HOME-START FLINTSHIRE

Registered charity 1108497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Family support

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 THE 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 FLINTSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Area of benefit: FLINTSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Flintshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£325k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £10,682 for the year, reducing total funds to £108,385. The trustees confirm the organization's viability is secure, citing £191,000 in received or guaranteed funding for the upcoming year. Sufficient reserves are held to fund short-term running costs and liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient funds are held in reserves to fund short term running costs and liabilities. (held: £89k)
“Sufficient funds are held in reserves to fund short term running costs and liabilities.”
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: 45
  • Government income: £89,758 — contracts £67,260 (2), grants £22,498 (1); 28% of the £325,162 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 41
  • Government income: £274,121 — contracts £67,260 (2), grants £206,861 (6); 99% of the £277,790 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 39
  • Government income: £148,030 — contracts £60,770 (1), grants £87,260 (4); 62% of the £239,131 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£325k£336k
31/03/2024£278k£300k
31/03/2023£239k£293k
31/03/2022£278k£273k
31/03/2021£298k£265k

Common questions

Is HOME-START FLINTSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £10,682 for the year, reducing total funds to £108,385. The trustees confirm the organization's viability is secure, citing £191,000 in received or guaranteed funding for the upcoming year. Sufficient reserves are held to fund short-term running costs and liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START FLINTSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START FLINTSHIRE as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2024£20kRural Connections - Strengthening Flintshire Families
The National Lottery Community Fund01/12/2023£321kBump Baby & Beyond
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2018£500kBreaking the Cycle - Enabling Change in Families
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2012£5kGAG - Home-Start Flintshire
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2005£3kUnspecified

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 RICHMOND, KINGSTON & HOUNSLOW.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START FLINTSHIRE£325k—0above—no doubt
HOME-START RICHMOND, KINGSTON & HOUNSLOW FY2025£589k—0within—no doubt
HOME-START DUDLEY FY2025£64k—0above—noted
HOME-START HEREFORDSHIRE FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORFOLK FY2026£457k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START ASHFORD & DISTRICT FY2026£278k—0above—no doubt

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