HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD

Registered charity 1148298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical assistance to families with at least one child under the age of five. Unpaid volunteers visit families struggling under the pressure of bringing up small children, helping them to avoid crisis and enjoy family life.

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

Latest income
£125k
Latest spending
£120k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £76,676 against a policy target of six months of core fund expenses. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern, supported by net incoming resources of £4,214 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £77k)
“Home-Start North West Kent have a reserves policy to maintain sufficient funds in deposit accounts with the bank, to enable core fund expenses to be met for a period of six months, should sufficient funding not be obtained.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£125k£120k
31/03/2024£125k£130k
31/03/2023£125k£130k
31/03/2022£142k£127k
31/03/2021£131k£112k

Common questions

Is HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £76,676 against a policy target of six months of core fund expenses. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern, supported by net incoming resources of £4,214 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START NORTH WEST KENT LTD as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kUnrestricted

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£287kSupporting Isolated Parents with Pre-School Children
Postcode Lottery21/11/2023£25kMillionaire Street 2023 11w3
UK government15/09/2020£12kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/10/2018£500kHome-Start Building Multi-Cultural Community Cohesion