HOME-START CONWY

Registered charity 1109685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOME-START CONWY IS A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION WHICH OFFERS FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES, WHERE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER 14 IN THE HOUSEHOLD. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF HOME VISITING, ALTHOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALISE ARE ALSO PROVIDED.

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Latest income

£200k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,190, while total funds were £168,009. The trustees acknowledge the need to maintain adequate financial reserves to implement an exit strategy if core funding ceases. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to run the scheme for as long as possible, offer a redundancy package to eligible employees in accordance with the redundancy policy and cover any other costs in relation to winding down of the charity's activities (held: £18k)

“It is the intention of the Trustees that, in the event of a cessation of core funding, the scheme's reserves be used for the following purposes, to run the scheme for as long as possible, offer a redundancy package to eligible employees in accordance with the redundancy policy and cover any other costs in relation to winding down of the charity's activities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dawn Wynne
Elaine Rigby
Gareth Earlandson Conwy
Pamela Goodwin
SUE COOPER

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

Operates in: Conwy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£200k	£158k
31/03/2024	£129k	£112k
31/03/2023	£98k	£106k
31/03/2022	£151k	£93k
31/03/2021	£96k	£65k

Common questions

Is HOME-START CONWY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £18,190, while total funds were £168,009. The trustees acknowledge the need to maintain adequate financial reserves to implement an exit strategy if core funding ceases. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START CONWY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START CONWY as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY, BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY	FY2022	£28k
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED	FY2024	£28k	Community Anchor Development Programme
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED	FY2025	£19k	Community Anchor Development Programme

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	26/11/2009	£219k	Home-Start Conwy
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/05/2009	£2k	Enjoy and Achieve Family Group Project