HOME-START ASHFORD & DISTRICT
Registered charity 1105541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START ASHFORD
To provide support and friendship for families with young children.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £36,900 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £182,124. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate against their policy target of six months' general expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity will remain in good financial health over the next 12 months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: none
“Our biggest funders, continue to be The Henry Smith Charity, The Frank Brake Charitable Trust, and The Big Lottery.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months general expenditure (held: £182k)
“As of March 2025, the Trustees consider it appropriate to aim to hold reserves equivalent to 6 months general expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
- Lucy Ann Stoatechair
- Alexandra Reid
- Giovanna Gandolfo
- Jeremy David Evans
- Julie Clare Blake
- Katherine Amber Pauley
- Katy Elizabeth Weston
- Moya Ann Somerscales
- NORMA SMYTH
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOME-START ASHFORD & DISTRICT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £36,900 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £182,124. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate against their policy target of six months' general expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity will remain in good financial health over the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START ASHFORD & DISTRICT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START ASHFORD & DISTRICT as a grant recipient include FRANK BRAKE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PIKE STAR FOUNDATION, THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST.
Known funders
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