HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE

Registered charity 1105978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE OFFERS FRIENDSHIP AND INFORMAL SUPPORT TO PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, SO THAT EVERY CHILD CAN HAVE A GOOD START IN LIFE.

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 CHILDRENC) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTH WILTSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Area of benefit: WILTSHIRE

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£140k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,033 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £42,062. The trustees confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, noting that while the company is dependent on funder support, they consider this support to continue. No material uncertainties or serious governance failures are disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“No employee earned more than £50,000.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The company is dependent on the support of funders and the executive council consider that this support will continue to be available. The going concern basis is therefore believed to be appropriate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 26

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 21
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£140k£91k
31/03/2024£140k£91k
31/03/2023£51k£73k
31/03/2022£54k£65k
31/03/2021£80k£56k

Common questions

Is HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £49,033 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £42,062. The trustees confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, noting that while the company is dependent on funder support, they consider this support to continue. No material uncertainties or serious governance failures are disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £50,000 band.

Who funds HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON, THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2022£15kGrants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kGeneral donation
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government05/10/2023£10kCovenant Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2023£162kSupporting Families
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£10kSupporting Families
UK government30/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£6kHome-Start South Wiltshire - Training for Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2006£2kTo Organise two fun days
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2005£2kcomputer & equipment

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 WILTSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE£140kUnder £50,0000unclear—noted
HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£279kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt
HOME-START HEREFORDSHIRE FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START SOUTHERN OXFORDSHIRE FY2026£299k—0below—no doubt
Home-Start Warwickshire FY2025£215k——no_policy—no doubt
HOME-START SOUTH WEST KENT FY2025£189k—0above—no doubt

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