Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HOME-START KNOWSLEY 

Home-Start Knowsley provides support to families with children under the age of 25, who are struggling to cope with difficulties and stress within family life. Working to the 'Early Help' framework, Home-Start Knowsley provides early intervention to support the family unit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • The Board is completely 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 19 years

www.homestartknowsley.org.uk

info@homestartknowsley.org.uk

01514803910

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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£249£277£-28n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/22£251£211£40n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/03/21£393£283£110n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/03/20£207£198£8n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19*£171£191£-19n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/03/18£231£230£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£225£256£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£329£278£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£263£232£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£225£183£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£197£166£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£178£163£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£167£157£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£225£196£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£193£199£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£192£239£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£170£185£-15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Knowsley,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 49 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
National Lottery Community Fund£717,338
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£20,000
BBC Children in Need£3,327
DCMS£3,327
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Northwood Support Worker
£6,899 11/08/2023
To provide a dedicated support worker for families in the Northwood area.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Northwood Support Worker
£13,101 23/06/2022
To extend the role of the support worker for Northwood families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving on with Home-Start
£299,831 19/03/2021
36
The project aims to offer families support in meeting challenges through a range of programmes which provide practical emotional and development support through tailored activities courses groups and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Knowsley
£3,327 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing costs, activity packs and technology to support children and young people living in deprived areas and isolated at home due to Covid-19. ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,327 25/05/2020
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving On
£39,787 04/05/2020
5
A project to support families with young children. Services have been adapted due to the COVID-19 crisis to include telephone support provision of emergency food parcels online information on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Start Knowlsey
£367,720 26/02/2020
The organisation aims to support families of children with additional needs with things such as budgeting, improving parenting skills and reinforcing the importance of routines and boundaries. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving on with Home-Start
£10,000 23/05/2019
12
The charity will continue to develop its outreach programme which aims to enhance the lives of families with small children by establishing individual support plans that help parents and children to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving on with Home-Start
£9,988 20/04/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide support for families across Knowsley with the aim of creating positive change and providing early intervention.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/04/2018
Moving on with Home-Start
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Knowsley (Ltd)
£14,000 01/04/2018
Towards the salary of the Scheme Manager
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Knowsley
£26,970 10/08/2017
36
This project will deliver holiday activities for children and young people who live in the Knowsley area of Liverpool. The project will focus on keeping children safe, providing food, teaching about ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Knowsley
£121,088 14/06/2017
36
The Big Hopes Big Futures School Readiness Project will work in Knowsley The project will deliver 8 week courses, working with children and young people to help get them "school ready" and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Start Through Home-Start
£419,817 16/12/2014
35
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Knowsley
£24,000 29/10/2012
the salaries of two Organisers
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Start through Home-Start
£286,428 15/06/2011
36
The scheme will provide free confidential support and friendship to families who have at least one child under the age of five, who are experiencing difficulties including social isolation, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-68
  • LOUISE JOHNSTON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Business Manager For 5 Boroughs
  • SARA HARRISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager Merseycare Nhs
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2005, number: 1107933
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/08/2004, number: 05197002
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
17 returns made; AR19: 27 days late, AR07: 111 days late,
Main office

Home Start Knowsley
55 Rupert Road
Huyton
Liverpool
L36 9TB

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 CHILD CARE. WITHIN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF KNOWSLEY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KNOWSLEY, MERSEYSIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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