Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

HOME-START HORIZONS 

Home-start provides a unique service; recruiting and training volunteers to offer families informal, friendly and confidential support. Home-Start works with parents on a one to one basis in their own home, building supportive relationships and responding directly to the family's individual needs. We provide support through family groups and virtual support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 19 years

www.homestarthorizons.org.uk

info@homestarthorizons.org.uk

0116 2795062

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£347£417£-70n/an/an/an/an/a94
31/03/22*£351£338£13n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/03/21£348£295£54n/an/an/an/an/a107
31/03/20£373£334£39n/an/an/an/an/a115
31/03/19£200£389£-189n/an/an/an/an/a110
31/03/18£270£368£-97£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£191£267£-76£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£167£150£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£184£173£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£110£98£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£105£118£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£115£116£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£109£93£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£109£105£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£229£229£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£242£240£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£275£272£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£275£272£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 94 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire, Rutland,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£467,900
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
DCMS£100,000
Ministry of Defence£9,476
Garfield Weston Foundation£8,500
Co-Operative Group£4,873
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start Horizons - 07/06/22
£3,000 04/07/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Post-Covid Virtual IT Requirements
£10,000 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to improve the organisation's IT structure. The project aims to ensure they can still deliver their services in a flexible way post covid.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,476 15/10/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
National Lottery Community Fund - Redressing The Balance
£450,500 06/08/2021
36
The group will use its funding over three years to support vulnerable families and individuals. It will allow for a continued response to the impact of the pandemic and lockdowns support the training ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,000 13/11/2020
Weston Charity Award Bonus
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start Horizons
£4,873 24/10/2020
We would like to run two Mums in Mind perinatal illness groups, which will focus on supporting parents' post-natal mental health.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Horizons
£180,000 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Leicester.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 31/05/2019
WCA Winner 2019 - 2020 Cohort
National Lottery Community Fund - IT Infrastructure
£7,400 31/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to update the group's IT infrastructure. The project aims to build capacity of the family support service by working for more flexibly.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/01/2019
Family Home-Visiting Support, Group Support, Mums in Mind
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering for Social Inclusion
£489,887 18/07/2018
36
This funding will help to recruit and train volunteers to support families facing issues such as bereavement, domestic violence, mental health problems and isolation, helping to improve ....more
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,557 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
DCMS - LCF Development Grants
£50,000 22/06/2017
To complete feasability and development work on devising a social impact bond financed project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Horizons
£70,398 09/02/2017
36
This project will provide a variety of play activities for children living in Leicester. The aims are to improve language, be better prepared for school and to help the families create routines.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Leicester
£93,139 11/12/2016
12
Home-Start Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Leicester
£55,000 03/12/2015
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the salary of a Coordinator and associated project running costs of a family support service in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Leicester
£334,370 30/05/2013
48
The continuation of an existing project by Home-Start Leicester which aims to improve the health and well being of children and families in Leicester and surrounding areas. It will reduce their ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home Start Leicester
£18,200 21/01/2013
the salary of the Project Co-ordinator
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Leicester
£90,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' core costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of Leicester
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-72
  • EMMA GOODSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Human Resources Director
  • HAPPY TRUEMPER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Human Resource Professional
  • JUNE GOMES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • LOUISE PETTITT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager Of Childrens Services
  • PAUL AKROYD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Voluntary Sector Manager
  • SEAN TIZZARD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Programmes And Impact
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2005, number: 1108455
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2005, number: 05352252
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 34 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR09: 10 days late, AR07: 194 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HOME-START CHARNWOOD on 12/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from HOME-START BLABY DISTRICT OADBY AND WIGSTON on 18/01/2020
Main office

BUSINESS BOX
3 OSWIN ROAD
LEICESTER
LE3 1HR

Objectives

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 LEICESTER, LECIESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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