HOME-START CYMRU FOR FAMILIES

Registered charity 1105577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START CARMARTHENSHIRE, HOME-START DINEFWR

Supporting families with young children who may be experiencing difficulties. Volunteers offering support in family home or in group setting. Parents benefit from support, friendship and practical help, from volunteers who have parenting experience. Service is free and confidential.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £129,644 for the year, which reduced its unrestricted reserves to £345,282. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of holding free reserves equal to three times their average monthly expenditure, a level they consider sufficient to continue operations despite funding pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start Cymru for Families (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).

• Anthony & Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement — “Charitable Trusts and Corporate Partners Anthony & Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR JONATHAN PHILIP RICHARDS FRCGPchair
• ANN WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Ravenscroft
• Helen Howson
• RUTH ANNETTE SINFIELD
• Sian Taylor

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Cardiff · Carmarthenshire · Denbighshire · Merthyr Tydfil · Monmouthshire · Neath Port Talbot · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 KERNOW.

• HOME-START KERNOW income £528k
• HOME-START UK income £5.2m
• HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £270k
• HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER income £434k
• HOME-START CORBY LIMITED income £144k
• HOME-START (COTSWOLDS) LTD income £164k

Side by side with its peers

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