HOME-START NORTH EAST WORCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1098709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start North East Worcestershire works in the areas of Bromsgrove and Redditch Local Authorities with families who have a child up to the age of eighteen. The charity provides volunteers and support workers who support the whole family. Work undertaken is done in conjunction with both statutory and non-statutory organisations in the area.

Objects

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 THE CHILDCARE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Redditch, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is relatively secure, with total funds of £60,152 at the end of the year. However, the trustees note that securing additional funding is important for ongoing viability and that the reserves policy target was not met due to difficulties in obtaining unrestricted funds. The charity continues to provide services despite uncertainty regarding its premises.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start NE Worcestershire (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Worcestershire Public Health — “We have secured funding from Worcestershire Public Health to offer a Peeps Programme through the summer holidays.” (source page)
• Masonic Charitable Foundation — “Big thank you to the Masonic Charitable Foundation for their grant to support children who are struggling emotionally, socially and educatio…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison James
• Caroline Hall
• Elaine Pemberton
• Jo-Anne Hunt
• MISS J GREEN
• Teresa Custance

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

• HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £270k
• HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE income £279k
• HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD income £125k
• Home Start Warrington and Cheshire income £448k
• HOME-START COUNTY BOROUGH OF WREXHAM income £297k
• Home-Start in East Lancashire income £391k

Side by side with its peers

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