Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

HOME-START BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL AND SOUTH-WEST 

Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West is a voluntary organisation which supports families with at least one child under five through difficult times. Home-Start through trained parent volunteers offers befriending and emotional and practical support to families in the Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne, Ladywood, Soho and Quinton wards of the city.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 18 years

www.homestartbirmingham.co.uk

admin@homestartbcsw.org

0121 794 7225

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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£84£94£-10n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/22*£126£102£25n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21£138£101£37n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/20£95£99£-3n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/19£107£88£18n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/03/18£47£83£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£85£74£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£73£73£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£48£46£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£63£37£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£41£41£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£44£42£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£41£49£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£44£38£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£37£35£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£34£31£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£26£26£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 24 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,

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£50,982
BBC Children in Need£43,089
Masonic Trust£15,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£6,570
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Birmingham Central and South West: Nurture Groups
£9,543 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to deliver weekly nurture activity sessions for vulnerable families with pre-school children living in disadvantaged areas of Birmingham. The project aims to increase ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Home-Start Birmingham Central and South West: Volunteer Training
£6,570 29/09/2021
The grant will pay for the training of 15 volunteers to support families
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Recovery Volunteer Training
£9,179 27/08/2021
The funding will be used to develop volunteer support for vulnerable families by recruiting and training new volunteers. The project aims to provide families with practical support decreasing ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver early years support to children and young people experiencing deprivation and poverty in Birmingham. The activities will result in reduced isolation, improved well-being and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Home-Start Birmingham Central and South-West
£12,589 30/11/2020
This project will provide support for young people and their families who are living in a deprived area, and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will improve relationships, emotional wellbeing and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - HomeStart BCSW Covid request
£24,236 04/06/2020
6
This organisation will use the funding to adapt its services to comply with current guidelines and also to respond to the increased demand from their communities as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home-Start Birmingham Central and South West: Trips
£8,024 27/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to pay for day trips for families on low incomes. The project aims to help with isolation during the school holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Training
£9,812 09/08/2018
12
This funding will be used to train new volunteers to support vulnerable families with young children, aiming to address issues at an early stage.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-56
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2006, number: 1114963
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2005, number: 05629687
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR07: 8 days late,
Main office

The Jewellery Business Centre
Suite 202
95 Spencer Street
BIRMINGHAM
B18 6DA

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 CHILDCARE; WITHIN THE AREAS OF BARTLEY GREEN AND QUINTON WARDS AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BARTLEY GREEN AND QUINTON WARDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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