HOME-START CROYDON

Registered charity 1107857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A voluntary home visiting service offering emotional support and practical help to families under stress where there is at least one child under five.

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 WITHIN THE AREA OF LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £350,238 from £256,202 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £79,937. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £80,327, which is described as being in line with the charity's reserves policy, while total designated and restricted funds bring overall reserves to £146,064. The trustees acknowledge that financial viability rests on funding without future guarantees beyond March 2026, noting that longer-term funding is less certain.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05179158

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.

• FORD, Jane Emma — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
• CLOVES, Ruth Elizabeth — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
• FROST, Barbara — director, appointed 14/07/2004on trustee list
• CLOVES, Ruth Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 17/09/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA FROSTchair
• Jane Ford
• Ruth Elizabeth Cloves

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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