31/03/21£1,782£1,328£454£0£827£666644303
    31/03/20£1,287£1,028£260£0£373£2903.436300
    31/03/19£217£161£56n/an/an/an/an/a68
    31/03/18£143£132£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£131£126£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£133£137£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£74£90£-16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£130£125£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£142£126£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£127£125£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£93£85£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£83£82£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£69£81£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£91£82£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£93£86£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£75£67£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£15£17£-3£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 12%
    Liabilities/Income: 7%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 7.5
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 52 employees
    • 156 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Vale Of Glamorgan,
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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
    Henry Smith Charity£180,000
    Dulverton Trust£120,620
    DCMS£96,548
    Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
    BBC Children in Need£30,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Dulverton Trust - Volunteer Team
    £91,962 07/02/2024
    Volunteer Team
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing our parental support peer volunteer service
    £9,950 26/09/2022
    Home-Start Cymru for Families in Cardiff will recruit new volunteer mentors to provide one-to-one support for families across Wales experiencing poverty or deprivation. £9950 will fund staff ....more
    Dulverton Trust - Volunteer Team
    £28,658 08/06/2022
    Volunteer Team
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £50,000 18/02/2022
    Supporting Home-Start Cymru to transform the lives of more children and families in Wales
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Cymru for Families
    £180,000 10/02/2022
    36
    towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for families with young children from disadvantaged communities across Wales.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £500 11/01/2022
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Cymru for Families
    £30,000 30/07/2021
    This project will deliver emotional and well-being support to parents and children aged 0-4 experiencing poverty. They will have have better relationships with their parents, have more fun, and ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £96,548 06/10/2020
    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
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Cymru for Families
    £15,000 10/04/2019
    12
    To develop new young parents peer support groups across the county of Caerphilly which will become self- sustainable through trained peer volunteer leadership.
    National Lottery Community Fund - HWF Home-Start Working Families
    £499,129 26/07/2018
    48
    HWF Home-Start Working Families
    National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Dinefwr
    £208,666 24/09/2014
    35
    Not Available
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Dinefwr
    £90,000 13/06/2012
    36
    towards three years’ continuation funding of the salary of the Volunteer Co-ordinator and related running costs of a home-visiting service for families with young children in a deprived area of ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Dinefwr Additional Support
    £139,033 29/09/2010
    48
    The project will provide a formal one-to-one and group support to improve the basic life skills and confidence of hard to reach, disadvantaged familites with at least one child under 5 years.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 57-78
    • HELEN HOWSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Bevan Commission (Think Tank)
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2004, number: 1105577
    • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/2004, number: 05199118
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    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
    • 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
    19 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from HOME-START CARMARTHEN-LLANELLI on 26/04/2019
    • Asset transfer in from HOME-START CARDIFF on 11/11/2020
    • Asset transfer in from HOME-START MONMOUTHSHIRE on 14/12/2020
    • Asset transfer in from HOME-START RHONDDA CYNON TAFF on 18/01/2021
    • Asset transfer in from DENBIGHSHIRE HOME-START on 11/02/2021
    Main office

    RAINBOW HOUSE
    1 NEWENT ROAD
    ST. MELLONS
    CARDIFF
    CF3 0BL

    Objectives

    ) 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 CHILDREND) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE; PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN WALES AND ITS ENVIRONS?

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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