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Annual Report & Financial Statements Pg ’ SOF 31[st] March 2024 Myr"

Home-Start Sutton, a company limited by guarantee no 05165417. Charity no. 1104960 Registered office: Alexandra Gardens Children’s Resource Centre, Stanley Road, Carshalton SM5 4LJ

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CONTENTS Page
Contents 1
Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity 2
Chairs Report April 2023-March 2024 4
Report of the Board of Trustees 5
Independent Examiner’s Report 15
Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating Income &
Expenditure Report) 17
Balance Sheet 18
Notes to the Financial Statements 19
Staff and Volunteers 31
Acknowledgements 33
Addendum 34

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Charity Number 1104960
Company Number 05165417
Principal Office and Registered Office
Alexandra Gardens Children’s Resource Centre
Stanley Road
Carshalton
Surrey SM5 4LJ
Telephone 020 8647 6501
Email admin@homestartsutton.org.uk
Trustees Fran Boto Chair
Jenisan Kulendiran Treasurer
Michele Rivers
Kathy Pelc
Louisa Asgill
Paul McCarthy
Camiya Chacko
Karen Mason
Company Secretary Alberta Atkinson
Scheme Manager Alberta Atkinson
Independent Examiner
Philip Warner
108 Augustus Road
London
SW19 6ER
Bankers
Co-operative Bank plc
P.O.Box 250
Delf House
Southway
Skelmersdale WN8 6WT
Charities Official Investment Fund
80 Cheapside
London EC2V 6DZ
Advisors Shona Newmark Employment Law Advisor

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Personnel Sub-Group – Janet Mountford – Chair Louisa Asgill Fran Boto Jenisan Kulendiran Paul McCarthy Michele Rivers

Forward Planning Group - Fran Boto – Chair Louisa Asgill Jenisan Kulendiran Paul McCarthy Michele Rivers Karen Mason Alberta Atkinson Fundraising Sub Group – Paul McCarthy - Chair Michele Rivers Camiya Chacko Karen Mason Alberta Atkinson Emma Clements (member) Sue Holley – Volunteer Charlotte Donovan

Chair’s Report April 2023- March 2024

This has been yet another extraordinary and busy year in the life of Home-Start Sutton. As I write this, we are approaching our 40[th] anniversary in August, a mark of both resilience and tenacity and a true cause for celebration.

Change continues to be something with which to both grapple and embrace. In August our CEO Daniel left for new horizons and we are grateful for his hard work in helping to secure our National Lottery funding. At the same time, we were joined by Alberta as CEO who brought with her experience of both working in the charity sector and on commissioning, including working for Together in Sutton. She provides us with valuable fresh insights and energy. We are enjoying her passion for making Home-Start Sutton a standout presence in the borough, able to flex as needs require. We should not underestimate the impact of so much change on a very stable and now quite long-standing staff team and the Trustees are grateful that the staff keep on going with commitment to their families and are keen to see them contribute to our adaption to an everchanging landscape. The staff/trustees/volunteer away day, April 2024, was something we have not had for a long time and shows an appetite for co-production and looking forward.

At the AGM in November 2023, we said our final goodbye to Janet Mountford, ex chair of 10 years, who remained on the board for one more year to share her experience. We are sad to say goodbye to Louisa Asgill who has had to stand down due to personal commitments and we hope to have her back one day when she has more capacity as we miss her legal brain and attention to detail!

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We were delighted to welcome Andrea Buckley on to our board of trustees who talked at the AGM of how she was helped by her volunteer and our organization when she was experiencing difficulties when her son was very young. It is a privilege to have her insights and experience to help us make our decisions on the Board. We are also feeling very fortunate to have recruited new trustees with both a wealth of experience in the public service and finance sectors. Of course, we also extend a big thank you to existing trustees for their long-standing commitment to attending meetings, reading paperwork and taking responsibility for the areas which we have agreed together play to their strengths and interests. Being treasurer of a charity always bears a particularly weighty responsibility, and we are grateful to Jenisan for his continued commitment. We are also grateful for the Fundraising Committee which consists of staff, trustees, volunteers and members.

Capacity and sustainability are always on our minds in Home-Start Sutton. We were sorry to see Emma Clements, Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator leave in May 2023 and the gap she left was palpable. Only recently have we had the guarantee that we can apply for a similar post but as yet only on a very short-term contract. This post is crucial to our organization and the capacity for other staff is really stretched without it.

Whilst we were delighted to be awarded National Lottery Funding which started in September 2023 and then South West London NHS funding at the beginning of 2024, we continue to rely every third month on our reserves which is not a sustainable option. We have some smaller contracts with the London Borough of Sutton – small in terms of monetary value but not impact! We would dearly love to work with the Borough in a much more visionary way as strategic partners looking for and responding to need. We believe we have the experience, know-how and the relational aspect to our work which is the key factor.

Our volunteer network is really our unique strength so thank you to all the volunteers reading this. This combined community capital is hard to put into pounds and pence, but we are certainly going to try to do this by gaining a place at free workshops by Pro bono Economics! This year we have ensured that we have much more presence ‘at the table’ in all kinds of networks in Sutton and have made a concerted effort to improve our data collection and analysis, recognising that this is key to both detecting trends and proving our impact.

At this point in my report last year, I looked back at what Home-Start Sutton is really all about despite the uncertainties which can cause those odd worries in the middle of the night! A perfect example comes to mind. I was in the office working on some fundraising ideas for our 40[th] celebration when there was a bit of a rumpus at the door. A mum who actually used our services years ago was in extreme distress due to something which had occurred with her daughter. Staff dealt with the whole situation calmly, empathetically and with no judgement. They realized that there were safeguarding implications, and they dealt with this in absolutely the right way with no emotional responses clouding their judgement. They were able to do this because of the trust working with this family had engendered. I was proud! We have a responsive service which our community recognizes, a wealth of experience and the ability to ‘think on our feet’. As usual I have attended a few fetes, fundraising events where inevitably you will come across a family who will say things like the following. Our auditor from Home-Start UK was told this on his visit:

Home-Start has changed my life. I cannot thank everyone enough for the support and love. It's like one big family.

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We are not perfect! We have steps to fulfil in our audit to make sure we are fully ‘signed off’ but they are all doable and relate to showing clearly that we are compliant, as in crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s. Our 40[th] year is a time to take just a little time to celebrate the past and give thanks to all the people who have supported us but it is also time to look to the future. We still have the unfinished business of setting up some kind of sustainable support for dads in the borough and in launching a response to national research on poor perinatal experience for parents and in particular mothers from black and ethnic minority groups. Onwards and upwards.

My heartfelt thanks go to all staff and volunteers, all members, donors, organizations who take us under their wing and offer support, and all families present and past as we continue on this incredible journey.

Fran Boto Chair-person

The Trustees are pleased to present the report and financial statements of Home-Start Sutton for the year ended 31st March 2024. The report explains the activities of the charity that have made a significant contribution to the charity’s purpose and provide public benefit.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

Home-Start Sutton was incorporated by guarantee on 29th June 2004. It has no share capital and is a registered charity. In the event of the company being wound up the guarantee of each member is limited to £1. The governing document is the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company and members of the Board of Trustees are the directors of the company. The reference and administrative details of the charity are set out on page 2.

Appointment of Trustees

Under the Memorandum and Articles of Association the Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Trustees appoint the officers of the charity (Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary). The Trustees may subsequently co-opt any person duly qualified to be a Trustee and that person will hold office until the next Annual General Meeting.

Officers and Trustees are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must retire and can offer themselves for re-election at the next Annual General Meeting. All Trustees must be members of Home-Start Sutton.

The full complement of the Board of Trustees is 10 people. Whilst it is the charity’s goal to maintain a full complement of Trustees, vacancies can exist as the charity endeavours to find suitable candidates. Trustees are sought in a variety of ways, including recommendations from existing Trustees, staff and supporters. When seeking new Trustees, the Board carefully considers the skills and knowledge needed to support the on-going development of the charity and to that end seeks people with relevant experience and expertise. Potential Trustees are scrutinised by two officers of the charity and are subject to interview.

Trustee Induction and Training

New Trustees undertake an induction programme with the Manager of the charity. This programme explains their duties and responsibilities as a Trustee and includes a tour of the office and an overview of the operations of the charity. Each year the Trustees, along with all the staff

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and volunteers undertake mandatory Safeguarding Training. On-going training is available to the Trustees through the Home-Start UK national organisation, Community Action Sutton and appropriate ad-hoc training courses as identified by the charity or individual trustees.

Trustee Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Home-Start Sutton for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustee Annual Report and Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom generally accepted accounting practice (UKGAAP).

Company law requires that the Trustees prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Board of Trustees are required to: -

The Board of Trustees is responsible for keeping proper accounting records. These must disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Company law also requires that the Board of Trustees pay due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission and have a duty to achieve the purposes of the charitable company. In setting the charity’s objectives, planning its activities and reviewing all proposed activities, the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit. The Trustees review and approve the annual budget and periodically review the financial performance and reports of the company to ensure that it is operating in a manner consistent with achieving its purposes. In addition, the Trustees are of the opinion that the policies and procedures in place are sufficiently robust to ensure that the company achieves its purpose.

A scheme of delegation is in place and day-to-day responsibility for the running of the charity lies with the Scheme CEO, Alberta Atkinson. As such, she is responsible for operating within the framework of the policies, forward planning and budgets to ensure the charity delivers the services specified and achieve its key performance indicators. In addition, the CEO is responsible for individual supervision of the staff team and ensuring that both the staff and the scheme volunteers continue to develop their skills and working procedures consistent with best practice. In turn the CEO of the charity is subject to bi-annual performance review with the charity’s Chair.

Trustee Meetings

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Full Board of Trustees meetings are held six times per year to review and agree major areas of policy and business activity and to oversee the operational performance of the charity. Key Performance Indicators, Treasurer’s Report and Risk Assessment are reviewed at every meeting and staff members attend the meetings on a rota basis to give the Trustees an update on the recent achievements and activities in their area.

In addition to the Trustee meetings, there are regular meetings of the Fundraising subgroup and Personnel and Forward Planning Group. This group is charged with the development of longterm strategy for Home-Start Sutton and the management and support of the staff and personnel resources. Given the recent precarious funding situation, the group has continued to meet regularly to determine short-term resources and planning services and staffing resources accordingly. This group currently comprises the chair, Fran Boto, Louisa Asgill, Jenisan Kulendiran, Paul McCarthy and Michele Rivers.

Related Parties

Whilst Home-Start Sutton is an independent charitable company it is affiliated to Home-Start UK, the national umbrella organisation for UK Home-Start schemes. Consequently Home-Start Sutton has signed up to a national Home-Start agreement and works to the national organisation’s standards and methods of practice. These standards commit the company to regular reviews of its operating procedures and subject the company to periodic audit reviews by the national organisation to ensure that the charity is conforming to the national procedures. Additionally, as an affiliated scheme Home-Start Sutton benefits from the umbrella organisation’s expertise and advice as regards new legislation, regulations and internal control procedures and Home-Start Sutton Trustees, staff and volunteers are able to take advantage of the comprehensive range of training courses run by the national organisation. In addition, we are a member of Home-Start London which also gives us access to advice, networking and possible funding opportunities.

Risk Assessment

The Board of Trustees has reviewed the major risks to which Home-Start Sutton is exposed and is satisfied that systems have been, or are being established, to manage these risks.

The charity continues to review its procedures and policies to ensure that they are consistent with those best practices identified and documented by Home-Start UK, the national organisation. In addition, it continues its focus on the following items:

Risks to Future Funding : The funding situation for Home Start-Sutton remains of longer-term concern. The scheme needs to continue to concentrate efforts on securing sustainable funding streams. There are limited independent funding bodies supporting Home-Start activities. The current availability of funds to manage our core service is still a challenge as funders and trusts often have their own priorities whilst, the demand for funding to meet the needs of the families we support is exacerbated by the cost-of living crisis and an increase in demands across the sector.

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The charity is therefore ever more mindful of the need to diversify funding streams and sources to minimise risk to overall operations.

Home-Start Sutton continues to work closely with the London Borough of Sutton (Children's Services, Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care Networks) and to target grant making trusts.

The charity continues to work with Home-Start London, a consortium of 16 London Home-Start schemes, together supporting approximately 6,500 families and 9,500 children every year. Over the year there has been a focus on the potential for London-wide funding opportunities.

The charity continues to actively seek corporate sponsorship and hold various sponsorship, sales and fundraising events locally to bring in sufficient monies to fund activities.

Checks and Controls for our main risks include:

  1. Disclosure and Barring Checks : Trustees, staff and volunteers are subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring checks in line with Home-Start UK policies.

  2. Staff and Volunteer Training : Ensuring that all staff and volunteers are properly trained, supported, supervised and motivated as they carry out their work for the charity.

  3. Internal Controls : Ensuring that internal control risks are minimised by following procedures that require all transactions to be correctly authorised and recorded in the accounts of the charity.

4. Home Start UK Quality Assurance Accreditation: Ensuring we maintain high quality practices, systems and procedures. We continue to demonstrate compliance with the requirements in the Home-Start Agreement and Handbook.

  1. Safeguarding : Ensuring that proper procedure and controls are in place to be able to identify and action instances of alleged or suspected abuse that come to the attention of Home-Start Sutton. Staff and trustees access local multi-disciplinary training and refreshers as well as Home-Start UK safeguarding training in line with policy guidelines. A key element of the procedures is the on-going biennial training of all Trustees, staff and volunteers in the Safeguarding and Protection of Children.

  2. Code of Conduct : Signed annually by all trustees, staff (including agency staff), volunteers, students and those working pro-bono for the charity. This extends to selfemployed contractors or associates/consultants too. It ensures that we are all aware of our responsibilities and expectations in supporting families and children. It is introduced to new trustees, staff and volunteers as part of their induction and indicates that we fully understand and are committed to Home-Start’s Policy and procedures for Safeguarding and Protecting Children.

  3. Legal Costs Cover : Ensuring the maintenance of adequate insurance cover for the scheme to provide cover for employees, Trustees and volunteers carrying out work for and on behalf of Home-Start; this includes any claim resulting from alleged or actual abuse.

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8. Accommodation: There remains the risk that were the charity to have to move offices it would have to pay a more expensive market level rent. This is not considered imminently likely whilst the charity is seen as providing valuable family support to Sutton residents. The charity remains open to conversations with other local organisations and networks regarding co-location, dependent on favourable financial and operational considerations.

Membership

Membership is open to all who support the objects of the charitable company. As of 31[st] March 2024, there was 53 such members.

Valuing Volunteers and Benefit in Kind

During the year Home-Start Sutton worked with 84 volunteers. This included home visiting volunteers, office volunteers , group volunteers and peer advocates.

84 volunteers (2023 – 99 volunteers) Home visiting volunteer each giving between 2 to 3 hours weekly, office and group volunteers each giving around 4 hours a week. All volunteers working an average of 3.5 hours a week for 46 weeks and using standard pay rates for similar grades of staff of £15.00 per hour, the value of the benefit in kind applicable to the charitable activity was as follows: -

2024 2023
Charitable activity - "Supporting parents with
children" £ 202,860 £240,295

MISSION, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Trustees have referred to the guidance in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and complied with section 17(5) of the 2011 Charities Act when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set, specifically taking into account the perceived needs in London Borough of Sutton and of the support services being supported and funded by individuals, grant bodies and the local authority.

Mission

Home-Start Sutton provides practical and emotional support to vulnerable families with children under five, living in the London Borough of Sutton, actively enabling parents to give “the best start” to their children.

Objectives

In the year under review the main charitable objectives of Home-Start Sutton for the public benefit are to: -

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In order to achieve this Home-Start Sutton needs to: -

Activities:-

Our delivered core charitable activities were:

  1. Supporting parents with children , Home-Start Sutton seeks to increase the confidence and independence of the family through the provision of a home-visiting service and appropriate family support groups and training. The support is targeted at families who have at least one child or children under the age of five and are resident in the London Borough of Sutton.

The support was given by a core of 8 part-time staff, 1 Creche worker, 2 sessional Play Workers and supported by a network of 84 volunteers who work to the following standards and methods of practice by: -

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2.1 Two Family Groups providing weekly groups to support isolated families. A general family support group for parents and under 5’s and the second group is Tea and Tots, focussing on mums and babies under 2 years.

3.1 Parenting Support and Circle of Security Parenting Course- The service provides volunteer peer befriending and mentoring support to local families, emotional and practical support to parents, and deliver COSP parenting programmes. This support has enabled parents to develop confidence in their parenting skills, strengthen their relationships with their children, and widen their links with the local community. Working in partnership with Sutton Children’s Centre supports our referral pathway and ensures families can promptly access the service. Funding for this service is on an annual contract.

3.2 Sutton Parent2Parent Independent Advocacy Service -Offers support to parents who are going through the child protection process or facing a Child in Need Conference. The support is intensive over 2 to 3 meetings, provided by peer advocates who have experience of the child protection process. The service achieves a great deal in facilitating and enabling parental engagement in the child protection process, bridging the gap between the statutory services and the family for the ultimate benefit and well-being of the children/young people. Direct feedback from parents, social workers and conference chairs has been extremely positive. The LBS values the service but will be unable to continue funding to beyond March 2025 due to budget pressures. The decommissioning process will start in 2024 with the hope that Children’s Services and Chairs will providing support to vulnerable families going forward.

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  1. Transform Partnership- Nurturing Parent –We are part of a partnership to provide a comprehensive domestic abuse service in Sutton. We are contracted to deliver two 11week courses for parents and their children under 5 impacted by domestic abuse and to attend the One Stop Shop- a drop in advice and support service for people who have/are experiencing DV. This work aims to provide nurturing input for parents focussed on addressing their own and their children’s emotional needs and direct support to the children through 1:1 and group play. Unfortunately, we will not continue in the partnership beyond October 2024 as the service is being recommissioned with a much lower budget.

  2. Moving on Together a joint project with PlaywWise, offering a comprehensive postdiagnosis service to families with a child who have just received a diagnosis of additional needs. Home-Start provide training and support to parents with lived experience of having a child with an additional need who then provide 6 months of home-based 1:1 support to parents referred.

  3. Additional activities include: Food and Essential Cupboard- from donations from local churches and community groups we provide help with food, toiletries and essential goods for families in need as well as support to access grants for household items.

  4. Trips and Events - We organised Summer outings to places such as to Bocketts Farm, trampolining and picnics for our families and a Christmas Party with Santa and gifts for all the children donated by local organisations.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Key achievements of Home-Start Sutton in the delivery of its charitable activities in 2023/24 for the public benefit are recorded in the Chair’s report.

ANNUAL INFORMATION OUTCOMES UPDATE 2022/2023

We supported 190 families through the core services and 86 through advocacy. There were 344 children in supported families.

This year we again have created a Social Impact Report to illustrate our outcomes. Please refer to this document for key outcomes information.

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Ethnic Origin of Families and Volunteers

Ethnic Origin Ethnic Origin Ethnic Origin Core
Families
Supported		 Advocacy
Families		 Volunteers Staff Trustees
Asian Indian 7 2 2 0 2
Pakistani 9 0 1 0 0
Bangladeshi 6 0 1 0 0
Other Asian Background 12 4 3 1 0
Black Caribbean 6 2 2 0 0
African 6 2 1 1 0
Other Black Background 7 1 1 0 0
Chinese or other ethnicgroup 0 0
Chinese 6 0 4 0 0
Anyother ethnicgroup 1 9 6 1 0
Mixed Anymixed background 13 10 3 0
White British 88 34 47 7 6
Irish 1 2 2 0 1
Other White Background 10 0 11 0 0
Nil responses 14 20 0 0 0
TOTALS 191 86 84 9 9

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Our turnover for the financial year ending 31[st ] March 2024 was £205,446 (£290,732 in 2022/23) against which we had expenditure of £303,893 (£343,020 in 2022/23). The Income and Expenditure Account showed a deficit of £98,447. Our Unrestricted – General Reserves is £49,692, and Unrestricted – Designated Development Fund is £125k and Restricted Funds £38k.

We were pleased to be awarded the National Lottery fund in 2023/24 which will stabilise the service for 4 years. Although the funding enabled us to continue our work it does not cover the entire cost to run the service. We were hopeful of usual funding from Children in Need, but we were unsuccessful in our applications due to the huge volume of applications they received. This reflected the success across other Home Starts, with fewer successful applications for this funding.

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We have sought several smaller grants, some of which have been successful but not enough to close the financial gap.

The financial concerns are compounded by budget pressures experienced by the local authority. Several of our funding/grants with LBS are on fixed term 12 months contracts, which makes it difficult to plan and stabilise staff and projects.

Whilst we grappled with our finances the need of families continues to be complex due to the cost of living crisis, and challenges in access and availability of services that meet their needs. Several of our existing projects would benefit from ongoing and stable funding as they continue to provide important support to families. Discussions will be continuing with grant givers to secure continuation funding.

The biggest contributor to our restricted grant funded income of £240k was the National Lottery for the Connecting Families Project (£72k) and the SWL Health Inequalities fund of £36,400 (£11,177k in 2023-24).

We were successful in securing/renewing funding for several projects during the year including Advocacy (£32k), Transform DV (£10k), Garfield Weston (£20k), LBS Parenting Support (30k), Community Action Sutton (£5k), LBS Temporary Accommodation ‘The Pod’ (£14,300), Rebuild Maternal Journal (£1,700), Rebuild Esteem (£1,900), Moving on Together (£3k).

We had a number of successful fund-raising events during the year, such as a Quiz night, Charity Walk and Wine Tasting. We were also very fortunate that Lexus Nexus Sutton branch chose us as their charity of the year and raised £9,687 to support our services. We were chosen by the Cheam & Sutton Rotary Club President as one of her nominated charities. We received over £400 from this, and also received £1,750 from the Church of Good Shepherd Christmas Fair. We also received a large number of generous donations which helped support our families through the year. Income from general donations and fundraising amounted to a magnificent sum of £29,238 and we are, as ever, very grateful to all our benefactors.

2023/24 was a very busy period, with a new CEO, Quality Assurance Audit, contract negotiations, fundraising whilst supporting our families and volunteers, running several groups and training courses, but due to the dedication of our staff team, good financial management and the generosity of our benefactors the financial year ended with several accomplishments.

Looking forward, the financial year 2024/25 is expected to be another busy and very challenging year. This is mainly because one of our major services is being decommissioned, a number are under threat of not being re-funded as well as the general pressures of funding across the charity sector. We understand the position of the charity and are forward planning for the stability of the organisation.

Reserves Policy

The core purpose of the charity is to provide its “Supporting Families with Children” activities to families experiencing difficulties that have (a) a child below five years of age and (b) live in the London Borough of Sutton.

As such the trustees have set a reserves policy whereby: -

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The calculation of the required level of reserves is an integral part of the scheme’s planning, budget and forecast cycle. It takes into account risks associated with: -

The Trustees periodically examine HomeStart Sutton’s requirement for reserves in the light of past experience and the current risks faced by the organisation. Generally, when the charity has ongoing funding for much of its activities, the Trustees consider an Unrestricted General Reserve equivalent to three to six months normal expenditure is appropriate, namely between £75k and £150k. The General Unrestricted Reserve on 31 March 2024 was £174,692. Of this, £125,000 was established as an Unrestricted Designated Development Fund from the Sutton Women’s Aid donation.

Investment Policy

Payments to Home-Start Sutton are generally quarterly in advance and as such, there are generally no funds available for long-term investment. Accordingly, having considered all the options available, the Board of Trustees have previously agreed that any surplus cash should be placed on short-term deposit. However, with the current level of reserve we will now look at the possibilities for further diversification of investments in order to achieve an improved interest return and to spread financial risk.

In selecting where to deposit the surplus monies Home-Start Sutton’s first priority is to minimise risk and then achieve a reasonable return. Accordingly, the monies are currently placed on deposit with the COIF Charities Deposit Fund, a common investment fund which has an AAA credit rating from Fitch Ratings Agency in reflection of its low and diverse risk. Risk assessment criteria would be applied in deciding where to place any future investments. The charity remains aware of the need to monitor the performance and risk of investments especially during periods of financial market turbulence.

Appointment of Auditors

The Trustees are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 (small companies) of the Companies Act 2006 and that an independent examination is appropriate for the coming year.

The Trustees appointed Philip Warner as the Independent Examiner at the AGM 10[th] November 2021.

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This report has been prepared in accordance with FRSSE SORP - Financial Regulation Standard for Smaller Entities Statement of Recommended Practice

Fran Boto Chair Person

Independent Examiner’s Report To The Trustees of Home-Start Sutton Charitable Company Charity Commission Number 1104960

For the year to – 31[st] March 2024

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024, which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of accounting policies and related notes. These financial statements have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out therein.

This report is made solely to the Trustees as a body, in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My examination has been undertaken so that I might state to the Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the Trustees as a body, for my examination, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity is preparing accrued accounts, and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Having been satisfied that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination it is my responsibility to: -

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Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view”, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiners Statement

In connection with my examination of the accounts of Home-Start Sutton for the year to 31 March 2024, no matter has come to my attention: -

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements;

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice; Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised 2005) have not been met;

or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Philip Warner

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (8654555)

108 Augustus Road London SW19 6ER

Date: 26th September 2024

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Home-Start Sutton Registered Charity No 1104960 Statement of Financial Activities and Income & Expenditure Report For the year to 31 March 2024

For the year to 31 March 2024
Unrestricted Restricted Total
Notes Funds Funds 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Income
Donations and Fundraising 3 29,238 - 29,238 31,309
Investment Income 4 6,917 - 6,917 4,518
Charitable Activities:
"Supporting parents with children"
income 5 - 205,446 205,446 240,295
Other Income 6 - - -
14,610
Total Income 36,155 205,446 241,601 290,732
Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds 7 2,633 - 2,633 2,386
Expenditure on Charitable Activities 8 126,065 202,196 328,261 340,634
Total Expenditure 128,697 202,196 330,893 343,020
- -
-
Net Income (Expenditure) 92,542 3,250 89,292 52,288
Net transfers between Funds 19 - - -
-
- -
-
Net Movement in Funds 92,542 3,250 89,292 52,288
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st April 263,090.0 34,985 298,075 350,364
Total funds carried forward 170,548 38,235 208,783 298,076
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the
year.
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from
continuing activities.

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Unrestricted Funds comprise General Reserve 49,692 Designated Development Fund 125,000

Home-Start Sutton

Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
Company Registration Number 5165417
Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
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Current Assets
Debtors
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Prepayments
Short Term Deposits at COIF
Cash at Bank and in hand
Liabilities: amounts falling due within 1 year
Deferred Income
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Creditors & Accruals
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Net Current Assets
Total Assets less Current Liabilities
Represented by:
Funds
Unrestricted - General
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Unrestricted - Designated Development
Restricted Funds
19		 March
2023
£
547
15,004
1,473
91,082
168,644
276,203
28,271
39,698
67,968
208,235
208,783
45,548
125,000
38,235
208,783		 March
2022
£
2,297
8,957
1,732
194,165
151,574
356,429
22,890
37,761
60,651
295,778
298,076
138,091
125,000
34,985
298,076

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015)

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Home-Start Sutton

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note Accounting 1 Policies

a) Basis of Accounting

The Financial Statements are prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" (SORP 2015) issued in Jan 2015, and the FRSSE (Jan 2015)

b) Fund Accounting

The Charity has various types of funds for which it is responsible, and which require separate disclosure.

Restricted Funds Funds subject to specific restrictions imposed by the donor or the purpose of the appeal.

Unrestricted

Funds Funds available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objectives of Home-Start Sutton.

c) Income

All income included in the statement of financial activities as soon as Home-Start Sutton is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Voluntary Income Comprises all income from donations and fundraising and is accounted for on a receivable basis.

This consists of revenue Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities grants

receivable from donors in support of "Supporting Families with Children". Grants are

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accounted for on an accrual basis and where unconditional entitlement is dependent upon fulfilment of conditions in a future accounting period, such income is credited

to deferred income and accounted for as a liability.

Investment Income Comprises interest receivable on cash balances held in appropriate interest bearing deposits and benefits unrestricted reserves.

Donated Facilities The value of services provided by volunteers in respect of home-visiting, accounting and administration has not been included in these accounts.

Home-Start Sutton

Notes to the Financial Statements

d)

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred.

Costs of Generating Funds Comprise the costs associated with attracting future income.

Charitable Expenditure Comprises those costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs

that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance Include those costs associated with meeting the Costs constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity and include the independent examination

fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity.

e)

Value Added Tax

The activities of the Charity are such that it is not registered for Vat and so all costs

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are charged gross of Vat. f) Fixed Assets Office Furniture & Equipment and Computer Equipment has been written off on a straight-line basis over 3 years. Note 2 Legal Status

The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.

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Home-Start Sutton

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note
3		 Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
Donations and Fundraising
Amazon
26.1
0
26
34.17
Anne Dodwell
0
0
275
Benevity
1965.7
0
1,966
0
CAF Regular Donors
2,684
0
2,684
3,011
Camiya Chacko
0
0
225
Carshalton Lavender Fields
0
0
0
Charities Trust
0
0
0
Christ Church Sutton
1,104
0
1,104
656
Church of the Good Shepherd
2,550
0
2,550
4,750
Cheam Consolidated Churches
0
0
0
Croydon Voluntary Action
500
0
500
0
Co-op LCF
0
0
0
Charity Walk for Peace
0
0
0
Easy Fundraising
145
0
145
171
Hannah's Flowers
120
0
120
Homestart UK
0
0
0
Iceland Wallington
0
0
0
Jean Quested
220
0
220
240
John Lewis
0
2,000
Just Giving
2,007
2,007
780
Ladies 1959 Luncheon Club
0
50
Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
9687
0
9,687
0
Ken Hindmarsh Legacy
0
0
0
Coffee Morning
0
1,058
Quiz Night
0
0
2,762
Mr & Mrs Webster
0
0
0
Mayors Charity
0
0
12,222
Pam Manisier
0
0
0
PayPal
0
0
0
Rotary Club of Cheam
450
0
450
0
Rotary Club of Nonsuch
0
0
0
Subsea 7
0
0
0
Sutton Cristian Centre
0
0
0
Sutton Women's Aid
0
0
0
T& KJ Haden-Scott
0
0
0
Tudor Trust
0
0
0
Virgin Money Giving
0
0
0

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Wallington Baptist Church Holy
Trinity
Waitrose
Wallington United Reformed Church
Woodcote Golf Club
Others
Total		 194
0
194
176
0
0
2,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
7,586
0
7,586
899
29,238
0
29,238 31,309

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Investment Income
COIF Interest Income		 Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
6,917
0
6,917
4,518
6,917
0
6,917
222

Incoming resources from "Supporting Parents with children" activity

The National Lottery Connecting Families
BBC Children In Need
Advocacy
LB Sutton Children with Disabilities
LB Sutton Domestic Violence
Young Londoners Bridging the Gap
Garfield Weston
SWL
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5
LBS Children’s Wellbeing
LB Sutton Families in Temp Accom (POD)
Rebuild Maternal Journal
Rebuild Esteem
Moving On Together
Parenting Support
Community Action Sutton Lunch and Play
Big Hopes Big Futures
Other Income
Sutton Nursing Association
HomeStart UK Volunteer Training
HomeStart Warrington
HomeStart UK Cost of Living
LBS Covid Grant		 Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
72,923
72,923
72,431
0
0
22,333
32,000
32,000
32,000
2,781
2,781
2,926
10,557
10,557
10,486
0
12,390
20,000
20,000
0
11,177
11,177
0
0
0
5,323
0
1,667
14,311
14,311
784
1,767
1,767
24,422
1,930
1,930
21,233
3,000
3,000
3,000
30,000
30,000
21,050
5,000
5,000
5,000
1
1
5,250
0
205,446
205,446
240,295
Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
£
£
0
0
300
0
5,000
0
800
0
250
0
8,260
0
0
0
14,610

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Note 7
Fundraising
Costs
Staff Costs - Reallocation
General Office Costs -
Realloc
Expenses		 Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Total Costs 2023
£ £ £ £
2,200 0 2,200 2,200
0 0 0
433 0 433 186
2,633 0 2,633 2,386
Note 8
"Supporting
Group & Family Activities
Staff Salaries
Premises
Costs
Staff &
Volunteer
Costs
General
Office Costs
Bank
Charges
Equipment
Depreciation
Membership & Affiliation
Governance
Costs
Net contr to redund prov
Support Cost
Allocation		 "Supporting parents with children" costs parents with children" costs parents with children" costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Total Costs 2023
£ £ £ £
2,664.32 3,872 6,536 7,574
119,510.45 155,152 274,662 288,434
7,400.28 7,364 14,764 11,937
5,345.93 3,877 9,223 8,010
11,047.87 630 11,678 13,989
0 0 0
0 0 402
1,749.00 0 1,749 3,052
5,393.92 0 5,394 4,590
2,603.40 0 2,603 2,647
1,651.00 0 1,651 0
(31,301.36) 31,001 (300) 0
126,065 201,896 327,961 340,634

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Home-Start Sutton
Note 7 Fundraising Costs Unrestricted Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restricted Total Total
Community
Action
Sutton
Young Maternal Rebuild Connect Sutton Giv Parenting Moving On Lunch and LBS Child CB LCRF Garfield
Funds Lottery BBC CIN POD Advocacy C-w-D DV Lndners Journal Esteem From Start Mat Jnl Support BHBF Together Play Wellbeing Wave 5 Weston SWL Total Costs 2023
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Staff Costs - Reallocation 2,200 0 2,200 2,200
General Office Costs - Realloc 0 0 0
Expenses 433 0 433 186
2,633 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,633 2,386
Note 8 "Supporting parents with children" costs
Unrestricted Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restr Restricted Total Total
Community
Action
Sutton
Young Maternal Rebuild Connect Sutton Giv Parenting Moving On Lunch and LBS Child CB LCRF Garfield
Funds Lottery BBC CIN POD Advocacy C-w-D DV Lndners Journal Esteem From Start Mat Jnl Support BHBF Together Play Wellbeing Wave 5 Weston SWL Total Costs 2023
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Group & Family Activities 2,664.32 143 1,578 8 2,144 3,872 6,536 7,574
Staff Salaries 119,510.45 37,032 24,299 28,514 12,874 6,709 35,181 5,993 4,549 155,152 274,662 288,434
Premises Costs 7,400.28 2,677 2,835 1,163 690 7,364 14,764 11,937
Staff & Volunteer Costs 5,345.93 1,639 413 1,415 242 5 164 3,877 9,223 8,010
General Office Costs 11,047.87 630 630 11,678 13,989
Bank Charges 0 0 0
Equipment 0 0 402
Depreciation 1,749.00 0 1,749 3,052
Membership & Affiliation 5,393.92 0 5,394 4,590
Governance Costs 2,603.40 0 2,603 2,647
Net contr to redund prov 1,651.00 0 1,651 0
Support Cost Allocation (31,301.36) 1,750 3,000 2,781 1,870 600 20,000 1,000 31,001 (300) 0
126,065 43,240 0 27,547 32,928 2,781 12,874 0 9,450 0 0 0 37,301 0 6,593 2,149 0 0 20,000 7,032 201,896 327,961 340,634
Note 8 "Other costs"
UnrestrictedRestricted Total Total
Funds Funds Costs 2022
£ £ £ £
Group & Family Activities 300 300 770
0 300 300 770
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Note 9 Governance Costs

Note 9
Governance Costs
Staff Costs - Reallocation
General Office Costs - Reallocation
Trustee Expenses
AGM & Annual Report Expenses
Independent Examination Fee		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2023
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
1293
1,293
1,293
640
640
640
170.4
170
123
0
91
500
500
500
2,603
0
2,603
2,647

Note 10 Support Cost Allocation

Costs are charged to the activities Fundraising, 'Supporting Families with Children' and

Governance on the following basis:

Third Party Costs and

Charges On a direct cost allocation to the appropriate individual activity. Support Salary Cost A detailed assessment is undertaken of the time spent by employees on the separate activities and the cost is allocated accordingly. General Office Costs All appropriate office costs were aggregated and a share allocated to fundraising and governance based on the ratio of their allocated salary cost.

Allocation of costs over individual funds

Costs within each expenditure category are allocated to specific funds consistent with the terms and conditions under which the donor gave the grant.

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Note 11 Net income/expenditure

This is stated after charging:

Independent Examination Fee
Depreciation		 2024
2023
£
£
600
500
1,750
3,052

Note 12 Staf Costs and Numbers

Salaries
Employers National Insurance
Pension incl enhanced pension
Average number of persons employed
Average full time equivalent
Sessional Workers
No employee earned in excess of £60,000 (2021 -nil)		 2024
2023
£
£
259,958
259,958
24,187
24,187
7,782
7,782
291,927
291,927
2024
2023
8
8
6
6
3
3

Note 13 Trustee Remuneration & Related Party Transactions

Number
Trustee Travel & Parking
0
Trustee Insurance
all
Trustee Training & Conferences
0		 2024
Number
£
0
0
170.4
all
0
170		 2023
£
0
122.6
123

No Trustee or other person related to the Charity had any personal interest

in any contract or transaction entered into by the Charity during the year

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Note 14 Taxation

As a Charitable Company, Home-Start Sutton is exempt from tax on income and gains arising from its charitable activities. No tax charges have arisen for the Charity in 2023 (2022 - Nil)

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 15
Note 16		 Tangible Fixed Assets
Cost
As at 1st April 2023
Additions
Disposals
As at 31 March 2024
Depreciation
As at 1st April 2023
Charge for year
Disposals
As at 31 March 2024
Net Book
Value
As at 31 March 2024
As at 31 March 2023
Debtors
NHS SWL
LBS Dom Violence (Cranstoun)
Sutton Vol Centre (Young Ldns)
Moving On Together		 2024
£
11,177
1,349.00
2,478.00		 Office and
Computer
Equipment
£
14,207.33
0.00
14,207.33
11,910.13
1,749.73
0.00
13,659.86
547.47
2,297
2023
£
0
1,292
2,478
3,000
15,004.00 6,770.33

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Note 17 Deferred Income
2024 2023
£ £
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery Connecting Families 9,115
(0)
Families in Temp Accom (POD) 1,193 1,193
Parenting Support 9,963 10,000
Rebuild Maternal Journal 1,767
Rebuild
Esteem 1,930
Advocacy 8,000 8,000
28,271 22,890
Note 18 Creditors and Accruals
2024 2023
£ £
Unrestricted Funds
Redundancy Provision 37,241.25 35,590
Independent Examiner 600.00 600
Other Sundry Accruals 1,856.25 1,571
39,697.50 37,760.84
Note 19 Fund Balances
Opening Incoming Resources Transfers Closing
Balance Resources Expended between Balance
1.4.23 funds 31.3.24
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery Connecting Families 0 72,923 (43,240) 29,68
BBC Children In Need (242) 0 0 (242
Women’s Aid Caring
Dads 11,597 0 0 11,59
LB Sutton Children with Disabilities 0 2,781 (2,781)
LB Sutton Domestic Violence 2,306 10,557 (12,874) (11
Advocacy 3,692 32,000 (32,928) 2,76
Young Londoners Bridging the Gap 170 0 0 17
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5 (0) 0 0 (0
LB Sutton Children’s Wellbeing 4,452 0 0 4,45
LB Sutton Families in Temp Accom (POD) (589) 14,311 (27,547) (13,825
Sutton Giving Maternal Journal (561) 0 0 (561
Rebuild Maternal
Journal 18,296 1,767 (9,450) 10,61
Rebuild Esteem 1,120 1,930 0 3,05

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Moving On Together (242) 3,000 (6,593) (3,835
Parenting Support (9,307) 30,000 (37,301) (16,608
Community Action Sutton Lunch and Play 3,322 5,000 (2,149) 6,17
Big Hopes Big Futures 670 1 0 67
Garfield Weston 0 20,000 (20,000)
SWL 0 11,177 (7,032) 4,14
34,685 205,446 (201,896) 0 38,23
Other Restricted Income 300 0 (300) 0 0.0
Unrestricted Funds
General 138,090 36,155 (128,697) 45,54
Designated Development * 125,000 0 0 125,00
Total 298,075 241,601 (330,893) 0 208,783.0
Analysis of Net Assets Between
Note 20 Funds
Tangible Current Current Total
Fixed
Assets Assets Liabilities 2024
£ £ £ £
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery Connecting Families 38,798 (9,115) 29,682
BBC Children In Need (242) (242)
Women’s Aid Caring
Dads 11,597 0 11,597
LB Sutton Children with Disabilities 0 0 0
LB Sutton Domestic Violence (11) (11)
Advocacy 10,764 (8,000) 2,764
Young Londoners Bridging the Gap 170 0 170
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5 (0) 0 (0)
LB Sutton Children’s Wellbeing 4,452 0 4,452
LB Sutton Families in Temp Accom (POD) 1,193 (15,018) (13,825)
Sutton Giving Maternal Journal 0 (561) (561)
Rebuild Maternal
Journal 10,613 0 10,613
Rebuild Esteem 3,050 0 3,050
Moving On Together 0 (3,835) (3,835)
Parenting Support 0 (16,608) (16,608)
Community Action Sutton Lunch and Play 6,173 0 6,173
Sutton Nursing Association 0 0 0
Big Hopes Big Futures 671 0 671
Garfield Weston 0 0 0
SWL 4,145 0 4,145

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Other Restricted Income
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated Development		 0
87,227
(53,137)
34,090
0
0
0
547
63,976
(14,831)
49,692
125,000
125,000
547
276,203
(67,968)
208,783

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Employees and volunteers who have contributed to the success of Home-Start Sutton in the period under review: -

Staff

Alberta Atkinson Chief Executive Officer (started Aug 2023 Joanne Atkins Family Group Co-ordinator Bev Daines Family Support Co-ordinator Clare Daley Group Worker Rachel Davey Family Support Co-ordinator Charlotte Donovan Finance and Business Support Officer Kim Farlow Senior Family Support Co-ordinator Chantal Hayden Family Support Co-ordinator Gayle Sawyer Family Support Co-ordinator

Volunteers

Alison Bardon Lorraine Finan Natasha Osborne Particia Bhandari Dawn Forbes Charleen Parker Sandra Board Miranda French Dorothy Parker Fran Boto Felicity Hamlin Victoria Presswood Diana Broad Samantha Hansford Andrea Rivers Andrea Buckley Denise Haseler Michele Rivers Camiya Chacko Sue Holley Lesley Roberts Elaine Childs Alison Holloway Mercedes Robinson Sue Childs Coleen Huggett Philippa Simmonds Emma Clements Anna Hunt Susan Simpson Elaine Clifford Dinaz Irani Eloise Skipper Katie Connaire Pamela Manisier Margaret Ann Smith Amber Cox Gill Marchbank Jane Swindle Valerie Davis Karen Mason Aysegul Takimoglu Fiona Denton Sara McManus Anne-Marie Taylor Denise Earwicker Uzma Mobin Mike Taylor Cayce Eastwood Dawn Moriarty Tene Teegelman Angela Christopher-Ejemba Sara Moumouris Phyllis Thompson Joanna Elgarf Lisa Murray Lorraine Thrower Sue Elson Uzma Mobin Zinnat Toorabally Jo Jo Tsitropoulou Lesley Turner Jonathan Vickery Lynn Wallace Peer Advocates Patricia Wang Ho* Mags Fox Kate Webber Sue Holley Fiona Webster Paul McCarthy Kelly Whetran Justine Wight Cherry Wong Gill Wong * Helen Wright Veronia Yeung Bonita Zammit

*denotes leavers in period

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In addition to those listed previously who have donated money to Home-Start Sutton, we would like to thank the following for their support: -

Amazon Anne Dodwell Bob Watson Camiya Chacko Christ Church Sutton Church of the Good Shepherd Clare Bryant – Sutton Sports Village Community Action Sutton Easy Fundraising Fiona Webster Fran Boto Hannahs Flowers Hill House Home-Start London Holy Trinity Church, Wallington Home-Start UK

Jean Quested & Rupert Quested John Lewis Partnership LexisNexis Risk Solutions London Borough of Sutton Malcome Booth – Trinity Church Marian Idles Morrison’s Sutton

Pia Jaime PlayWise River Church Sutton Riverside Centre Rotary Club of Sutton and Cheam Shona Newmark St Oswald’s Church Cheam St. Patrick’s Church Wallington St Paul’s Guild

Sue Elson Sue Hoskins Sutton Children’s Centres

Sutton Carers Centre Sutton Foodbank Sutton Health Visiting Teams Sutton Libraries

Sutton Mental Health Foundation

Sutton Nursing Association Sutton South Hello Club Sutton Vineyard Church Sutton Volunteer Centre Sutton Women’s Centre Tesco Purley The Grange Children’s Centre

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We would like to say a special thank you to the National Lottery, without this funding we would not have the stability of core funding for which all other funding and support can be attributed. From all the families we support, staff and Trustees.

Thank you!

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