Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 16
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

HOME-START WESSEX 

Home-Start Wessex is a family support charity that provides vital care to families at a crucial time in their lives. The support is offered to families with at least one child under 5 through individually designed packages of practical and emotional help lasting for around 6 months. This is either provided with one-to-one support in their own homes or through group support and therapy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 19 years

www.homestartwessex.org.uk

office@homestartwessex.org.uk

01202574877

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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£270£285£-15n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£224£233£-8n/an/an/an/an/a68
31/03/21£265£233£31n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£212£206£6n/an/an/an/an/a85
31/03/19£149£143£6n/an/an/an/an/a79
31/03/18£114£135£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£126£124£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£142£135£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£146£143£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£139£136£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£156£137£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£145£132£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£125£147£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£153£153£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£134£152£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£146£162£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£192£155£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£283£98£185£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 70 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole,

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£421,338
Henry Smith Charity£225,200
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£100,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
DCMS£24,022
Masonic Trust£14,400
Dorset Community Foundation£13,399
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering disadvantaged families to recover and rebuild together
£395,000 30/08/2023
This funding will support specialist early intervention support helping disadvantaged children and their families across Bournemouth Christchurch Poole (BCP) East Dorset and the Purbecks. The project ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Home-Start Wessex
£4,555 28/04/2023
to support weekly drop-in groups to support young, vulnerable, single homeless mums aged 16-25, including care leavers and people at risk of offending and young offenders.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start Wessex
£145,500 08/02/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation that provides practical and emotional support for families in South East Dorset.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Home-Start Wessex (formerly South East Dorset) - 23/11/22
£2,000 20/12/2022
Core Funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Home-Start Wessex
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Home-Start Wessex
£100,000 13/12/2022
Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Home Start Wessex (prev Home-Start South East Dorset)
£6,500 06/12/2022
A range of support to help vulnerable families this winter including provision of warm clothing, distribution of foodbank vouchers, Christmas hampers, smart budgeting workshops and laundry service
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Home Start Wessex (prev Home-Start South East Dorset)
£2,899 01/12/2022
To provide an outdoor community weekly drop-in session offering support for isolated parents with children under 5. Trained staff offer advice, guidance and emotional support.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Haven Group for Vulnerable Families
£9,110 04/11/2022
This project will run groups for vulnerable children 5 and under and their families. It will help support them to cope with issues such as poor mental health isolation parent/child attachment issues ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000 04/04/2022
Helping disadvantaged families build better lives for themselves and their children
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£50,000 02/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Home-Start South East Dorset
Dorset Community Foundation - Rapid Response Early Intervention for disadvantaged families in crisis
£4,000 08/11/2021
Supporting families with children under age 5, experiencing crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£2,102 23/10/2021
We would hold a weekly ""Haven"" group to provide specialist emotional support and friendship to vulnerable parents with a baby under one who are experiencing low moods or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The 'Haven' Group for vulnerable families
£8,614 20/08/2021
The funding will be used to run a weekly specialist support group for vulnerable children aged 5 and under and their families.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£14,400 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 02/10/2020
Helping Disadvantaged Families deal with the impact of Covid-19 and build better lives
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,500 05/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£3,522 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing, IT equipment and resource packs for children living in families on low incomes, isolated at home due to Covid-19. Children will feel less isolated ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,522 28/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Improving Family Finances
£4,968 24/09/2019
9
Budgeting support for families with young children in South East Dorset
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£79,700 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a Home-Start in a deprived area of South East Dorset
National Lottery Community Fund - The Haven Group for Vulnerable Families
£8,614 02/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a weekly family support service for vulnerable parents. The project aims to improve wellbeing and family relationships.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/12/2018
Building Better Lives for Disadvantaged Families
National Lottery Community Fund - Confronting Disadvantage in South East Dorset
£322,366 31/10/2018
60
The project provides weekly support helping families to increase and improve parenting skills and knowledge.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£47,190 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide group sessions for disadvantaged children aged 0-4 and their families. By taking part in the activities it will help to increase their emotional well-being, improve their ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards salary costs of helping vulnerable, isolated families.
£1,000 23/03/2017
Towards salary costs of helping vulnerable, isolated families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Life Changes
£191,686 18/09/2012
61
The aim of this continuation project is to support families with at least one child under five years old in the Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset areas, targeting those struggling with a range of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Home-Start South East Dorset
£21,100 19/09/2011
the salary costs of an Organiser including on costs, admin costs, premises and volunteer costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-71
  • JOHN STUBBS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2005, number: 1109046
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/2005, number: 05387939
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

HOME-START
1462 WIMBORNE ROAD
BOURNEMOUTH
BH10 7AS

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 CHILDCAREWITHIN THE AREA OF BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE AREA OF BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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