Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

HOME-START (COTSWOLDS) LTD 

The charity recruits and trains volunteers to provide free support, friendship and practical help to families with at least one child under five, visiting them regularly in their own homes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 19 years

home-start-cotswolds.co.uk

office@home-start-cotswolds.org.uk

01285885391

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£122£126£-5n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/22£139£111£28n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/21*£106£90£15n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/20£97£100£-3n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£82£94£-12n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/03/18£72£82£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£70£74£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£67£72£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£81£70£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£85£89£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£91£84£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£83£89£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£77£88£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£74£80£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£89£72£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£84£60£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£71£36£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£24£3£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 46 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,

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
Barnwood Trust£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£6,940
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000 19/10/2021
Visiting support for families
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/04/2019
Support for Families
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£6,940 01/04/2019
The Mums who are accepted on to the Reconnect Group are all experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues; including, anxiety, low mood, postnatal depression and feelings of isolation. The Group ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Cotswolds
£8,000 07/12/2017
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towards two years' salary of the Co-ordinator of a Home-Start in a rurally isolated area of Gloucestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Cotswolds
£5,000 14/03/2013
towards one year's salary of the Co-ordinator at a Home-Start in a disadvantaged area of Gloucestershire

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2005, number: 1110632
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2005, number: 05468592
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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR21: 45 days late,
Main office

Cirencester Baptist Church
Chesterton Lane
CIRENCESTER
Gloucestershire
GL7 1YE

Objectives

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 COTSWOLDS AND ITS ENVIRONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

COTSWOLDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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