NEWSTARTS

Registered charity 1128541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW STARTS

NewStarts has three core activities that aim to help meet the practical needs of people on low incomes who are moving into social housing following a period of homelessness or other personal trauma or financial crisis. 1.Relieving poverty by donating household furniture and food2.Reducing homelessness by assisting resettlement3.Protecting the environment by promoting furniture re-use.

Objects

3.1 TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY THROUGH PROVIDING PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND ACCESS TO FREE AND DISCOUNTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING AND ENABLING THE REUSE OF UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD GOODS.3.3 TO ASSIST IN THE RESETTLEMENT OF HOMELESS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS THROUGH OFFERING SUPPORT AND ADVICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND WORK EXPERIENCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromsgrove, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £5,979 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £34,357. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £101,657, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted funds, though the trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 18/02/2026, 18 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NewStarts (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Jones
• Jane Elizabeth Sims
• Peter Bruce Tack
• Richard Hand
• Sarah Sophia Reece-Mills
• Susan Jayne Burton

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Newcare Housing Society.

• Newcare Housing Society income £438k
• NEW ROOTS LIMITED income £82k
• HOME-START READING income £136k
• HOME-START WANDSWORTH LIMITED income £373k
• THE SAFE START FOUNDATION income £69k
• THE NEWBURY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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