Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

HOME-START DAVENTRY AND SOUTH NORTHANTS 

Volunteer support for young families who are experiencing difficult and stressful situations. Our Volunteers who are parents themselves, visit families in their own home once a week and offer friendship, support and practical help. All families supported by the charity must have at least one child under five years of age and live in one of the two districts of Daventry and South Northants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

https://homestartinwestnorthamptonshire.org.u

admin@homestart-davsn.org.uk

01327353139

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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£148£133£15n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/22£149£163£-14n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/21£277£182£95n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/20£97£128£-31n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/03/19£90£113£-24n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/18£107£112£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£105£111£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£144£138£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£142£124£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£94£91£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£67£76£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£66£79£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£74£75£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£77£75£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09?£73£70£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07£71£65£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£69£66£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£128£58£70£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 32 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,

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£324,401
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£19,729
BBC Children in Need£10,418
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£4,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Rhyme Time
£2,900 29/02/2024
Rhyme Time is a weekly group for early years children and their parents.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Home-Start Daventry and South Northants
£5,000 28/04/2023
to support a project focused on children under 5 with parents in prison. The long-term outcomes for this group of children sadly fall short of their peers.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - young parents with mild learning difficulties and mild mental health problems
£9,870 03/08/2022
supporting young parents with mild learning difficulties and mild mental health problems
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Continue existing work
£3,000 04/04/2022
supporting isolated and vulnerable children, families and parents in their own homes
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Daventry and South Northants
£10,418 31/01/2022
This project will deliver early years services to children and young people experiencing family related challenges in Daventry. The activities will result in improved communication, strong ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Resilience Project
£9,648 27/08/2021
The group will provide social practical and emotional support to parents experiencing poor mental health. The project aims to improve their wellbeing and reduce the feeling of isolation.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to HOMESTART DAVENTRY AND SOUTH NORTHANTS
£4,900 22/03/2021
Towards a support service for isolated parents in Rugby.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Support vulnerable and isolated families
£3,000 06/01/2021
Support vulnerable and isolated families
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - RETURN!
£959 10/09/2020
2
We are returning to visiting isolated and vulnerable children, families and parents in their own homes; we are asking money to provide PPE.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay and Play
£9,453 22/04/2020
11
The funding will be used to run play groups for children and parents. The project aims to bring families together to learn new parenting skills and build supportive networks.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/11/2019
the core costs of volunteer recruitment and training during yearend March 2021
National Lottery Community Fund - Homestart West Northamptonshire - Resilient Communities
£305,300 27/09/2019
36
This project aims to help 120 isolated families a year across West Northamptonshire to connect with their community by offering home-visiting peer support and 'Stay and Play' groups. This will ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/05/2019
Contribution to organisational running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay and Play Group Co-ordinator
£9,884 26/10/2018
12
This funding will be used to recruit a project worker to run stay and play groups. The project aims to provide advice and support to families.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/11/2017
Contribution to organisational running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Daventry and South Northants
£311,838 30/05/2013
60
The continuation of an existing project to develop and strengthen the support provided to families, improve parents' emotional and physical health, wellbeing and increase the life chances for ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/09/2004, number: 1105831
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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

HSDSN
PO Box 7950
TOWCESTER
NN12 9BZ

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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