Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Home-Start offers volunteer support to families in their own homes, parents supporting parents, helping them to get through a difficult time in their lives: loneliness, isolation, post-natal illness, domestic violence, poverty, inadequate housing, disability, family breakdown.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£223	£208	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/22	£173	£179	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74
31/03/21	£216	£139	£77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	89
31/03/20	£177	£187	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	83
31/03/19	£170	£293	£-123	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	124
31/03/18	£196	£235	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£217	£197	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£345	£322	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£318	£294	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£127	£126	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£126	£107	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£90	£120	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£109	£99	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£139	£103	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£133	£121	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£116	£124	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£120	£120	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£117	£122	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

http://www.homestartcambridgeshire.co.uk/

office@homestartcambridgeshire.co.uk

01480700242

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Early years interventions

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
85 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

Henry Smith Charity	£134,400
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
The Grocers' Charity	£14,058
DCMS	£11,742
Westminster Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,040
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£4,970
BBC Children in Need	£2,563

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Chesterton Group
£4,970	13/11/2023	to support families and children to socialise and providing communal activities for 30 people
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors
£9,040	07/10/2022	The funding will be used to support as many families as possible who have found the courage to leave an abusive relationship to build a better life for themselves and their children. The project ....more The funding will be used to support as many families as possible who have found the courage to leave an abusive relationship to build a better life for themselves and their children. The project aims to give emotional support to families signpost them to other specialist services if needed and help increase their confidence and self-esteem to cope on their own with their children.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£4,058	22/06/2022	towards programme costs to support more struggling families with volunteer home visiting.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£5,000	29/04/2022	Towards supporting families post covid
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	14/08/2020	A Better Start
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£10,000	21/07/2020 6	School Reediness Programme in Trumpington (covid-19)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,179	25/06/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£2,563	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - Grant for support and activity packs for children affected by Covid 19 and living in areas of deprivation and poverty. Support will reduce children's isolation and improve their wellbeing ....more COVID19 - Grant for support and activity packs for children affected by Covid 19 and living in areas of deprivation and poverty. Support will reduce children's isolation and improve their wellbeing and familal relationships.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,563	03/06/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£5,000	24/04/2020	Working to increase social mobility through training courses, better facilities or parenting support
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£134,400	19/03/2020 36	towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Cambridgeshire
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Cambridgeshire
£108,350	11/10/2016 36	This project will provide a range of home visiting support and a weekly support group for children experiencing poverty, deprivation, social isolation and mental health issues. Outcomes include ....more This project will provide a range of home visiting support and a weekly support group for children experiencing poverty, deprivation, social isolation and mental health issues. Outcomes include improved behaviour, improved health and access to support.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73

CHLOE VICTORIA HEATH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Entrepreneur

CLAIRE LOUISE HOATHER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant

FIONA JANE FINDLAY PIRIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Assistant

NINA RYAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Banking/Finance Professional

AARON VENABLES (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Marketing Director

JOANNA CARUTH STUDDERT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired Deputy Headteacher

MARGARET EVA CHALLIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: GRANTCHESTER VILLAGE HALL,

SUSAN MARY WILSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Tax Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2004, number: 1106007
Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2004, number: 05139596

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

04/04/2014 - Asset transfer in from HOME-START EAST CAMBS AND SOUTH FENLAND
04/04/2014 - Asset transfer in from HOME-START WEST CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND NORTH FENLAND

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
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

F103/104 Upper Pendrill Court
Ermine Street North
Papworth Everard
Cambridgeshire
CB23 3UY

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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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