HOME-START COLE VALLEY

Registered charity 1107901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START SHELDON/YARDLEY

Home visiting scheme offering emotional and practical support to families experiencing difficulties with at least one child under 5 years of age.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£149k

Latest spending

£121k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year with unrestricted reserves of £10,332 and total net funds of £79,211. The trustees aim to increase reserves to between 3 and 6 months of working funds, a target not yet explicitly met by the current unrestricted balance. Core funding from Birmingham Forward Steps was reduced by 50%, prompting efforts to secure additional funds for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of working funds (held: £10k)

“The Trustees aim to continue to increase the organisation’s reserves fund in line with the organisation’s vision for the future of between 3 and 6 months working funds.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Crumpton
Jade Godsil
NEISA REID · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Zimmermann

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£149k	£121k
31/03/2024	£132k	£124k
31/03/2023	£117k	£124k
31/03/2022	£134k	£125k
31/03/2021	£129k	£107k

Common questions

Is HOME-START COLE VALLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus for the year with unrestricted reserves of £10,332 and total net funds of £79,211. The trustees aim to increase reserves to between 3 and 6 months of working funds, a target not yet explicitly met by the current unrestricted balance. Core funding from Birmingham Forward Steps was reduced by 50%, prompting efforts to secure additional funds for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START COLE VALLEY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START COLE VALLEY as a grant recipient include THE YARDLEY GREAT TRUST GROUP.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE YARDLEY GREAT TRUST GROUP	FY2021	£5k	to help with the costs of providing debt and budgeting advice