HOME-START ESSEX
Registered charity 1170940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Home-Start Essex recruits and trains volunteers to offer, in families own homes, friendship, support and practical help to parents experiencing difficulties. The families must have at least one child under the age of five. Volunteers are managed by the scheme which in turn is supported by Home-Start UK. Home-Start Essex operates in the county of Essex.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income of £56,403 and unrestricted reserves of £430,342. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are available to support services for at least the next twelve months. Unrestricted reserves are within the stated policy target of three to six months' budgeted expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income)
“Income from Charitable Activities rose by 25% over last year, comprising of Grants of £676,196 and Contracts of £175,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months’ budgeted expenditure (held: £430k)
“The Home-Start Essex reserves policy is to hold unrestricted funds equivalent of three to six months’ budgeted expenditure.” — page 11
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 Essex (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (02/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/04/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Graham Robjohnschair
- Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough DL
- Dawn Taylor
- Deborah Fielding
- Dr Edwin Patrick Powell
- HELEN ROBINSON
- Joanna Spyroulla Efthymiou Georgiades
- Neil Oakley
- Rebecca Dixon
- Sara Louise Tupper
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOME-START ESSEX financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income of £56,403 and unrestricted reserves of £430,342. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are available to support services for at least the next twelve months. Unrestricted reserves are within the stated policy target of three to six months' budgeted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOME-START ESSEX?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOME-START ESSEX as a grant recipient include ELIJAH'S POT CIO, ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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