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SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK)

Registered charity 1084696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

School-Home Support's vision is that every child has the support they need to thrive and achieve. We work to make this vision a reality by helping disadvantaged, vulnerable and disaffected children overcome barriers to learning through the support of highly-trained, independent workers in schools and through training and consultancy services around our best practice.

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Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. While free reserves fell significantly below the trustees' stated policy target, the filing notes that deferred income and healthy cash balances provide reassurance for the near future. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £546,998 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“The total employee benefits (including employer pension costs and employer national insurance contributions) of the key management personnel were £546,998 (2024: £479,222).” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 7
“The total employee benefits (including employer pension costs and employer national insurance contributions) of the key management personnel were £546,998” — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and Grants (65% of income)
“Donations and Grants: £1,939,959 (65% of total income)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between £300K and £743K (held: £65k)
“They determined that the Charity should ensure it maintains free reserves between £300K and £743K” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — School-Home Support (SHS) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£594k
Reserves (reported)
£65k
Employees
78

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Blackpool · Bradford City · East Sussex · Kent · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£3.0m£3.3m
31/08/2024£3.4m£3.8m
31/08/2023£2.3m£3.0m
31/08/2022£3.3m£3.1m
31/08/2021£3.7m£2.7m

Common questions

Is SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. While free reserves fell significantly below the trustees' stated policy target, the filing notes that deferred income and healthy cash balances provide reassurance for the near future. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £546,998 band, and 7 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK) as a grant recipient include STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATIONFY2026£75kFor 12-months to support core costs. School Home Support works to improve low attendance in schools through whole family support and services for schools.
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£23k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£17k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£5kPoverty
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE RAINFORD TRUSTFY2022£1kEducational

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government24/08/2020£15kVSCE CMC Fund
City Bridge Foundation26/03/2020£109kGrant to School-Home Support
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2016£10kReady for School: support for parents from disadvantaged backgrounds
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2006£44kTransfer of ML/2/01066358
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£4k'High Adventure' Residential

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHK Foundation2£30k
Young K&C1—
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£2.0m
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£1.0m
AVRA FOUNDATION1£1.0m
THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED1£575k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£500k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£500k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Home-Start Berkshire East.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SCHOOL-HOME SUPPORT SERVICE (UK)£3.0m£546,9987unclear—no doubt
Home-Start Berkshire East FY2025£303k—0unclear—no doubt
AllChild FY2025£7.3m——above—no doubt
FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD FY2025£2.3m—0below—no doubt
HOME-START (COTSWOLDS) LTD FY2026£164k—0above—no doubt
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.