HOME-START SHEPWAY

Registered charity 1109478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Volunteer home visiting service offering emotional and practical support for parents with young children including - Building Bright Futures Project - Enhanced Domestic Abuse Project - Big Hopes Big Futures Project - Young Parent Service

Objects

(A)TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN(B)TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR 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 SHEPWAY AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Area of benefit: SHEPWAY 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £41,903 for the year, with total funds increasing to £249,610. Unrestricted reserves stood at £187,642, providing a significant buffer against the £9,109 deficit in restricted funds. The accounts indicate adequate resources with no material uncertainties noted by the examiner.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• BBC Children In Need — “Home-Start Shepway awarded £44,997 by BBC Children in Need to develop the Three and Thriving Project supporting young children's emotional a…” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Home-Start Shepway celebrates after receiving £226,365 of National Lottery funding to support women affected by domestic abuse.” (source page)
• Leas Cliff Hall Charity Partner — “Leas Cliff Hall's patrons raised £960.47 across 50+ shows during their charity partnership with Home-Start Shepway from April 2023 to March …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Deanechair
• Christine Julia Leslie
• Penny Marsh
• TINA BEAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tracey Perrow

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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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 Bristol and South Gloucestershire income £337k
• Home-Start Bedfordshire income £213k
• HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE income £279k
• HOME-START KERNOW income £528k

Side by side with its peers

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