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 SOUTH AND WEST DEVON LTD 

The principal object is to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children. This is achieved by the home family support of families in need with at least one child under 12 working with volunteers. Its area of work is defined as within Plymouth, Torbay, South Hams and West Devon.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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£237£248£-11n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/03/22£250£256£-6n/an/an/an/an/a68
31/03/21£389£227£162n/an/an/an/an/a92
31/03/20£273£276£-3n/an/an/an/an/a115
31/03/19£245£223£21n/an/an/an/an/a108
31/03/18£205£234£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£258£224£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£199£133£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£70£90£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£84£120£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£163£152£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£143£143£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£160£127£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£134£130£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£124£110£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£72£69£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£45£58£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£101£53£48£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.homestart-southandwestdevon.org.uk

homestart.shpt@gmail.com

01752 249740

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Early years interventions
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 52 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£500,000
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
DCMS£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Devon Community Foundation£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Own My Life
£4,500 11/10/2021
5
Digital support programme for survivors of domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Families
£500,000 15/01/2021
60
The organisation will offer families with a child under 18 access to a trained supportive peer mentoring volunteer with lived experience of parenting. The volunteers will provide emotional support ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,000 05/10/2020
"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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South & West Devon
£120,000 19/03/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of West Devon and South Hams
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 15/11/2019
Connecting Families
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Families - Torbay
£249,933 30/08/2018
25
The funding will continue the peer support network for families with at least one child aged under twelve in Plymouth and across rural Devon. It will continue the established Homestart provision of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting families
£205,412 14/02/2018
24
The funding will be used to provide one-to-one volunteer mentoring support for families with children. The project aims to strengthen family relationships, improve mental health and allow families to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Volunteers
£10,000 08/02/2017
12
This group’s training infrastructure for volunteers will be improved with the funding. Support will be given to volunteers who help people that are living in a rurally isolated area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones Torbay
£159,398 22/10/2015
24
Stepping Stones Torbay
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones South & West Devon
£370,840 17/06/2015
36
Home-Start South Hams, Plymouth and Tavistock (HSSHPT) will be developing and expanding their work to support families with children under 12. It will also expand into currently unsupported rural ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South Hams, Plymouth and Tavistock
£105,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in rural and deprived areas of Devon
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South Hams
£18,000 25/10/2013
The charity helps young families across Plymouth,south and west Devon. It seeks support for the Plymouth area project and volunteer co-ordinator. She helps young families with problems to deal with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones-South Hams and Tavistock
£120,000 10/05/2011
36
The project will offer one to one support to families, through trained volunteers, to assist them in accessing community services, shopping, cooking, emotional support and help looking after ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones Plymouth
£264,477 09/06/2010
36
This new project supports families with a child under five in Plymouth through the provision of one-to-one support. The project will take place in Plympton, Plymstock and north west Plymouth. A ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/02/2005, number: 1108077
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/01/2005, number: 05331020
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; AR10: 1 days late,
Main office

Rees Youth & Community Centre
Mudge Way
Plymouth
PL7 2PS

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 SOUTH HAMS AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH HAMS AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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