HOME-START ST. HELENS LTD.

Registered charity 1155988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME-START ST. HELENS

Home-Start St. Helens Limited is a registered charity that offers support, friendship and practical help to families with children during difficult times in their lives. The organisation provides family support through its home visiting services, which matches parents with volunteers, who visit the family at home each week.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;B) TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN;C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN THE AREA OF ST HELENS AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £91,537 at the end of the year, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £10,841 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £120,977 to £110,136.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Home-Start St Helens (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Dodson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kolin Slater
• Linda Ruth Hindley
• Patricia Janet Ainscough
• Peta Grimshaw
• Sharon Margaret Edwardson
• Susan Marie Jameson

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

Operates in: St Helens

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE income £242k
• HOME-START LAMBETH income £224k
• HOME-START KIRKLEES income £665k

Side by side with its peers

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