Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 15

HOME-START CEREDIGION

To support families throughout ceredigion who are under stress and have at least 1 child under 5 years of age

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 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

Established: 19 years

homestartuk.org

01570218546

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£254	£255	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22	*	£160	£176	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/21		£256	£191	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/20		£228	£204	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/19	*	£165	£160	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/18		£132	£126	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£118	£126	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£124	£118	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£68	£106	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£135	£110	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£113	£101	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£115	£80	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£60	£64	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£59	£63	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£129	£118	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£99	£96	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£99	£96	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£40	£43	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Ceredigion,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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	£106,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Co-Operative Group	£5,048

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Home-Start Ceredigion
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Building a Brighter Future Together
£500,000	27/01/2022 60	Over five years Home-Start Ceredigion will use £500000 to build on the organisation’s existing work. They will offer group support to provide a safe environment for families to gain confidence in ....more Over five years Home-Start Ceredigion will use £500000 to build on the organisation’s existing work. They will offer group support to provide a safe environment for families to gain confidence in social situations online services to maintain regular contact with families and support to help children start their school life. Volunteer home-visits and fast response support will respond to and support families in crisis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Ceredigion
£5,048	23/10/2021	We would like to support vulnerable families within the community to access food vouchers to be able to purchase perishable and frozen food items.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Ceredigion
£50,000	08/09/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Home-Start Ceredigion
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Ceredigion
£106,500	11/08/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support to families with young children from disadvantaged communities in Ceredigion.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/03/2021	Supporting Families
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Plus
£481,113	27/07/2018 36	Home-Start Plus
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/07/2018	Main Grants award
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Ceredigion
£29,822	08/05/2018 36	This project will support the development of children who need additional support. They will increase their concentration, be enabled to play with others, and increase their basic educational skills.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Ceredigion
£3,908	04/08/2017	Help offer much-needed support when families face crisis & prevent social service involvement with early intervention & advice groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Ceredigion Fast Response Service
£245,050	29/01/2015 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Rural Families
£213,631	27/07/2011 48	The project will allow the organisation to provide support for vulnerable families experiencing stress, isolation and difficulties in rural areas of Ceredigion. This will be achieved by recruiting ....more The project will allow the organisation to provide support for vulnerable families experiencing stress, isolation and difficulties in rural areas of Ceredigion. This will be achieved by recruiting and training volunteers to support families in their own homes and facilitating family support groups in rural areas. The three year grant will fund four part-time posts a Scheme Administrator, Scheme Organiser, Volunteer Officer and Group Co-ordinator.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-73

ANNWEN BELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

FELICITY SMART Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JANE THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeship: ABERYSTWYTH RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION,

MARY EILEEN DAVIES Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Farmer

MIRIAM MENHENNETT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charitee Trustee

JANET YOUNG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Educational Needs Coordinator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2005, number: 1110771
Registered at Companies House on 03/05/2005, number: 05441452

Gift Aid

NOT 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; AR22: 3 days late, AR19: 32 days late, AR16: 37 days late, AR10: 145 days late, AR07: 35 days late, AR06: 27 days late,

Main office

First Floor
37 High Street
Lampeter
SA48 7AW

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 CEREDIGION AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CEREDIGION AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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