Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

HOME-START (ANGUS)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
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 £246,056
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £159,972 £195,838 £154,694 £195,067 £225,800 £252,923
Charitable activities spending £204,906
Fundraising costs
Other spending
Total spending £166,871 £191,199 £175,686 £179,042 £190,644 £204,906
Surplus/deficit -£6,899 £4,639 -£20,992 £16,025 £35,156 £48,017
Established: 30 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Angus
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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
Scottish Government£39,124
Foundation Scotland£5,000
DCMS£2,910
BBC Children in Need£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Angus
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Home-Start (Angus)
£5,000 04/08/2021
11
To contribute to the costs of recruiting and training an additional 10 community volunteers who will provide support to an additional 10 families over a one year period.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,910 29/05/2020
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
Scottish Government - Home-Start (Angus)
£39,124 12/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - "Bumps and Beyond"
£297,427 10/10/2014
60
Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 39-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/09/1994, number: SC023058
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/09/2003, number: SC256702
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

27 Hamilton Green, Arbroath, Angus, DD11 1JG

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established 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 childcare within the area of Angus and its environs.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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