Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

HOME-START YORK

a) Safeguarding, protecting and preserving the good health, both mental and physical, of children and parents of childrenb) Preventing cruelty to or maltreatment of childrenc) Relieving sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of childrend) Promoting the education of the public in better standards of childcare within the area of York and its environs.

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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	£79	£134	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£146	£111	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£121	£124	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£176	£133	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£149	£126	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£63	£70	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£61	£61	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£53	£61	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

homestartyork.org

support@homestartyork.org

07519 976946

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of York,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

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

Two Ridings Community Foundation	£12,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£10,000
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust	£4,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,682
Crowdfunder	£2,510
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start York
£3,682	21/10/2023	Coordinated by experienced staff and volunteers, funding will sustain our weekly Baby-Start group; supporting new parents in York referred with perinatal mental health, isolation and loneliness needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting York's families
£10,000	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a family support home-visit service including practical guidance mentoring and financial advice to parents with young children. The project aims to help participants overcome challenges and build resilience to ....more The funding will be used to deliver a family support home-visit service including practical guidance mentoring and financial advice to parents with young children. The project aims to help participants overcome challenges and build resilience to improve their parenting strengths and mental wellbeing.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,510	05/05/2022	Covid response
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start York - 01/03/21
£1,000	17/03/2021	Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	18/08/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid 19
£10,000	20/05/2020	Funding for staff costs and equipment to develop a telephone support service for vulnerable or disadvantaged families.
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - Recruiting & Training Volunteers to Support York Families in Stress
£4,000	05/05/2020	To recruit, train and support a new cohort of home-visiting volunteers
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000	02/04/2020	Covid-19. Funding towards phone and online support for vulnerable families.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£700	13/11/2018	Towards core costs.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Supporting Families in York with children under six years of age
£4,624	17/05/2018	To train volunteers to help families in stress to develop coping strategies and increase resilience to manage their situation
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Home-Start York
£10,000	03/05/2018	Funding to appoint a Fundraising Worker for a project that supports families in York with children under the age of 6 years, who may be experiencing difficulties or are in need of support after becoming a parent.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Support to families with children under the age of 5
£5,000	01/11/2016	To fund a support scheme for families with children under 5, offering practical and emotional support

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-76

DR SARAH LOUISE BLOWER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Research Fellow

JANE KEEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Teacher

JESS HARRISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: In Memory And Legacy Marketing Officer

LESLEY MARGARET MURPHY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PENELOPE ANNE HEPTONSTALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SAMANTHA LYNN BEARDSLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Group Head Of Internal Audit

SANDRA FURBY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

VAL BOWMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Finance & Admin

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2015, number: 1161151
Registered at Companies House on 04/03/2015, number: 09471420

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Gatehouse
49 Cemetery Road
YORK
YO10 5AJ

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 CAREPRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA OF THE CITY OF YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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