HOME START NORTHAMPTON

Registered charity 1116665 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOME-START NORTHAMPTON PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON - RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME IN SITUATIONS AS DIVERSE AS ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, MULTIPLE BIRTHS, ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR WHO ARE JUST FINDING PARENTING A STRUGGLE. THEY PROVIDE NON-JUDGEMENTAL, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

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

Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£162k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £17,942 for the year, resulting in net assets of £142,510. The trustees report a strong balance sheet and confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months core expenditure (held: £100k)
“free reserves should be at a minimum of six months core expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start Northampton (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£162k
31/03/2024£160k£173k
31/03/2023£123k£157k
31/03/2022£155k£108k
31/03/2021£178k£120k

Common questions

Is HOME START NORTHAMPTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £17,942 for the year, resulting in net assets of £142,510. The trustees report a strong balance sheet and confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME START NORTHAMPTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME START NORTHAMPTON as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£15kSocial justice
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£10kGrants
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kRelief of Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2023£10k“Triage”: Timely Family Support to Struggling Families

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME START NORTHAMPTON£180k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH WILTSHIRE FY2025£279kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START KERNOW FY2025£528k—0within—no doubt
HOME-START UK FY2025£5.2m——below—no doubt
HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER FY2025£434k—0above—no doubt

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