HOME-START GUILDFORD
Home-Start Guildford offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in the localcommunity. We recruit and train volunteers who are usually parents themselves to visit families with at least one child under five, at home, and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support.
Objects
(A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. (B) TO PREVENT CRUELTY OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN (C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONG CHILDREN. 4. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE; WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF GUILDFORD AND ITS ENVIRONS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £67,363 for the year, driven by a significant reduction in statutory funding from Surrey County Council. Despite this, the trustees confirm that total reserves of £113,031 represent approximately six months of operating expenditure and are sufficient to maintain services through 2025/26.
What the accounts disclose
“The total reserves represent approximately 6 months of operating expenditure. The Trustees consider that, with the fundraising strategy in place, there are sufficient reserves to maintain service through 2025/26.”
Policies the charity declares
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £45,454 — grants £45,454 (2); 28% of the £163,853 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 53
- Government income: £88,870 — grants £88,870 (5); 29% of the £302,555 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 62
- Government income: £55,557 — contracts £50,307 (2), grants £5,250 (1); 35% of the £160,723 total gross income on the same return
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/01/2016)
Trustees
- Robert McCallchair
- Bryan Phillips
- CHARLOTTE FRENCH
- Marian Holliday
- Nadezhda Petrova Callaghan
- Philip Graham
- Sarah Jane Pearson
- Victoria Roberton
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £164k | £231k |
| 31/03/2024 | £303k | £217k |
| 31/03/2023 | £161k | £204k |
| 31/03/2022 | £139k | £179k |
| 31/03/2021 | £142k | £144k |
Common questions
Is HOME-START GUILDFORD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £67,363 for the year, driven by a significant reduction in statutory funding from Surrey County Council. Despite this, the trustees confirm that total reserves of £113,031 represent approximately six months of operating expenditure and are sufficient to maintain services through 2025/26. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START GUILDFORD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START GUILDFORD as a grant recipient include THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, Royal Warrant Holders' Charity, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEY.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £20k | |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Mount Fund |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2025 | £4k | Mount Fund - Mental Health |
| Royal Warrant Holders' Charity | FY2023 | £3k | |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEY | FY2025 | £1k | Local Charity |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/10/2022 | £10k | Family Support Worker for Families with Children Aged 5 and Under |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £120k |
| THE GROCERS' CHARITY | 2 | £14k |
| MARKET HARBOROUGH AND THE BOWDENS CHARITY | 1 | £110k |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £75k |
| THE EVELYN TRUST | 1 | £66k |
| CHK Foundation | 1 | £20k |
| THE EARLEY CHARITY | 1 | £11k |
| MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- HOME-START BRADFORD DISTRICT
- HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE
- HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- HOME-START TEESSIDE
- HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER
- HOME-START EAST SURREY
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOME-START GUILDFORD | £164k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| HOME-START BRADFORD DISTRICT | £291k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOME-START SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE | £301k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE | £242k | Under £60,000 | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| HOME-START TEESSIDE | £151k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER | £434k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |