HOME-START GUILDFORD

Registered charity 1154609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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Latest income

£164k

Latest spending

£231k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months of operating expenditure (held: £113k)

“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.”

Per its FY2025 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 Guildford (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert McCallchair
Bryan Phillips
CHARLOTTE FRENCH
Hilary Nicholls
Marian Holliday · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Graham
Sarah Jane Pearson
Victoria Roberton

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

Operates in: Surrey

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

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

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

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/10/2022	£10k	Family Support Worker for Families with Children Aged 5 and Under