Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

HOME-START LORN 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 36 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £70,199 £62,349 £91,917 £121,305 £114,958 £253,524
Charitable activities spending £171,754
Fundraising costs 1%
Other spending £1,132
Total spending £71,554 £73,827 £68,296 £71,647 £100,586 £176,190
Surplus/deficit -£1,355 -£11,478 £23,621 £49,658 £14,372 £77,334
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Argyll And Bute
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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
Henry Smith Charity£184,600
National Lottery Community Fund£97,500
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£45,000
William Grant Foundation£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Robertson Trust£24,000
Corra Foundation£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Lomond Family & Community Engagement
£7,500 21/06/2023
This group will use the funding to support groups and activities for up to 40 families engaged with their Helensburgh and Lomond service.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Lorn
£94,600 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing home-visiting and group support for vulnerable families with at least one child under the age of 5 in Oban ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Home-Start Lorn: Making Families Healthier, Happier, Safer
£45,000 26/05/2022
We are looking for a contribution towards our core costs over the next three years so that we can continue to offer a lifeline service to vulnerable young families in our rural community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Resilient Families
£90,000 16/02/2021
35
This group will use the funding to sustain their support service targeted at vulnerable young families in the Oban area and the islands of Mull and Iona. The service supports families with at least ....more
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2021-22
£45,000 09/12/2020
24
Unrestricted funding for this family support charity working in North Argyll and Mull. Keywords: early years
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 15/10/2019
Home-Visiting Support
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Lorn
£90,000 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Oban and Lorn, Argyll and the Isle of Mull
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/394
£4,500 01/06/2019
Towards the training and travel expenses
Robertson Trust - Running Costs
£24,000 30/05/2019
Running Costs
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/273
£4,000 07/06/2018
Towards the costs of travel and training.
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/431
£3,000 02/06/2016
towards the salary costs of the Senior Coordinator?s salary
Robertson Trust - the running costs of Home-Start Lorn
£36,000 31/10/2015
the running costs of Home-Start Lorn
National Lottery Community Fund - Mull Development
£108,649 18/04/2014
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 29-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/01/1988, number: SC000783
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2005, number: SC280866
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 64 days late,
Main office

15 Lochside Street, PA34 4HP

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 within the area of Lorn and its environs.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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