Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

HOME-START CRAWLEY, HORSHAM AND MID-SUSSEX 

We provide emotional support and practical help to families with children under five in the districts of Horsham and Mid-Sussex and the borough of Crawley. Trained volunteers visit families each week to offer individualised support and we provide weekly support groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • 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: 14 years

www.homestartchams.org.uk

info@homestartchams.org.uk

01293416327

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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£235£192£43n/an/an/an/an/a58
31/03/22£164£171£-7n/an/an/an/an/a51
31/03/21£175£153£21n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/03/20£143£160£-18n/an/an/an/an/a54
31/03/19£154£152£2n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/03/18£152£132£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£218£209£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£229£230£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£206£216£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£214£188£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£171£144£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£184£154£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£295£181£114£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 58 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
BBC Children in Need£102,876
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Sussex Community Foundation£37,468
DCMS£34,930
Masonic Trust£15,000
Co-Operative Group£7,106
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£10,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards core and operational costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Chams
£1,255 21/10/2023
Crawley Toddle On Group is a relaxed, safe group for parents and children (18 months – 3 years) offering friendship and parenting advice with hands-on group support.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£9,968 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/05/2022
Brighter Futures for Local Children
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£5,000 17/11/2021
12
Funding was provided towards increased staff costs to meet demand.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Crawley Horsham and Mid Sussex
£2,513 23/10/2021
We run a weekly group for multiple-birth families in Crawley, where young twins and triplets, aged under five, can play and learn together.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 24/02/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 19/02/2021
Brighter Futures for Local Children
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex
£99,927 17/12/2020
This project will provide two weekly support groups for parents with very young children, living in families on low incomes. Children will improve their wellbeing, increase their confidence and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£5,000 19/11/2020
11
Funding was provided for staff costs to help with the increase of work involved in adapting to COVID restrictions.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£31,981 29/07/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex
£2,949 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional hours of a staff member to support young mums with parenting issues, isolated at home due to Covid-19. Young children will improve their social and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,949 28/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£2,500 14/04/2020
Home-Start aims to ensure that families have the support they need in order to develop and thrive wherever they live. Funding is a general appeal for support towards additional work which the current ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/11/2019
Brighter Futures for Local Children
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£5,000 18/11/2019
11
Funding was provided for volunteer training and supervision aswell as the costs of delivering a targeted support service for vulnerable young children - both within the family home and in their ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Twiglets Family Groups
£3,338 15/11/2019
We want to run weekly groups for local families with young twins and triplets, providing a special place to play and learn together.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start CHAMS
£5,000 16/11/2018
11
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 25/07/2018
Brighter Futures for Local Children
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley & Horsham Home-Start
£6,785 20/11/2017
11
Home-Start CHAMS transforms the life chances of vulnerable local children. They provide practical and emotional support to disadvantaged families with a child under the age of five years, through ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex
£98,808 06/08/2017
36
This project will provide outreach support to families with young children who are experiencing issues with social skills and transition to primary school. Children will communicate better, have fun ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 01/05/2017
Volunteer-led support for disadvantaged families with children under 5.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Crawley Horsham & Mid Sussex
£20,000 08/12/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing support to disadvantaged families with young children in Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start CHAMS
£294,043 03/09/2013
37
The primary aim of this project is to support care givers to meet their children's needs and ensure the children have more opportunities to reach their full potential. The project will train ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Crawley Horsham & Mid Sussex
£9,500 13/06/2012
24
towards two years' running costs of a Home-Start in a disadvantaged area of West Sussex
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to HomeStart Crawley, Horsham and Mid-Sussex
£24,800 03/02/2011
the salaries of the part time Co-ordinator (Crawley) , the Office Manager and the Scheme Manager, travel, training, insurance, governance and office costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2009, number: 1132506
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/08/2009, number: 06986358
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

HOME-START CHAMS
The Orchard
1-2 Gleneagles Court
Brighton Road
CRAWLEY

Objectives

(A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTALAND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. (B) TO PREVENTCRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN. (C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS,POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. (D) TOPROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CAREWITHIN THE AREA OF CRAWLEY, HORSHAM, MID-SUSSEX AND THEIR ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CRAWLEY, HORSHAM, MID-SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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