HOME-START WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS
Registered charity 1108847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers provides support to families who have at least one child under the age of five years. Support is provided by volunteers who are parents themselves they visit families once a week for two to three hours offering support, friendship and practical help in the families' homes.The service is provided in Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £80,782 for the year ended 31 March 2025, restoring its reserves after a deficit in the previous year. Total funds increased to £120,316, with unrestricted funds standing at £60,910. The trustees report a turnaround in financial fortunes, noting an increase in longer-term funding that makes the charity less dependent on short-term fundraising.
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.
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alan Stephen Newman
- Collette Garland
- JOHN NEIL ROBINSON · trustee of 3 other charities
- Kamaljit Johal
- Laura Sugrue
- Sarah Louise Joy
- Sharon Bailey
- Simon Boulcott
- Tricia Halpin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOME-START WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £80,782 for the year ended 31 March 2025, restoring its reserves after a deficit in the previous year. Total funds increased to £120,316, with unrestricted funds standing at £60,910. The trustees report a turnaround in financial fortunes, noting an increase in longer-term funding that makes the charity less dependent on short-term fundraising. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust.
Known funders
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