HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1107504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start South Leicestershire offers support, friendship & practical help to parents with young children (at least one under 5) who are experiencing difficulties. We respond to families needs through a combination of home-visiting support from volunteers, group work and courses.

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Latest income

£301k

Latest spending

£311k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,347 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of just over £110,000. The trustees' report indicates that these reserves reflect an aim of maintaining six months' general running costs, excluding ringfenced project costs. The charity remains in a secure position at the start of the 2025-26 financial year with high-value grants already secured.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income)

“Charitable activities 3 866 230,802 231,668” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £105k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Judith Ann Hartlandchair
Alison Louise Dyke
Anna Buckle
Brenda Newman
Darren Mark Carter
Keith Leonard Chaffer
Margaret Kallow
Rebecca Jayne Cowman
Sarah Jayne Saltinstall

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£301k	£311k
31/03/2024	£348k	£286k
31/03/2023	£316k	£276k
31/03/2022	£214k	£225k
31/03/2021	£228k	£219k

Common questions

Is HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,347 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of just over £110,000. The trustees' report indicates that these reserves reflect an aim of maintaining six months' general running costs, excluding ringfenced project costs. The charity remains in a secure position at the start of the 2025-26 financial year with high-value grants already secured. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE as a grant recipient include MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, R. DAPHNE PLUNKET CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2025	£30k	help fund their hugely important work with very vulnerable young local families
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2023	£20k	Family Know-How Project
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2022	£20k	Family Know-How Proj ect
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2021	£20k	Post Natal Illness Project
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2024	£10k	Family Know-How Project running costs
MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY	FY2021	£10k	Family Know-How Project
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
R. DAPHNE PLUNKET CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£0
MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/09/2025	£235k	Play-Full Families
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/02/2024	£20k	Post-Natal Illness Courses
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2023	£9k	Financial First Aid
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2023	£95k	Post Natal Illness Home-Visiting
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/01/2022	£10k	Group Support
UK government	15/09/2020	£33k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2018	£7k	Family PNI Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/07/2016	£7k	Families in Mind Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/10/2014	£7k	Volunteer Training Development