Overall GiG Score: -3 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2

    HOME-START NEWRY & MOURNE 

    The Objects of the Charity are: 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; principally but not exclusively within the area of Newry & Mourne and its environs.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    Established: 7 years

    homestartnewry@talk21.com

    Charity Commission for Northern IrelandCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Income £310,025 £335,329 £368,550 £408,396
    Spending £325,735 £306,724 £339,983 £405,017
    Surplus/deficit -£15,710 £28,605 £28,567 £3,379
    What it does
    • The prevention or relief of poverty, The advancement of education, The advancement of health or the saving of lives, The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Who works here?
    • 20 employees
    • 40 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Carers, Ethnic minorities, Learning disabilities, Mental health, Parents, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Sensory disabilities, Travellers, Unemployed/low income, Voluntary and community sector, Volunteers, Women
    How it operates
    • Advice/advocacy/information, Community development, Disability, Education/training, Medical/health/sickness, Playgroup/after schools, Relief of poverty, Research/evaluation, Volunteer development, Welfare/benevolent
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 01/07/2022
    Infant Mental Health Suite
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £7,500 14/09/2017
    Home Start - Family Support
    National Lottery Community Fund - Home Start Rapid Response Parenting Support Worker
    £178,206 31/05/2016
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    The Rapid Response Parenting Support Project is using a £178,206 grant to provide immediate support to families in crisis or at risk of crisis. The three-year project is working with families in ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 24/05/2017, number: NIC106050
    • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 0NI54546
    Main office

    Homestart, Ballybot House, 28 Corn Market, Newry, BT35 8BG

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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