HOME-START HILLINGDON

Registered charity 1100534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start Hillingdon befriends and supports families with children under 5, parent to parent,with the gifts of time, shared experience, dignity and mutual respect. Our aim is to help prevent family breakdown, to help families enjoy their children within happy and secure homes and to help them achieve their potential.

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Latest income

£320k

Latest spending

£309k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £320,364. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves were £60,955, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income)

“Charitable activities 3 206,090 98,086 304,176” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £61k; policy: £70,000)

“Our reserves balance is under our reserves level that we wish to have.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £7k

“As of this date the estimated employer debt for the charity was £6,651.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amardeep Nota
Astrid Weinmann
Bala Mere
Dhrutal Patel
Dr Julia Makinde
Helen Anastasi
Helen Davis
Lorraine Dorrington
Paula Ya'el Wittels · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter James · trustee of 1 other charity
Rashpal Singh Virdee
Sharena Sivilal

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

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£320k	£309k
31/03/2024	£267k	£264k
31/03/2023	£204k	£224k
31/03/2022	£222k	£202k
31/03/2021	£225k	£192k

Common questions

Is HOME-START HILLINGDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £320,364. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves were £60,955, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START HILLINGDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START HILLINGDON as a grant recipient include THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, THE TONY AND SHEELAGH WILLIAMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2026	£2k
THE TONY AND SHEELAGH WILLIAMS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/10/2025	£20k	Home-Start Hillingdon's Family Support Worker (FSW) Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/07/2025	£559k	Home-Start Hillingdon: Capacity Increase
Greater London Authority (GLA)	20/09/2023	£10k	CSR 3 Round 2 Capacity Building Grant
Greater London Authority	20/09/2023	£10k	CSR 3 Round 2 Capacity Building Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/09/2004	£124k	Transfer of MK/1/010091252