HOME-START WINCHESTER AND DISTRICTS

Registered charity 1108170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children who are going through difficult times, e.g. isolation, ill-health, relationship difficulties, coping with twins or triplets, lone parenting, first time parenthood and children's behavioural problems, achieved through a combination of home-visting support by trained volunteers, group work and social events.

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Latest income
£152k
Latest spending
£121k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £69,995, with total net current assets increasing to £134,262. The Treasurer reports the charity is in a 'slightly better position' than the previous year, having achieved income up 26% against budget. However, the document notes that local authority funding has been reduced and fundraising is increasingly challenging.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start Winchester and Districts (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£152k£121k
31/03/2024£137k£123k
31/03/2023£111k£111k
31/03/2022£97k£95k
31/03/2021£76k£77k

Common questions

Is HOME-START WINCHESTER AND DISTRICTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £69,995, with total net current assets increasing to £134,262. The Treasurer reports the charity is in a 'slightly better position' than the previous year, having achieved income up 26% against budget. However, the document notes that local authority funding has been reduced and fundraising is increasingly challenging. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START WINCHESTER AND DISTRICTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START WINCHESTER AND DISTRICTS as a grant recipient include THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2025£15kLocal volunteers supporting local families in crisis
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2005£110kThere is no project name available for this record

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 NORTH WILTSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START WINCHESTER AND DISTRICTS£152k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£279kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt
HOME-START KERNOW FY2025£528k—0within—no doubt
HOME START NORTHAMPTON FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
Home-Start Warwickshire FY2025£215k—0no_policy—no doubt
HOME-START SOUTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£140kUnder £50,0000unclear—noted

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