Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

HOME-START NORFOLK

Recruiting and training volunteers to visit families at home who have at least one child under 5 to offer support and friendship.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£415£380£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£474£512£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£356£448£-92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£494£435£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£399£441£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£224£567£-343n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£209£150£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£209£150£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£172£144£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£178£135£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£95£122£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£125£99£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£120£94£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£118£106£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£166£139£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£125£144£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£160£133£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£169£167£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.homestartnorfolk.org

admin@homestartnorfolk.org

01603 977040

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
National Lottery Community Fund£140,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
Ministry of Defence£35,000
Postcode Places Trust£19,447
Norfolk Community Foundation£18,790
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 08/11/2023
36
Empowering Families To Thrive
Norfolk Community Foundation - Increasing opportunities and reducing isolation in Great Yarmouth
£18,790 12/07/2023
To host 2 opportunities for volunteering. 1= 5 session training course to become committed home-visitors. 2= one off occasions to volunteer with their fundraising group.
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£19,447 01/05/2023
Funding facilitated weekly support programmes to build emotional resilience in new parents experiencing poor mental health and wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Norfolk
£180,000 08/02/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for vulnerable families with young children who are struggling with multiple and complex challenges in Norfolk.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/04/2022
Home-Start Norfolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Right from the Start - our impact and Covid
£140,000 14/03/2022
The project is using funding to supports family health wellbeing and resilience. The project aims to reduces isolation and loneliness and improves parental/child attachment in some extremely vulnerable communities across the county.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 24/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Norfolk
£869 23/10/2021
To build resilience in vulnerable families with young children in our community by inspiring, enabling, and empowering parents to make positive life changes.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 09/10/2020
Home-Start Norfolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Right from the Start
£493,768 01/11/2017
36
This group will develop a project, which following a merger of the five Norfolk-based Home-Starts to form Home-Start Norfolk, will help young disadvantaged families to improve relationships, health and well-being, and future life chances through ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Norwich
£26,600 28/03/2014
This charity supports disadvantaged families. Their work with families with a disabled child will enhance the development of independence for the child and empower parents to feel confident in accessing support and managing their child's needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Norwich
£286,606 30/05/2013
48
This four year project is an expansion and continuation which aims to improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of children and families in Norwich; strengthen parent child relationships and reduce isolation through developing wider ....more
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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: 28-65
  • ANITA CAROLINE MILLAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Independence Advisor
  • CLAIRE MCDOUGALL-RICHARDS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • DAVID LEFEVRE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director
  • JOANNE CREASER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health Visitor
  • LORNA ANN TOWNSEND Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer
  • LYNNE JANNETTE STABLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • MATTHEW HECTOR Appointed: 2024
  • NIALL ALEXANDER MCCLELLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2004, number: 1106362
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/2004, number: 05196432
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 04/29/2022, current status: Small charity
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR08: 26 days late,
Main office

Swaffham Community Centre
Campingland
SWAFFHAM
PE37 7RB

Objectives

(A)TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS TO 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 CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORWICH AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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