HOME-START CHESHIRE
We support families in their homes by carefully selecting and training volunteers. They are matched to a family who are experiencing difficulties and who have at least one child under 5 years and offer practical, emotional support and friendship for 3 - 4 hours a week.
Objects
(A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE 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 CAREWITHIN THE AREA OF CHESHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2020
- Volunteers: 122
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2019
- Volunteers: 145
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2018
- Volunteers: 91
- Government income: £59,100 — contracts £59,100; 31% of the £191,450 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
5 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/07/2018)
- Received assets from another charity (11/03/2016)
Trustees
- Lorraine Butcherchair
- ANN TUNWELL
- Ann Frances Norburn
- Dominic Oakeshott
- Jo Hinnigan
- LESTER HUMPHREYS
- Lisa McGowan
- Richard Anthony Croft
- Richard Grateley
- SUSAN TAYLOR
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | — | — |
| 31/03/2024 | — | — |
| 31/03/2023 | — | — |
| 31/03/2022 | — | — |
| 31/03/2021 | — | — |
Common questions
Who funds HOME-START CHESHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START CHESHIRE as a grant recipient include ALEX TIMPSON TRUST, THE SWALLOW TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX TIMPSON TRUST | FY2022 | £40k | Grant |
| THE SWALLOW TRUST | FY2021 | £5k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 09/09/2015 | £391k | CIRCLE Project (Community Involvement to Raise Confidence Life-skills |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/04/2012 | £178k | Home-Start's First Response |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/12/2011 | £900k | L I F T - Lets Improve our Future Together |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/09/2011 | £9k | Home-Start Parenting Pals |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/06/2011 | £10k | L I F T - Lets Improve our Future Together |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/02/2010 | £9k | Home-Start Central Cheshire Volunteer Recruitment Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/08/2007 | £10k | Home-Start Central Cheshire |