HOME-START BUTSER

Registered charity 1140692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOME-START BUTSER SUPPORTS FAMILIES UNDER STRESS WHERE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE. WE RECRUIT & TRAIN PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE MATCHED WITH A FAMILY & VISIT THEM IN THEIR OWN HOMES ONCE A WEEK TO OFFER PRACTICAL & EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. HOME-START BUSTER OPERATES IN EAST HAMPSHIRE IN ENGLAND.

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Latest income

£178k

Latest spending

£191k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £60,796, which is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity has designated £50,000 of its unrestricted funds specifically for this wind-up reserve purpose. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, though they note challenges in securing sustainable funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £61k)

“The policy stipulates that unrestricted funds not committed should be three months operating costs.”

Per its FY2026 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 Butser (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Abby Chloe Parker
Carol Norris
Dawn Michelle Renton
Denise Farmer
Fiona Smart
Jo Wright
Karen Jane Turnbull
Linda Rose Bazant
Marcus Newton
Vanessa Beech

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£178k	£191k
31/03/2025	£149k	£188k
31/03/2024	£178k	£192k
31/03/2023	£135k	£170k
31/03/2022	£141k	£142k

Common questions

Is HOME-START BUTSER financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £60,796, which is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity has designated £50,000 of its unrestricted funds specifically for this wind-up reserve purpose. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, though they note challenges in securing sustainable funding. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START BUTSER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START BUTSER as a grant recipient include THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, PETERSFIELD.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£68k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, PETERSFIELD	FY2022	£6k	Missionary & charitable giving

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2024	£20k	Home-Start Butser Family Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/11/2022	£10k	The Nurturing Programme
UK government	16/06/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/03/2016	£8k	Home-Start Butser Ambassador Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2005	£4k	Training for volunteers