HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT
Registered charity 1109629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Homestart offer support,friendship,and practical help for parents with young children,in the locality of Wokingham Borough.Families are supported through the provision of a volunteer, who would visit the family in their own home once a week for up to three hours.We provide additional support through family groups.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as determined by the trustees under the Charities Act 1993. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention suggesting the trustees failed to keep proper accounting records or prepare accounts in compliance with the Act.
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.
Corporate structure
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Play Wokingham Borough Community Lottery — “We are excited to announce that we are one of the chosen beneficiaries of the” (source page)
- Berkshire Masonic Charity — “Other Donors/fundraisers include: Berkshire Masonic Charity” (source page)
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.
- LALEMAN, Anne Krista — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
- ARMITAGE, Paul — director, appointed 14/06/2024on trustee list
- SEARLE, Jessica — director, appointed 14/06/2024on trustee list
- MCGILL, Kevin Alan — director, appointed 02/05/2024on trustee list
- GUNARATNASINGAM, Athena Meera — director, appointed 13/06/2022on trustee list
- JACK, Christopher Alan — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
- HEARD, David Gareth — director, appointed 01/06/2017on trustee list
- HEARD, Sheila Mary — director, appointed 01/06/2017on trustee list
- CANNAM, Patricia Mary — director, appointed 10/11/2014on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Paul Armitagechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Anne Laleman
- Athena Meera Gunaratnasingam
- Christopher Alan Jack
- David Gareth Heard
- Grazyna Lucia Outram
- Jessica Ruth Margaret Searle
- Kevin McGill
- Patricia Cannam
- Sheila Mary Heard
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Wokingham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as determined by the trustees under the Charities Act 1993. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention suggesting the trustees failed to keep proper accounting records or prepare accounts in compliance with the Act. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START WOKINGHAM DISTRICT as a grant recipient include Wokingham United Charities, THE EARLEY CHARITY, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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