HOME-START ST. HELENS LTD.

Charity number: 1155988
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Home-Start St. Helens Limited is a registered charity that offers support, friendship and practical help to families with children during difficult times in their lives. The organisation provides family support through its home visiting services, which matches parents with volunteers, who visit the family at home each week.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £240,359
Total expenditure: £251,200

Total income includes £193,901 from 2 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

56 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • St Helens

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 March 2014: Standard registration
  • 19 July 2016: Funds received from 518772 HOMESTART ST HELENS
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • HOME-START ST. HELENS (Working name)
Company number:
08796050 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sharon Margaret Edwardson Trustee 06 October 2025
None on record
Kolin Slater Trustee 10 March 2025
None on record
Katerina Serefoglou Trustee 12 August 2024
None on record
Elizabeth Dodson Trustee 20 June 2022
AFRICA'S CHILDREN IN EDUCATION
Received: On time
CRONTON C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL FUND
Charity reporting is overdue by 715 days
Peta Grimshaw Trustee 16 May 2022
None on record
Linda Ruth Hindley Trustee 25 April 2022
None on record
Patricia Janet Ainscough Trustee 28 February 2022
None on record
Susan Marie Jameson Trustee 31 May 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £182.07k £277.77k £319.79k £238.24k £240.36k
Total expenditure £134.21k £250.11k £333.96k £252.84k £251.20k
Income from government contracts £87.00k £77.83k £150.00k N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £200.00k £193.90k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 03 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 03 December 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 09 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 09 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 04 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 04 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 01 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 NOV 2013

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 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 ST HELENS AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Contact information

Address:
PETER STREET CENTRE
PETER STREET
ST. HELENS
Phone:
01744737400
Email:
homestartsthelen@btconnect.com
Website:

No information available