HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Home-Start offers volunteer support to families in their own homes, parents supporting parents, helping them to get through a difficult time in their lives: loneliness, isolation, post-natal illness, domestic violence, poverty, inadequate housing, disability, family breakdown.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £153,045. The trustees note that these reserves are approximately £27,000 below their stated policy target of six months' staffing and office costs. However, the trustees believe the charity can continue as a going concern, citing secured funding and expected fundraising successes.
What the accounts disclose
“No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 in the period.” — page 16
“Unrestricted reserves were approximately £27,000 below this level at 31 March 2025. Reserves are below target levels” — page 7
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/04/2014)
- Received assets from another charity (04/04/2014)
Trustees
- Aaron Venableschair
- Chloe Victoria Heath
- Esther Paterson
- Fiona Jane Findlay Pirie
- Gavin Love
- Janet Man Yin Chapman
- Julia Coghlan
- Margaret Eva Challis
- Wilhelmina Michaela Maria Holland
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £242k | £242k |
| 31/03/2024 | £236k | £242k |
| 31/03/2023 | £223k | £208k |
| 31/03/2022 | £173k | £179k |
| 31/03/2021 | £216k | £139k |
Common questions
Is HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £153,045. The trustees note that these reserves are approximately £27,000 below their stated policy target of six months' staffing and office costs. However, the trustees believe the charity can continue as a going concern, citing secured funding and expected fundraising successes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
What does the highest-paid employee of HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.
Who funds HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE as a grant recipient include THE EVELYN TRUST, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE PIXEL FUND, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE EVELYN TRUST | FY2025 | £56k | Parent Infant Therapy project |
| THE EVELYN TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | Parent Infant Therapy project |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2022 | £10k | The Mount Fund - Mental Health |
| THE GROCERS' CHARITY | FY2022 | £9k | Relief of Poverty |
| THE PIXEL FUND | FY2025 | £5k | |
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | FY2025 | £5k | Secondary |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Smaller Grants |
| THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST | FY2022 | £3k | Part-time appointments (September 2021) |
| THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £2k | Care and Social Welfare |
| MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £2k | |
| THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k | Children and Youth |
| THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £1k | Care and Social Welfare |
| CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £1k | |
| CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £1k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 01/08/2024 | £165k | Big Hopes Big Future |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/06/2024 | £20k | Sustaining support for families in Cambridgeshire |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/10/2022 | £9k | Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors |
| Postcode Lottery | 27/07/2022 | £17k | Improving Parental Mental Health - Staff Salary |
| UK government | 25/06/2020 | £9k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |