HOME-START SURREY

Registered charity 1154913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Home-Start Surrey, through the 8 local schemes across the county, delivers free, confidential and non-judgemental support to families with a child under five years of age. Under the umbrella of Home-Start Surrey, trained volunteers support families with a tailor made service in their own home, with Home-Start Surrey providing joint approaches and good practice to support these quality services.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME-START CHARITIES IN SURREY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) HELPING WITH THE EFFECTIVE ATTAINMENT OF RECIPIENT CHARITIES' OBJECTS; AND(B) SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CHARITIES IN PARTICULAR BY CO-ORDINATING FUNDING BIDS AND GRANT APPLICATIONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a going concern basis with unrestricted free reserves of £1,195 at the year end, a significant decrease from £4,570 in the prior year. The trustees confirmed that this level of reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, is sufficient to support the charity's operations and mitigate adverse conditions. The charity had no staff employed during the year and relied on volunteers and grants to deliver its charitable activities.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 352
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £280,892 — grants £280,892 (1); 91% of the £307,263 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £313,053 — grants £313,053 (8); 97% of the £323,078 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/02/2024, 14 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£73k£29k
31/03/2024£307k£309k
31/03/2023£323k£320k
31/03/2022£283k£283k
31/03/2021£283k£285k

Common questions

Is HOME-START SURREY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on a going concern basis with unrestricted free reserves of £1,195 at the year end, a significant decrease from £4,570 in the prior year. The trustees confirmed that this level of reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, is sufficient to support the charity's operations and mitigate adverse conditions. The charity had no staff employed during the year and relied on volunteers and grants to deliver its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOME-START SURREY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START SURREY as a grant recipient include ST FAITH'S TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST FAITH'S TRUSTFY2023£25kprovide funding support for all Home-Start groups operating in Surrey
ST FAITH'S TRUSTFY2024£25kto support young families in need across the eight Surrey Home-Start Groups

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2026£20kDad Matters Surrey - Youth Fathers Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME-START EAST SURREY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOME-START SURREY£73k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START EAST SURREY FY2026£217k—0above—no doubt
HOME-START SURREY HEATH FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME-START READING FY2026£136k——above—no doubt
HOME-START ELMBRIDGE FY2025£365k——unclear—no doubt
HOME-START UK FY2025£5.2m——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.