HOME-START CRAWLEY, HORSHAM AND MID-SUSSEX

Registered charity 1132506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide emotional support and practical help to families with children under five in the districts of Horsham and Mid-Sussex and the borough of Crawley. Trained volunteers visit families each week to offer individualised support and we provide weekly support groups.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £7,620 for the year, with total incoming resources of £247,915 against expenditure of £240,295. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves, held in a designated fund, are sufficient to cover six months of running costs and closure expenses, ensuring the charity can continue as a going concern.

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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Orbis Investments’ employee-directed philanthropic Buchanan Programme — “We have recently received a generous £6,000 donation from Orbis Investments’ employee-directed philanthropic Buchanan Programme.” (source page)
• Co-op Local Community Fund — “Home-Start CHAMS is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund.” (source page)
• CAN/RPD foundation — “The donation was supported through the CAN/RPD foundation, which connects charities with local businesses to help meet specific needs and br…” (source page)
• Burgess Hill Town Council — “Home-Start CHAMS are grateful for all the support we have received from organisations, including recently Burgess Hill Town Council” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Owen Berkeleychair
• Julia Wellbelove
• Patricia Josephine Finnimore
• Riddhima Dharap
• SIMON VICTOR TORN
• Sumant Kumar Raja Gupta

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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