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HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON

Registered charity 1114860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start Banbury & Chipping Norton 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.

Objects

4. Objects4.1 The objects of the Charity are:4.1.1 to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical, of children and parents or other carers of children;4.1.2 to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children;4.1.3 to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents or other carers of children;4.1.4 to promote the education of the public in better standards of child care;within the areas of Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton and their environs.

Area of benefit: BANBURY AND CHIPPING NORTON AND THEIR ENVIRONS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £37,381 for the year, resulting in total reserves of £101,979. However, the trustees acknowledge that unrestricted, uncommitted reserves of £70,877 are below their stated policy target of approximately £107,077 (equivalent to four-and-a-half months of operating costs).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £71k; policy: at least four-and-a-half months', preferably six months', operating costs, plus an element to cover redundancy, outstanding leases, and other wind-up costs)
“The Trustees are aware of the shortfall in unrestricted funds compared to the minimum reserves required by as at 31.3.25” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Trustees are aware that this is below their target minimum reserves, and are continuing to take steps to ensure their improvement.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£241k£204k
31/03/2024£157k£193k
31/03/2023£170k£179k
31/03/2022£131k£145k
31/03/2021£170k£117k

Common questions

Is HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £37,381 for the year, resulting in total reserves of £101,979. However, the trustees acknowledge that unrestricted, uncommitted reserves of £70,877 are below their stated policy target of approximately £107,077 (equivalent to four-and-a-half months of operating costs). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON as a grant recipient include THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUNDFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£18kUnrestricted Funding
UK government26/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2018£444kThe Oxfordshire Family Wellbeing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2015£117kExtending Family Support
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2009£198kImproving Reach

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHK Foundation2£80k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2.4m
THE BAND TRUST1£375k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
THE ARMY CENTRAL FUND1£187k
THE AIM FOUNDATION1£158k
THE BROOK TRUST1£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£150k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START BANBURY & CHIPPING NORTON£241k—0below—noted
HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME START NORTHAMPTON FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER FY2025£434k—0above—no doubt
HOME-START BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL AND SOUTH-WEST FY2026£239k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£279kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.