Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

HOME START NORTHAMPTON 

HOME-START NORTHAMPTON PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON - RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME IN SITUATIONS AS DIVERSE AS ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, MULTIPLE BIRTHS, ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR WHO ARE JUST FINDING PARENTING A STRUGGLE. THEY PROVIDE NON-JUDGEMENTAL, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 17 years

homestartinwestnorthamptonshire.org.uk

admin@homestart-northampton.org.uk

01604627692

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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£123£157£-35n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/22£155£108£47n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£178£120£58n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£105£122£-17n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/19*£92£106£-14n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/18*£115£110£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£108£101£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£117£95£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£113£115£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£108£123£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£111£117£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£117£113£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£126£112£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£97£110£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£109£105£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£140£61£79£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 28 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,

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
BBC Children in Need£76,426
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£7,679
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - “Triage”: Timely Family Support to Struggling Families
£10,000 22/09/2023
The funding will be used to create a ‘triage’ support service for struggling families with young children. The project aims to provide rapid support to families in need allowing the group to ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Home-Start Northampton: Volunteer-led Home-Visiting Support to Struggling Local Families
£5,000 02/05/2023
We would like to train our home-visiting volunteers in emotional wellbeing and mental health first aid, to be able to better support local vulnerable families with at least one child under 5 to live ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - outdoor activities for vulnerable families
£2,679 03/12/2021
outdoor activities for vulnerable families
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Northampton
£76,426 10/08/2021
This project will provide volunteer support to families living in an area of local deprivation in Northampton. Outcomes include improved skills, increased physical wellbeing and improved social ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Northampton
£5,147 19/11/2018
Help us train a further 20 Volunteers to support over 120 people every year and prevent family crisis.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 24/07/2017
Core Funding - 3 Years
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Northampton
£105,000 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Northamptonshire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2006, number: 1116665
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/2006, number: 05836827
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; AR19: 47 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR14: 6 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR10: 5 days late, AR08: 2 days late,
Main office

MARTIN HOUSE
24 HAZELWOOD ROAD
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 1LN

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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