Home-Start Suffolk

Registered charity 1105001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START IN SUFFOLK, HOME-START SUFFOLK COASTAL, HOME-START SUFFOLK; EAST IPSWICH & COASTAL

Home-Start in Suffolk l believes that every parent should have the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life. Through our team of volunteers we provide support, friendship and practical help to any family who is going through a difficult time.The scheme also provides family group services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £132,890, increasing its total net assets to £903,446. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified regarding future operations.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05169779

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start Suffolk (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).

• Anglia Care Trust — “Funder and friends Specialises in preventative, community-based services, giving people the stability, support and challenge, which is often…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILCOCK, Susan Angela — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• AMES, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• BIRD, Hayley — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• HODGSON, Anthony — director, appointed 30/01/2025on trustee list
• GOSS, Alexander — director, appointed 18/07/2024on trustee list
• PORTER, Julia Marguerite — director, appointed 24/04/2024on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Anne — director, appointed 24/04/2024on trustee list
• FLAHERTY, Ruth, Dr — director, appointed 24/04/2024on trustee list
• RICKARDS, Anna — director, appointed 29/07/2020on trustee list
• THACKER, Robert Martin — director, appointed 03/08/2018on trustee list
• FLAHERTY, Ruth, Dr — secretary, appointed 30/01/2025

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (53% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Thackerchair
• Alexander Goss
• Anna Rickards
• Anne Richardson
• Anthony Hodgson
• Dr Ruth Flaherty
• Hayley Bird
• Julia Porter
• Rebecca Ames
• Susan Wilcock

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

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 UK income £5.2m
• HOME-START EAST SURREY income £224k
• HOME START NORTHAMPTON income £180k
• HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER income £434k
• HOME-START LONDON income £195k

Side by side with its peers

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