Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

HOME-START COLCHESTER, JAYWICK & CLACTON

Home-Start Colchester Jaywick and Clacton makes a real difference to the lives of children 0 - 14 years and their parents. We do this by offering bespoke family support to respond to requests for help. We invest in local people by providing training and volunteer opportunities so that together we can make a real difference.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased 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 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

Established: 17 years

www.homestartcolchester.org.uk

office@homestartcolchester.org.uk

01206 854625

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		£232	£213	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/22		£249	£235	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£198	£175	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£160	£174	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£196	£179	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£224	£179	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£151	£141	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£148	£140	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£144	£142	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£149	£139	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£94	£103	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£102	£93	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£89	£85	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£85	£75	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£92	£66	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£66	£60	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 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	£438,676
Essex Community Foundation	£35,330
DCMS	£14,000
Ministry of Defence	£9,025

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Plus
£149,758	30/08/2023	Funding will be used to continue a family support project in Colchester Jaywick and Clacton. The project aims to help people in vulnerable situations including poverty and health inequality through ....more Funding will be used to continue a family support project in Colchester Jaywick and Clacton. The project aims to help people in vulnerable situations including poverty and health inequality through home visits support groups and children’s activities.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
£1,100	30/03/2023	to provide a holiday for a Home-Start family
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
£1,000	04/08/2022	To provide a holiday for a Home-Start family
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
£1,080	19/05/2022	To provide a holiday for a Home-Start family
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
£1,000	24/03/2022	To provide a holiday for a Home-Start family
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester, Jaywick and Clacton
£12,000	10/02/2022	to provide counselling sessions as an addition to a family support service for families suffering from anxiety and stress especially post the pandemic
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,025	15/10/2021	For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Essex Community Foundation - Recipe4Heath
£5,000	21/12/2020	To run a project for disadvantaged children in Colchester teaching them how to be physically and mentally healthy
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,000	22/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Colchester
£4,250	31/03/2020	to provide emergency supplies to vulnerable families in need in Colchester and Clacton during the COVID19 pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Home - Start Plus
£288,918	02/03/2020 36	Home-Start aims to reduce isolation for children and increase access to improve aspirations and increase achievements. The project supports vulnerable parents, who struggle to manage changes, such as ....more Home-Start aims to reduce isolation for children and increase access to improve aspirations and increase achievements. The project supports vulnerable parents, who struggle to manage changes, such as benefit changes. Home-Start Plus service offers mentoring assistance to aid the reduction of escalation of need, resulting in more stable homes and better short-term and long-term positive outcomes for children and parents. The funding will be used to allow the project to continue for another three years.
Essex Community Foundation - Recipe4Heath
£9,900	27/09/2019 12	To run a project for disadvantaged children in Colchester teaching them how to be physically and mentally healthy
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Plus
£241,228	07/09/2016 36	Up to 120 families per year with children aged 0-11 will receive support through this project with various unmet needs, such as poor home management, developing healthier lifestyles and enhancing ....more Up to 120 families per year with children aged 0-11 will receive support through this project with various unmet needs, such as poor home management, developing healthier lifestyles and enhancing parenting skills. A skilled key worker will visit each family at home to discuss issues and begin to build levels of trust through the creation of a bespoke action plan tailored to the familyâ€™s specific needs. Emotional and practical support will be provided, building parentâ€™s confidence and self-esteem.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-82

GRAHAM CLARKE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Volunteer

MRS KELLIE NORRIS (Chair), Occupation: Union Representative Royal Col, Other trusteeship: ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT NURSE & COMMUNITY NURSE EDUCATORS,

MARILYN MARTIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee

PATRICIA VIOLET BAKER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

RUTH GILLIAN JACKSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Administrator

SHEILA ANN BRODIE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Educational Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2006, number: 1116639
Registered at Companies House on 13/02/2006, number: 05706756

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
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

16 returns made; AR10: 1 days late, AR08: 36 days late,

Main office

The Ark
Jack Andrews Drive
Highwoods
Colchester
ESSEX
CO4 9FF

Objectives

The charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are for the public benefit and are restricted to the following:(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 carewithin the area of Colchester and such parts of Essex as the trustees may from time to time decide.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS

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