HOME-START BIRMINGHAM CONSORTIUM

Registered charity 1170607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HOME-START BIRMINGHAM OFFERS PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, PROVIDING A LIFELINE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL AREA.SUPPORT IS FREE, CONFIDENTIAL AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL, AND THE QUALITY OF THIS IS MAINTAINED BY WORKING TO NATIONAL STANDARDS.

Objects

1.1 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; PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA OF BIRMINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME-START CHARITIES IN BIRMINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ADMINISTRATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNDRAISING THROUGH A CONSORTIUM MODEL AND BUILDING A CO-ORDINATED SERVICE FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

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: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss for the year of £15,222, resulting in total unrestricted and designated funds of £6,747 at the end of the period. The trustees have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate financial distress despite the operational loss.

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
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09734591

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.

• REDDING, Jacqueline — director, appointed 26/01/2026on trustee list
• DALY, Emma-Jane — director, appointed 27/11/2024on trustee list
• EESWARAMOORTHY, Sheeba — director, appointed 08/10/2020on trustee list
• MILLER, Vivienne Ann — director, appointed 15/08/2015on trustee list
• WILTSHIRE, Lesley — director, appointed 15/08/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sheeba Eeswaramoorthychair
• Emma-Jane DALY
• Jacqueline Redding · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLEY WILTSHIRE · trustee of 2 other charities
• NEISA REID · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vivienne Miller

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HOME-START BIRMINGHAM TAMESIDE income £231k
• HOME-START BIRMINGHAM-NORTH WEST income £249k
• HOME-START NOTTINGHAM income £309k
• Home-Start Birmingham North and Inner City income £294k
• HOME-START BROMLEY income £65k
• HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE income £242k

Side by side with its peers

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