HOME-START KERNOW
Registered charity 1159948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
HOME-START OFFERS FREE SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE WHO MAY BE UNDERGOING PRESSURES SUCH AS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, DEPRESSION OR SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. FAMILIES ARE VISITED REGULARLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTING AND KNOW HOW HARD THINGS CAN BE.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £94,071 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £527,714 and expenditure at £433,643. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £241,299, which falls within the stated policy target of retaining between 3 and 6 months of running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £241k)
“the trustees have agreed that the scheme needs to retain a level of reserves of between 3 and 6 months running costs”
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 Kernow (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michelle Anne Gouldchair
- Josephine Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
- Keeley Reading
- Paul John Thornton
- Peter Hastings
- Wendy Newman
- William Duncan Trotter
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOME-START KERNOW financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £94,071 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £527,714 and expenditure at £433,643. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £241,299, which falls within the stated policy target of retaining between 3 and 6 months of running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START KERNOW?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START KERNOW as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST.
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