HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE

Registered charity 1106736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START KENNET

Home-visiting volunteers offer support, friendship and practical help to families with at least one child under 5 years of age. We also offer a cafe-type of informal group support.

Objects

3. 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 CHILDREN; C) 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

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE AREA OF MARLBOROUGH, TIDWORTH, DEVIZES AND THEIR ENVIRONS AND OTHER AREAS OF WILTSHIRE WHERE THERE IS DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES.

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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Latest income
£279k
Latest spending
£274k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £93,790, with total net assets of £113,408. The charity reports a firm financial basis for the coming year due to ongoing grants, although it holds a provision for potential pension deficit contributions. The trustees confirm the charity can continue as a going concern.

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)
“There are no employees with emoluments exceeding £50,000” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds in reserve so that if there were a sudden loss of Grant Funding, there would not be an abrupt cessation of support (reserves figure: £94k)
“HSNW holds sufficient funds in reserve so that if there were a sudden loss of Grant Funding, there would not be an abrupt cessation of support to vulnerable families.” — page 19
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: 44

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

  • Volunteers: 47
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £25,000 — contracts £25,000 (1); 11% of the £226,034 total gross income on the same return

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

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

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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£279k£274k
31/03/2024£243k£250k
31/03/2023£226k£236k
31/03/2022£204k£207k
31/03/2021£269k£210k

Common questions

Is HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £93,790, with total net assets of £113,408. The charity reports a firm financial basis for the coming year due to ongoing grants, although it holds a provision for potential pension deficit contributions. The trustees confirm the charity can continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

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

Who funds HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2025£19kNot specified in list
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2022£15kGrants awarded to groups within Wiltshire totalling £12,000 per group

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2026£450kStrengthening connections
The National Lottery Community Fund26/04/2023£338kRebuilding Resilience (continuation funding)
UK government19/10/2022£10kCovenant Fund
UK government05/10/2020£13kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2020£410kGrowing Stronger Together
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2016£375kFamilies and Communities Engaged/Supported (FACES)
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£266kStronger Families - Stronger Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2006£6kHome-Start Kennet Training

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 SOUTH WILTSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE£279kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt
HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£140kUnder £50,0000unclear—noted
HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORFOLK FY2026£457k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH-WEST HAMPSHIRE FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt

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