HOME-START UK
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
Home-Start offers informal and friendly support to families with young children, providing a lifeline to thousands of parents and children in around 300 communities across the UK, and with forces families in Germany and Cyprus.Support is free, confidential and non-judgemental, and the quality of this is maintained with local schemes working to national standards.
Latest income
£5.2m
Expenditure
£4.5m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £7.0m | £5.2m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £4.9m | £4.9m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £3.8m | £5.9m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £3.8m | £3.9m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £5.2m | £4.5m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £1.6m |
| Charitable activities | £3.5m |
| Trading | £35k |
| Investment income | £58k |
| Total income | £5.2m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £3.8m |
| Raising funds | £676k |
| Grants to institutions | £1.1m |
| Governance | £28k |
| Total expenditure | £4.5m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £1.8m |
| Total funds | £2.7m |
| — restricted | £412k |
| — unrestricted | £2.3m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £2.7m |
| Cash | £1.3m |
People
| Employees | 50 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
How it works
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.