Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE 

HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE OFFERS FRIENDSHIP AND INFORMAL SUPPORT TO PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, SO THAT EVERY CHILD CAN HAVE A GOOD START IN LIFE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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.homestartsouthwilts.org.uk

info@homestartsouthwilts.org.uk

01980676237

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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£51£73£-22n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/22£54£65£-11n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/21£80£56£24n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/20£50£62£-12n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/19£50£51£0n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£61£38£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£16£44£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£37£48£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£83£50£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£40£50£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£53£51£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£55£51£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£50£48£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£67£60£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£60£70£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£72£55£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£42£56£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£63£56£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£57£30£27£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 21 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,

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£172,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£23,000
DCMS£19,173
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 29/03/2023
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Families
£162,000 23/03/2023
This funding will support Home-Start South Wiltshire to deliver expert practical and confidential support to families with children under five through trained volunteers. They are requesting funding ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start South Wiltshire - 09/11/22
£2,000 09/12/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Families
£10,000 13/05/2022
The funding will be used to cover the running costs to continue providing volunteer support to vulnerable families with young children. The project will enable them to support parents in providing a ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Wiltshire
£15,000 03/03/2022
36
Home-Start South Wiltshire trains and supports volunteers to work with families who have at least one child under 5 facing a range of challenges. Funding is towards core costs over the next three ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Wiltshire
£3,000 16/11/2021
Home Start South Wiltshire provide support to families with children under the age of 5 who are identified as struggling. The grant requested will support the running costs of the organisation.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 11/02/2021
towards core funding over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Woodward Charitable Trust - Home-Start South Wiltshire Core Costs - as outlined in current budget below
£750 19/10/2020
Core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,423 30/09/2020
"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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Building Together
£5,000 06/05/2020
36
Set up in 1999, Home Start South Wiltshire (HSSW) provides support to families with young children under five, who are struggling to cope for a range of reasons, including social disadvantage, ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£6,500 01/04/2019
The isolation felt by many women with young children can be profound. It can lead to depression, anxiety and an inability to engage with others. The building of social networks is the basis of how ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£3,250 01/04/2019
The isolation felt by many women with young children can be profound. It can lead to depression, anxiety and an inability to engage with others. The building of social networks is the basis of how ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Reaching Out
£6,500 21/11/2018
Homestart South Wiltshire supports families with at least one child under the age of 5, who are struggling to cope in times of hardship or distress, through trained home-visiting volunteers. Funding ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Wiltshire
£3,000 02/07/2018
Homestart South Wiltshire supports families with at least one child under the age of 5, who are struggling to cope in times of hardship or distress, through trained home-visiting volunteers. Funding ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Reaching Out
£10,000 25/04/2018
Homestart South Wiltshire supports families with at least one child under the age of 5, who are struggling to cope in times of hardship or distress, through trained home-visiting volunteers. Funding ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Wiltshire
£16,000 26/04/2013
Home-Start South Wiltshire provides home visiting support to families with a child under 5. This grant will provide support to families with complex issues living in the most deprived areas of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-77
  • MIRANDA BEEBE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Volunteer Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/2004, number: 1105978
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/09/2004, number: 05230455
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suite 204
Warner House
123 Castle Street
SALISBURY
SP1 3TB

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 CHILDRENC) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTH WILTSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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