HOME-START COLCHESTER, JAYWICK & CLACTON

Registered charity 1116639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START COLCHESTER

Home-Start Colchester Jaywick and Clacton makes a real difference to the lives of children 0 - 14 years and their parents. We do this by offering bespoke family support to respond to requests for help. We invest in local people by providing training and volunteer opportunities so that together we can make a real difference.

Objects

The charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are for the public benefit and are restricted to the following:(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 Colchester and such parts of Essex as the trustees may from time to time decide.

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are £183,093, while total funds stand at £245,525. The trustees report that the year was financially successful, with total income of £199,194 against expenses of £182,704, resulting in a net income of £5,470. However, the notes indicate the charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid for its going concern status.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS KELLIE NORRISchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christabelle Woods
• Patricia Violet Baker
• Paul Maston
• Ruth Gillian Jackson Mrs

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START CHICHESTER & DISTRICT.

• HOME-START CHICHESTER & DISTRICT income £291k
• HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £270k
• HOME-START UK income £5.2m
• HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER income £434k
• HOME-START IN WAVERLEY income £258k
• HOME-START NEWCASTLE BOROUGH income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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