HOME-START CRAVEN

Registered charity 1138830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

INCREASE THE CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE OF VULNERABLE FAMILIES BUILDING STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL NETWORKS, HARNESSING THE VOLUNTEER CAPACITY WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. FAMILIES, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR VOLUNTEER ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCESS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, DEVELOP THEIR PARENTING SKILLS, GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND BE MORE ABLE TO ACCESS ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £58,388, while the charity reported a net deficit of £41,642 for the year. The trustees note that the funding environment is challenging and the charity's ongoing viability is dependent on securing successful bids from external funders in the coming year.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Postcode Lottery — “Funding from Postcode Lottery players enables Home-Start UK to provide vital support across our national network, helping to strengthen fami…” (source page)
• Pears Foundation — “Pears Foundation is a generous supporter of Home-Start; most recently investing 750,000 in our Compassionate Communities project to strength…” (source page)
• The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts — “We're delighted to receive continued support from the Headley Trust and the Tedworth Charitable Trust.” (source page)
• Comic Relief — “Comic Relief is generously supporting Home-Start UK’s work to grow inclusive practice across the network.” (source page)
• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity is a generous supporter of our local Home-Start network with an emphasis on improving lives in local communities.” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children In Need are generous supporters of our local Home-Start network across the UK.” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund is a generous supporters of our local Home-Start network across the UK.” (source page)
• The Army Central Fund — “The Army Central Fund is a generous supporter of our local Home-Start network across the UK.” (source page)
• Corra Foundation — “We acknowledge the support of the Scottish Government through a CYPFEIF and ALEC Fund Grant.” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “As well as being a generous funder to the network, Garfield Weston Foundation support Home-Start UK’s work developing volunteering.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Rickerby
• Gillian Osmond
• Graham Brotherton
• Leah Rebecca Hull
• Tracy Hopkins

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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).