Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE

Home-Start South Leicestershire offers support, friendship & practical help to parents with young children (at least one under 5) who are experiencing difficulties. We respond to families needs through a combination of home-visiting support from volunteers, group work and courses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 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
31/03/23£316£276£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£214£225£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£228£219£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£198£193£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£172£167£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£148£142£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£147£147£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£144£149£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£155£151£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£148£149£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£150£142£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£182£184£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£187£191£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£247£186£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£128£134£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£116£116£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£97£94£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£80£94£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.home-startsouthleics.org.uk

info@home-startsouthleics.org.uk

01858467982

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
National Lottery Community Fund£114,311
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
DCMS£33,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
Henry Smith Charity£10,000
Wates Family Enterprise Trust£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,823
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Light Touch Group Grant - Home-Start South Leicestershire
£5,000 30/04/2024
This grant will be used to support the first 4 months cost of our Home-Visiting service within our Family Know-How Project (supporting healthy lifestyles) in 2024-25 to ensure we can continue to offer the service while we wait for confirmation of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£1,030 21/10/2023
We want to deliver two more courses for families to help them develop healthy lifestyles – especially in terms of good nutrition and cooking from scratch on a very tight budget.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£10,000 21/09/2023
towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing volunteer based support for families with young children in Harborough District, South Leicestershire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/08/2023
Application for core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Financial First Aid
£9,099 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to provide families with financial and housing emergency support during the current cost of living crisis. The project aims to divert families from a crisis position with one-to-one support using new tools and advice guides ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Natal Illness Home-Visiting
£95,212 26/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue to provide Home Visiting Support to families where Post-Natal Illness has been diagnosed or suspected for one or more of the primary carers in the family. The service forms part of a wider support package for ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£1,391 22/10/2022
We would like to run 2-6 week courses for parents, to help them to manage their mental health better and improve their mental wellbeing (with a crèche provided).
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 18/02/2022
24
Home-Start South Leicestershire - Delivery Revenue Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Group Support
£10,000 14/01/2022
The group will use the funding to provide support groups for families to help improve community togetherness and reduce social isolation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£1,403 23/10/2021
Provide courses for parents who struggle to prepare family meals on a budget to help them learn to choose healthy ingredients at a reasonable cost with minimal stress.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 26/02/2021
24
Home-Start South Leicestershire - Delivery Revenue Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,000 15/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 04/09/2019
Home-Start South Leicestershire - Revenue Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£4,571 19/11/2018
Money will provide courses for families with new babies and very young children where the mother has been diagnosed with Post Natal Illness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family PNI Project
£6,968 20/07/2018
12
This funding will be used to deliver a training course that is designed to support parents who are experiencing the effects of post-natal illness. The project aims to improve levels of wellbeing and encourage positive child development.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£72,961 22/03/2018
36
The grant will support the charity to deliver support for single parents across Harborough (Leicestershire) providing both one to one support and group work.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Invest grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£24,320 22/03/2018
12
Continutation grant over one year to Home-Start South Leicestershire under the Invest funding programme
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 21/02/2018
Support, friendship and practical help through volunteer home visits to families from disadvantaged backgrounds who have young children.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£109,297 09/02/2017
36
Play and Stay groups will support children and families living in social disadvantage and rural isolation. Children will have increased confidence to play, improved relationships and improved social interaction.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South Leicestershire
£18,000 16/03/2015
24
towards two years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Leicestershire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-77
  • ALISON LOUISE DYKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • ANNA BUCKLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Department Head, Finance Sector
  • DARREN MARK CARTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager
  • HEATHER FIONA LENDON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: None
  • JUDITH ANN HARTLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • KEITH LEONARD CHAFFER Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Main Carer
  • MARGARET KALLOW Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • REBECCA JAYNE RUSCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • SARAH JAYNE SALTINSTALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2005, number: 1107504
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/2004, number: 05299096
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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHARITY OF ANN TUCKEY on 02/11/2021
Main office

HOME START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
121 COVENTRY ROAD
MARKET HARBOROUGH
LE16 9BY

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 AREA OF HARBOROUGH DISTRICT AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE AREA OF HARBOROUGH DISTRICT AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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