HOME-START OXFORD

Registered charity 1108612 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start Oxford offers support, friendship, and practical help to families with a child under five, and particularly families who are vulnerable, isolated, under stress, often with complex needs, through home visiting by trained volunteers and other services.The charity's purpose is to help children by supporting parents to grow in confidence and give their children a good start in life.

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

Latest income

£415k

Latest spending

£363k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £52,521, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £259,557. The trustees consider this amount adequate to meet immediate commitments and exceed their stated policy target of three months' operating expenses. However, the filing notes that the going concern basis is dependent on continuing grant aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months' operating expenditure (held: £260k)

“unrestricted reserves of at least 6 months’ operating expenditure are felt to be more appropriate” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on the continuing grant aid.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

The Princess of Wales visits Home-start Oxford to see Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood animations in action centreforearlychildhood.org · 09/10/2025

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05375011

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

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.

SUTTON-DAVEZAC, Alison — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
UPTON, Mark Peter — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
JOHNSTON, Chloe — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
IQBAL, Mariam — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
NOBLE, Lucy — director, appointed 20/01/2020on trustee list
BAILEY WILLIAMS, Rachel — director, appointed 17/10/2018not on trustee list
REYNOLDS, Prudence Diana — director, appointed 15/01/2018on trustee list
BEATSON, Charlotte Hardcastle, Lady — director, appointed 17/10/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

PRUDENCE DIANA REYNOLDSchair
Alison Sutton-Davezac
Chloe Johnston
LADY CHARLOTTE HARDCASTLE BEATSON
Lucy Noble
Mariam Iqbal
Mark Upton
Rachel Bailey Williams

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£415k	£363k
31/03/2024	£292k	£309k
31/03/2023	£315k	£305k
31/03/2022	£271k	£231k
31/03/2021	£319k	£219k

Common questions

Is HOME-START OXFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £52,521, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £259,557. The trustees consider this amount adequate to meet immediate commitments and exceed their stated policy target of three months' operating expenses. However, the filing notes that the going concern basis is dependent on continuing grant aid. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START OXFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START OXFORD as a grant recipient include MIDDLE WAY TRUST, THE REED FOUNDATION, THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MIDDLE WAY TRUST	FY2025	£15k
MIDDLE WAY TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£14k	Christmas Challenge
MIDDLE WAY TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£5k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£5k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£2k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	FY2021	£1k	Relief of poverty/hardship
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Single payment

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	17/06/2022	£10k	OXFORD FAMILIES IN MIND: Inclusive mental wellbeing for struggling families
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/02/2020	£10k	Step Up: stronger systems and an expanded service for Home-Start Oxford
Oxford City Council	01/04/2019	£8k	Grant to Home Start Oxford
Oxford City Council	19/04/2018	£8k	Grant to Home Start Oxford
Oxford City Council	09/02/2017	£7k	Grant to Home Start Oxford
Oxford City Council	12/02/2014	£2k	Grant to Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/09/2011	£180k	Outreach to Vulnerable families in Oxford
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2006	£103k	Bicester Expansion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/08/2005	£79k	To provide home visiting volunteers to families with support needs.
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2004	£4k	Set up costs of two new groups