Home-Start Bedfordshire

Registered charity 1109262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE, HOME-START SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE

Trained and supervised volunteers give free, non-judgmental and confidential support to families in their own homes. Also group work for vulnerable families

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1. SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;2. PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN; 3. RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN; 4. PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES ('THE OBJECTS').

Area of benefit: LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LINSLADE AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,187 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £484,751. The trustees note that while they have secured a three-year local authority contract, they remain mindful of future funding reliance and are actively diversifying income streams to ensure long-term sustainability.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS SUE FUCHTERchair
• Anne Thomson
• Barry Brown
• Nigel Taylor
• PETER RAZA
• Rachael Leonard
• Zeina King

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START (COTSWOLDS) LTD.

• HOME-START (COTSWOLDS) LTD income £164k
• Home-Start Berkshire East income £303k
• HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £270k
• Home-Start Bristol and South Gloucestershire income £337k
• HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER income £434k
• HOME-START KERNOW income £528k

Side by side with its peers

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