HOME-START READING

Registered charity 1110638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were maintained at 6 months of running costs, aligning with the charity's stated policy target. However, the trustees acknowledge uncertainties regarding future funding and note a shortfall in secured funding for the upcoming financial year. Despite these risks, the charity reported a surplus for the year and remains a going concern.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05491570

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.

• GRAINGER, Caroline — director, appointed 10/07/2026on trustee list
• BOYLE, Kevin John — director, appointed 20/06/2026on trustee list
• EDEN, Rebecca — director, appointed 20/06/2026on trustee list
• STEAD, Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/04/2026on trustee list
• HINDS, Danielle — director, appointed 16/01/2025on trustee list
• DEGIORGIO, Andrew — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
• VORSTER, Anna Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• LEWTHWAITE, Mark — director, appointed 10/08/2022on trustee list
• DADD, Kelly — secretary, appointed 01/07/2020

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Steadchair
• Andrew Degiorgio
• Anna Vorster
• Caroline Grainger
• Danielle Hinds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin John Boyle
• Mark Lewthwaite
• Rebecca Eden

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).