Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

HOME-START BLACKMORE VALE

Home-Start Blackmore Vale helps build better lives for children. It supports isolated, struggling and vulnerable families either in their own homes, or through group work. The family must have a least one child under 5 years. The support enables them to cope with difficulties through a network of trained volunteers who work with the family according to their individual needs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£181£146£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£115£104£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£96£100£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£110£80£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£66£95£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18?£51£43£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£32£61£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£107£66£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£33£65£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£82£59£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£61£53£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£58£49£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£70£3£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.homestartblackmorevale.org.uk

office@homestartblackmorevale.org.uk

01258473038

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£66,000
National Lottery Community Fund£52,286
Postcode Local Trust£20,000
Dorset Community Foundation£13,400
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Allen Lane Foundation£10,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£3,300
DCMS£3,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£600 30/10/2023
Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North Dorset
£1,019 21/10/2023
We will offer local families with at least one child under 5 a local walking group. This is open to parents or carers who want to get fresh air and meet other parents.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale
£66,000 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support for families with a young child/children in Dorset.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale
£2,000 09/05/2023
0
Purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged families in North Dorset
Somerset Community Foundation - Setting up a new Home-Start Service in South Somerset to provide vital practical and emotional support
£3,000 28/02/2023
Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale (previously Home-Start North Dorset)
Dorset Community Foundation - Future Proofing Families North Dorset
£5,000 06/02/2023
To support the recruitment, training and supervision of new volunteers to help meet increasing demand – volunteer led support for families in crisis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 16/12/2022
Early years family support North Dorset
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale (previously Home-Start North Dorset
£2,400 01/12/2022
Core costs for charity supporting vulnerable families in crisis, where there is at least 1 child under age 5
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Proofing Families Sturminster North Dorset
£9,835 04/11/2022
The funding will be used to restart a weekly support group for families who are facing challenges and have young children. The project aims to provide practical and emotional support which will improve confidence social networks mental wellbeing and ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start Blackmore Vale - 27/09/22
£2,300 24/10/2022
Core Funding
Postcode Local Trust - Increasing our core capacity.
£20,000 27/09/2022
We have used this funding to increase our staff capacity and grow services in order to meet high demand from struggling families.
Dorset Community Foundation - Core Funding
£3,000 14/03/2022
Core costs for charity supporting families with children under age 5, experiencing crisis
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale (previously Home-Start North Dorset
£3,000 25/11/2021
Core funding for charity supporting vulnerable families in crisis, where there is at least 1 child under age 5
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Home-Start Blackmore Vale
£10,000 05/11/2021
24
£10,000 over two years (£5,000 pa) towards training and related costs for volunteers to support families affected by domestic abuse
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start North Dorset - 26/05/21
£1,000 23/06/2021
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Walking with families
£4,000 06/04/2021
The funding will be used to establish a walking group to provide support to families with young children.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,100 25/09/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Dorset - Emergency Covid19 Response
£38,451 04/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to enable the project to operate during Covid-19 and meet an increased demand for services. Specifically the funding will allow the project to help families experiencing food poverty as a result of lockdown; support families ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start North Dorset
£3,822 29/11/2017
We want to provide activity days and a Rapid Response Service for families during the school holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start North Dorset
£10,000 11/11/2010
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Dorset. They will use funding to set up a local home-start branch in north Dorset, where there is currently no provision. This will provide families in the area with access to information and advice.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANN MARIE KAMPF Appointed: 2024
  • GABRIELLE GRAZEBROOK Appointed: 2024
  • LADY CAROLINE SALT Appointed: 2018
  • PAUL MACKENZIE Appointed: 2021
  • PETER DUKE Appointed: 2021
  • SUSAN MORGAN Appointed: 2022
  • CORINNA GOLDMAN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/10/2010, number: 1138382
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 11/23/2022, current status: Small charity
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sherborne Town Council
The Manor House
Newland
SHERBORNE
Dorset
DT9 3JL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) TO SUPPORT YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES B) TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS/CARERS OF CHIDLRENC) TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN D) TE RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN E) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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