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Home-Start Sutton Annual Report & Financial Statements 31[st] March 2025

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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

CONTENTS Page
Contents 1
Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity 2
Chairperson’s Statement 3
Report of the Board of Trustees 6
Independent Examiner’s Report 18
Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating Income &
Expenditure Report) 21
Balance Sheet 22
Notes to the Financial Statements 24
Staff and Volunteers 33
Acknowledgements 35

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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

Charity Number 1104960 Company Number 05165417

Principal Office and Registered Office 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
Anton Tavernier Gustave
Andrea Buckley
Michele Rivers
Ruby Sethna
Camiya Chacko
Kathy Pelc
Karen Mason (Resigned on 13 Jan 2025)
Company SecretaryAlberta Atkinson
Scheme ManagerAlberta Atkinson
Independent ExaminerDavid Howard
1 Park Road
Hampton Wick
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 4AS
Banking Co-operative Bank plc
P.O.Box 250
Delf House
Southway
Skelmersdale WN8 6WT
Charities Official Investment Fund
80 Cheapside
London EC2V 6DZ
Personnel Sub Janet Mountford – Chair
Group Jenisan Kulendiran
Louisa Asgill
Fran Boto
Paul McCarthy

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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Michele Rivers Alberta Atkinson Forward Planning Janet Mountford – Chair Group Jenisan Kulendiran Louisa Asgill Fran Boto Paul McCarthy Michele Rivers Karen Mason Alberta Atkinson Fundraising Paul McCarthy – Chair Subgroup Michele Rivers Camiya Chacko Alberta Atkinson Emma Clements (member) Sue Holley – Volunteer Jo Elgalf - Volunteer Karen Mason

CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT FOR 2024/2025

The past year has been a period of both significant milestones and considerable challenges for our charity. We were immensely proud to celebrate our 40th anniversary in August 2024, a testament to four decades of dedicated service and a major contribution to our borough's social fabric.

Unfortunately, the year also brought a reduction in funding streams, which led to difficult decisions. Some projects had to be downsized, and valued staff members were let go. Despite these pressures, operations were adapted to ensure continued delivery of excellent outcomes for the families served. This required us to work both smarter and more efficiently, and the extraordinary pressure on staff and volunteers is acknowledged. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, deep appreciation is extended for their unwavering commitment and perseverance.

Amidst these challenges, the 40th-anniversary celebrations provided a reminder of our core mission to the community we serve. We hired the Cryer Arts Centre marquee for our afternoon event. This was attended by many families, who enjoyed the various stalls, teddy tombola, BBQ and the performance by Sing Out Sutton. Our evening celebration was attended by the Right Worshipful Mayor of Sutton Councillor Colin Stears and by our local Member of Parliament Mr. Bobby Deans and many past volunteers, trustees and staff of HomeStart including our first Manager, Marian Moss.

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We were entertained splendidly by various local artists and even our own CEO Alberta Atkinson and her pop-up band. We had a wonderful time of nostalgia as well as looking to the future, and it was announced that evening that we had been chosen to be one of the Mayor’s Charities for the year. This was a boost to our profile in the borough, strengthening team spirit among staff, trustees and volunteers and enhanced our fundraising efforts. We are very grateful for this opportunity and have enjoyed working alongside the now current Mayor, the Right Worshipful, Councillor Louise Phelan who was then Deputy Mayor.

Alberta Atkinson, our CEO continued to make a mark in 2024/2025 with her energy and fresh vision. One of her priorities has been to increase the visibility of Home-Start Sutton and ensure we participate in all relevant borough-level discussions to make sure we are at the table. Our dedicated staff have been instrumental in representing the organisation, using their expertise to advance our mission at these critical meetings. This proactive approach has positioned us well for future early intervention opportunities in Sutton and wwe look forward to being aligned to respond and participate effectively with borough and NHS’s early intervention strategies.

We also strengthened our volunteer programme in 2024/25 with the appointment of a Volunteer Recruitment Lead enabled by funding from ICB Health Inequalities fund. We are not alone finding it challenging to recruit volunteers with the cost-of-living crisis forcing many into paid jobs and grandparents into full-time caring duties. However, although our numbers are not increasing in the way we would ideally like to see, the appointment of Natalie has led to a much better informed, connected volunteer force and this position has also given us more capacity for posts on social media and our website. We are also pleased to be joining forces with Home Start London’s publicity campaigns for increased volunteering capacity.

Other notable initiatives have been our contribution to research and campaigning on the experience of global majority women in the perinatal period, additional learning on trauma informed practice and the resurrection of a much-needed away day for staff and trustees to refresh our vision and to experience working together. Furthermore, we were selected to participate in the Home-Start UK self-assessment audit, a rigorous process that culminated in us proudly receiving our accredited status and demonstrating our growth as an organisation.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all who have contributed to our organisation this year. We must bid a special farewell to Paul McCarthy, former safeguarding lead trustee and advocacy volunteer, Karen Mason who helped with financial scrutiny and was a voice for volunteers and to Kathy Pelc, a trustee and member of the Fundraising Committee, whose departure we hope is temporary. We thank them all for their significant contributions.

A sad farewell to both Bev Daines, who worked with us for years specialising in domestic abuse and child protection conference advocacy and Chantal Hayden who focused on advice and support for homeless families and disability. We wish them both success in their future endeavours. Additionally, we say goodbye to playworkers Mandy, Clare, and Becky and thank them for their years of service.

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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

We are delighted to welcome two new Trustees, Anton Tavernier Gustave and Ruby Sethna, who have joined this financial year. Anton has taken up chairing the personnel subgroup, and Ruby has been instrumental in reviewing our finances with Treasurer Jenisan, demonstrating a natural attention to detail.

Our Fundraising Committee under the leadership of Michele Rivers deserves a huge vote of thanks as this year has been particularly busy. Being part of the Mayor’s Charity led to numerous meetings and events, and we are grateful to all the staff who dedicated their weekends and evenings to this undertaking.

Finally, of course we must acknowledge the families for all the resilience they show which spurs us to carry on our work. I am a family volunteer as well as a trustee and I am truly humbled when I see ‘my mum’ putting her family first despite all the difficulties she encounters. I learn something every time I visit and for this, I am very grateful, and I am sure that all volunteers, members, staff and friends reading this will echo this sentiment.

My heartfelt thanks again to all our funders, donors, volunteers and supporters who take us under their wing, continue to believe in us and keep the wheels on the bus going round and round!

Frances Boto

Chairperson

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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

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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 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

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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 plan and budgets to ensure the charity delivers the services specified and achieved 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

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

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meet regularly to determine short-term resources and planning services and staffing resources accordingly. This group currently comprises the chair, Janet Mountford, Jenisan Kulendiran, Michele Rivers, Louisa Asgill, Paul McCartrhy and Fran Boto. 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 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, 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.

The charity is therefore ever more mindful of the need to diversify funding streams and source 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 consortium of 16 London Home-Start schemes, figures from 14 of the schemes together we supported over 7000 families and approximately 8000 children every year. Over the year there has been a focus on the potential for London-wide funding opportunities, publicity and volunteer engagement.

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

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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

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.

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 2025, there was 53 such members.

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Valuing Volunteers and Estimated value of volunteer contribution

During the year Home-Start Sutton worked with 77 volunteers this included home visiting volunteers, office volunteers , group volunteers and peer advocates.

68 volunteers (2024 – 84 volunteers) Home visiting volunteer each giving between 2 to 3 hours weekly, 9 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 monetary value of volunteer support applicable to the charitable activity was as follows: -

2025 2024
The estimated value of volunteer contribution
applicable to the charitable activity ‘is Supporting
parents with children’
 £185,955 £202,860

MISSION, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

In reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and planning future activities, the trustees have referred to and complied with the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, including their legal duty under Section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011. The trustees specifically consider how planned activities will contribute to the charity's objectives, with particular attention to the identified needs within the London Borough of Sutton and the support services 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: -

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

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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, 1 Creche worker, 2 sessional Play Workers and supported by a network of 77 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 have going through 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. 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 need. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Trips and Events - We organised Summer outings to such as Bocketts Farm, Trampolining and Picnics for our families and 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 2024/25 for the public benefit are recorded in the Chair’s report.

ANNUAL INFORMATION OUTCOMES UPDATE 2024/2025

We supported 172 families through the core services (Home Visting, Group Support, Circle of Security Programme and the Nurturing Parenting course). 59 through advocacy, 116 through POD.

No ethnicities are collected for POD and Advocacy.

There were 282 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 Ethnic Origin of Families and Volunteers

Ethnic Origin Ethnic Origin Ethnic Origin Core
Families
Supported		 Volunteers Staff Trustees
Asian Indian 6 1 1 3
Pakistani 9 1 0 0
Bangladeshi 2 0 0 0
Other Asian Background 12 8 0 0
Black Caribbean 4 0 0 0
African 7 3 1 0
Other Black Background 0 0 0 1

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Chinese or other ethnicgroup Chinese or other ethnicgroup Chinese or other ethnicgroup 0 0
Chinese 5 0 0 0
Anyother ethnicgroup 4 0 0 0
Mixed Anymixed background 8 4 0
White British 76 39 10 4
Irish 1 0 0 1
Other White Background 7 6 0 0
Nil responses 31 8 0 0
TOTALS 172 70 12 9

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating Income & Expenditure Report)

Our turnover for the financial year ending March 31[st ] 2025 was £283,591 against which we had expenditure of £356,030. The Income and Expenditure Account showed a deficit £72,439. Our Unrestricted – General Reserves is £81,461 and Unrestricted – Designated Development Fund is £50k and Restricted Funds £4,883.

We were pleased to be awarded the National Lottery fund in 2024/25 which stabilised 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 securing our usual funding from the Children in Need but we were unsuccessful in our applications due to the huge volume of applications they received. This outcome reflected the experience across Home Starts nationally, with fewer successful applications for this funding.

We have sought several smaller grants and some we have been successful but not enough to close the financial gap.

The financial concerns are compounded by budget pressures experienced by the local authority the London Borough of Sutton (LBS).A number of our funding/grants with LBS are on fixed term 12 month contracts, making it difficult to plan and stabilise staff and projects.

Whilst we grappled with our finances the needs of families continue to be complex due to cost of living crisis, 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 (£110,350.48) and the SWL Health Inequalities fund of £39,808.00.

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We were successful in securing/renewing funding for several projects during the year including Advocacy (32k), Transform DV (£9,151), LB Sutton Parenting Support (£30,388), Community Action Sutton (£5k), LB Sutton Temporary Accommodation ‘The Pod’ (£14,310), LBS Children with Disabilities (£2,781k), Moving on Together (£3k Pears (£6k) SGN (6K) NHS (£470).

We were chosen as one of the Mayor of Suttons charity of the year and continue to successfully support the Mayor in fundraising events such as gala diners, New year's parades, Karaoke and Quiz night. Other fundraising activities included charity run, being part of the Church of Good Shepherd Fairs and our 40[th] Year celebration fundraising events. We also received many generous donations which helped support our families through the year. Income from general donations and fundraising amounted to a magnificent sum of £15,209.11 we are, as ever, very grateful to all our benefactors.

The 2024/25 financial year was defined by significant achievements and strategic challenges, this included:

Accreditation and Quality : We successfully completed a quality assurance audit, re-confirming our status as an accredited service provider.

Operational Adjustments: A financial review exposed significant budget deficits, necessitating strategic changes. This included making staff redundancies, affecting a long-serving team member and reducing staffing hours.

Team Dedication : Despite these challenges, the dedication of our staff and the commitment of our benefactors allowed us to end the year with several key accomplishments and a more stable financial footing.

Looking forward to 2025/26

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adapt to the changing landscape of volunteer engagement

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: -

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 regularly review the charity's reserves, taking into account past performance and future risks. The charity’s general policy is to maintain an Unrestricted General Reserve of between £75,000 and £150,000, equivalent to three to six months of normal operating expenditure.

As of March 31, 2025, the Unrestricted General Reserve was £81,461. The Trustees have also designated an additional £50,000 as an Unrestricted Designated Development Fund for critical initiatives and strategic planning.

Investment Policy

Given that payments to Home-Start Sutton are generally received quarterly in advance, funds are not available for long-term investment. The Board of Trustees has therefore decided that any surplus cash should be held in short-term deposits. With the current level of reserves, the charity aims to maintain the designated development fund while continuing to diversify its funding sources. This approach balances financial prudence with the need to actively seek new funding opportunities.

In selecting where to deposit the surplus monies Home-Start’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

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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, until November 2024. We are grateful to Phillip for diligently supporting Home Start Sutton. We have appointed David Howard as Independent Examiner.

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

Signed:

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Home-Start Sutton for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the Trustees of the Charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

David Howard Chartered Accountants

1 Park Road Hampton Wick Kingston upon Thames Surrey KT1 4AS

25-11-2025 Dated: .........................

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCOME &EXPENDITURE

For the year to 31 March 2025
Notes
Income
Donations and Fundraising
3
Investment Income 4
Charitable Activities:
"Supporting parents with children" income
5
Other Income
6
Total Income
Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds
7
Expenditure on Charitable Activities
8
Total Expenditure
Net Income (Expenditure)
Net transfers between Funds
19
Net Movement in Funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at 1st April
Total funds carried forward
The statement of financial activities includes all
gains and losses recognised in the year.
All incoming resources and resources expended
derive from continuing activities.
Unrestricted Funds comprise
General Reserve
Designated Development Fund		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
15,209
6,474
20,119
-		 Restricted
Funds
£

-
-

241,789

-		 Total
2025
£

15,209
6,474

261,908

-		 2024
£

29,238
6,917

205,446

-
41,802
241,789
283,591
241,601
2,726
78,163
-

275,142
2,726

353,305
2,633

328,261
80,888
275,142
356,030
330,893
-39,087
-
-33,352

-
-72,439

-
-89,292

-
-39,087
170,548
-33,352
38,235
-72,439

208,783
-89,292

298,075
131,461
4,883
136,344
208,783
81,461
50,000

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BALANCE SHEET

For the year to 31 March2025

Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets
15
Current Assets
Debtors
16
Prepayments
Short Term Deposits at COIF
Cash at Bank and in hand
Liabilities: amounts falling due
within 1 year
Deferred Income
17
Creditors & Accruals
18
Net Current Assets
Total Assets less Current
Liabilities
Represented by:
Funds
Unrestricted - General
19
Unrestricted - Designated
Development
Restricted Funds
19		 March
2025
£
-
16,440
374
34,789
146,708
198,311
23,416
38,550
61,967
136,344
136,344
81,461
50,000
4,883
136,344		 March
2024
£
547
15,004
1,473
91,082
169,085
276,645
28,271
39,698
67,968
208,676
208,743
45,548
125,000
38,235
208,783

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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

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)

The Directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 (small companies) of the Companies Act 2006 and that; The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 in accordance with section 476 and, The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities in complying with the Companies Act 2006 in respect to accounting records and the keeping of accounts.

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 25[th] November 2025 and signed on behalf of the Trustees.

Signed:

Dated: 25[th] November 2025 Frances Boto (Chair)

Notes to the Financial Statements

Accounting Policies

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

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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.

Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities -

This consists of revenue grants

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

Notes to the Financial Statements

d) Expenditure

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

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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

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.

Value Added

e)

Tax

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

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

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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

liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.

Home-Start Sutton

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 3 Donations and Fundraising
Amazon
Benevity
CAF Regular Donors
Christ Church Sutton
Church of the Good Shepherd
Croydon Voluntary Action
Easy Fundraising
Hannah's Flowers
Jean Quested
John Lewis
Just Giving
Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions
Perry Power Limited
RBK Lodge
Rotary Club of Cheam
SC & RC Hoskin
Wallington Baptist Church Holy
Trinity
Others
Total		 Unrestricted Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
0
0
26.1
87.5
0
88 1965.7
3736.83
0
3,737
2,684
0
0
0
1,104
800
0
800
2,550
0
0
0
500
165
0
165
145
120
0
120
120
220
0
220
220
750
0
750
0
1,738
1,738
2,007
0
0
0
9,687
250
0
250
0
100
0
100
0
0
0
0
450
60
0
60
0
234
0
234
194
6,948
0
6,948
7,586
15,209
0
15,209 29,238

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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

Note 4
Note 5		 Note 6
Other Income
Sutton Nursing Association
Investment Income
COIF Interest Income
Nationwide Interest
Incoming resources from"Supporting
Parents with children" activity
The National Lottery Connecting
Families
Advocacy
LB Sutton Children with Disabilities
LB Sutton Domestic Violence
Garfield Weston
SWL
LB Sutton Families in Temp Accom
(POD)
Rebuild Maternal Journal
Rebuild Esteem
Moving On Together
Parenting Support
BBC Children In Need
Young Londoners Bridging the Gap
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5
LB Sutton Childrens Wellbeing
Community Action Sutton Lunch and
Play
Big Hopes Big Futures
Pears
Unrestricted
Other Unrestricted
Unrestricted
NHS Winter Engagement Fund
Unrestricted
SGN
Unrestricted		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
3,706.70
0
3,706.70
6,917.21
2,767.24
0
2,767.24
6,473.94
0
6,473.94
6,917.21
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
110,350
110,350
72,923
32,000
32,000
32,000
2,781
2,781
2,781
9,151
9,151
10,557
0
20,000
39,808
39,808
11,177
14,310
14,310
14,311
0
1,767
0
1,930
3,000
3,000
3,000
30,388
30,388
30,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,000
0
0.5
6000
6,000
-
7611
7,611
-
470
470
-
6,037.89
6,037.89
-
20,118.89 241,789.17 261,908.06 205,446.12

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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26 Invoice write-off 2478 2,478 0 Home-Start Sutton, a company limited by guarantee no 05165417. Charity no. 1104960 Registered office: Alexandra Gardens Children’s Resource Centre, Q 14075 14,075 300 Stanley Road, Carshalton SM5 4LJ

Home-Start Sutton

Notes to the Financial Statements

Note 9
Governance Costs
Staff Costs - Reallocation
General Office Costs - Reallocation
Trustee Expenses
AGM & Annual Report Expenses
Independent Examination Fee		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,293.00
800.00
800.00
640.00
174.75
174.75
170.40
117.25
117.25
660.00
660.00
500.00
3,252.00
-
3,252.00
2,603.40

Note 10 Support Cost Allocation

Costs are charged tp 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
Note 12		 Net income/expenditure
This is stated after charging:
Independent Examination Fee
Depreciation
Staff Costs and Numbers
Salaries
Employers National Insurance
Pension incl enhanced pension
Average number of persons employed
Average full time equivalent
Sessional Workers		 2025
2024
£
£
660
600
547
1,750
2025
2024
£
£
272,590 254,810
24,574
18,474
6,105
5,804
303,269 279,088
2025
2024
8
8
6
6
2
3		 2025
2024
£
£
660
600
547
1,750
2025
2024
£
£
272,590 254,810
24,574
18,474
6,105
5,804
303,269 279,088
2025
2024
8
8
6
6
2
3
303,269 279,088
2025
2024
8
8
6
6
2
3
No employee earned in excess of
£60,000(2024 - nil)
Note 13 Trustee Remuneration & Related Party
Transactions
Number 2025 Number 2024
£ £
Trustee Travel & Parking 0 0 0 0
Trustee Insurance all 174.75 all 170.4
Trustee Training & Conferences 0 0
175 170

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 (2024- Nil).

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Note 14

Taxation

Note 15

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 2025 (2024 - Nil)

Tangible Fixed Assets
Cost
1 Apl 2024
Additions
Disposals
31 Mch 25
Depreciation
1 Apl 2024
Charge for year
Disposals
31 Mch 25
Net Book Value
As at 31 March 2025
As at 31 March 2024		 Office and
Computer
Equipment
£
14,207.33
0.00
14,207.33
13,659.86
547.47
0.00
14,207.33
0.00
547

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Note 16
Note 17
Note 18		 Debtors
 NHS SWL
LBS Dom Violence (Cranstoun)
Sutton Vol Centre (Young
Ldns)
SGN
Deferred Income
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery
Connecting Families
Families in Temp Accom (POD)
Parenting Support
Advocacy
Pears
Creditors and Accruals
Unrestricted Funds
Redundancy Provision
Independent Examiner
Other Sundry Accruals		 2025
2024
£
£
13,270
11,177
1,349
2,478
3,169.89
16,439.89
15,004.00
2025
2024
£
£
9,236
9,115
1,193
1,193
9,988
9,963
8,000
3,000
23,416
28,271
2025
2024
£
£
34,234.11
37,241
660.00
600
3,656.19
1,856
38,550.30
39,697.50

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Fund Note 19 Balances

Note 19
Fund
Balances
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery
Connecting Families
BBC Children In Need
Womens Aid Caring
Dads
LB Sutton Children with
Disabilities
LB Sutton Domestic
Violence
Advocacy
Young Londoners
Bridging the Gap
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5
LB Sutton Childrens
Wellbeing
LB Sutton Families in
Temp Accom (POD)
Sutton Giving Maternal
Journal
Rebuild Maternal
Journal
Rebuild Esteem
Moving On Together
Parenting Support
Community Action
Sutton Lunch and Play
Big Hopes Big Futures
Garfield Weston
SWL
Other Restricted
Income
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated
Development
Total*		 Opening
Incoming
Resources Transfers
Closing
Balance
Resources
Expended
between
Balance
In Year
1.4.24
funds
31.3.25
Balance
£
£
£
£
£
£
29,682
110,350
(115,113)
24,920
(4,762)
(242)
0
0
(242)
0
11,597
0
(11,597)
0(11,597)
0
2,781
(2,781)
0
0
(11)
9,151
(10,497)
(1,358)
(1,346)
2,764
32,000
(29,273)
5,491
2,727
170
0
(2,478)
(2,308)
(2,478)
(0)
0
0
(0)
0
4,452
0
0
(4,452)
0
0
(13,825)
14,310
(16,787)
4,452
(11,850)
(2,477)
(561)
0
0
(561)
0
10,613
0
0
(10,613)
0
0
3,050
0
0
(3,050)
0
0
(3,835)
3,000
(9,022)
(9,856)
(6,022)
(16,608)
30,388
(34,753)
13,663
(7,309)
(4,364)
6,173
0
(391)
5,782
(391)
670.5
0
0
671
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,145
39,808
(42,450)
1,503
(2,642)
38,235
241,789
(275,142)
0
4,883(30,710)
45,548
41,802
(80,888)
75,000
81,461
35,913
125,000
0
0
(75,000)
50,000(75,000)
208,783
283,591
(356,030)
0
136,344(69,797)

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Note 20

Note 20
Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds
Restricted Funds
The National Lottery
Connecting Families
BBC Children In Need
Womens Aid Caring
Dads
LB Sutton Children with
Disabilities
LB Sutton Domestic
Violence
Advocacy
Young Londoners
Bridging the Gap
City Bridge LCRF Wave 5
LB Sutton Childrens
Wellbeing
LB Sutton Families in
Temp Accom (POD)
Sutton Giving Maternal
Journal
Rebuild Maternal
Journal
Rebuild Esteem
Moving On Together
Parenting Support
Community Action
Sutton Lunch and Play
Sutton Nursing
Association
Big Hopes Big Futures
Garfield Weston
SWL
Other Restricted
Income
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated
Development		 Tangible
Current
Current
Total
Fixed
Assets
Assets
Liabilities
2025
£
£
£
£
34,157
(9,236)
24,920
(242)
0
(242)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
(1,358)
(1,358)
5,491
5,491
0
(2,308)
(2,308)
(0)
0
(0)
0
0
0
(10,657)
(1,193)
(11,850)
0
(561)
(561)
0
0
0
0
0
(9,856)
(9,856)
2,679
(9,988)
(7,309)
5,782
0
5,782
0
0
0
671
0
671
0
0
0
1,503
0
1,503
0
39,382
(34,499)
4,883
0
0
0
0
108,229
(27,468)
81,461
50,000
50,000
0
198,311
(61,967)
136,344

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STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS

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 Particia Bhandari Sandra Board Fran Boto Diana Broad Andrea Buckley Camiya Chacko Elaine Childs Sue Childs Emma Clements Elaine Clifford Katie Connaire Amber Cox Valerie Davis Fiona Denton Denise Earwicker Cayce Eastwood Angela Christopher-Ejemba Joanna Elgarf Sue Elson

Lorraine Finan Natasha Osborne Dawn Forbes Charleen Parker Miranda French Dorothy Parker Felicity Hamlin Victoria Presswood Samantha Hansford Andrea Rivers Denise Haseler Michele Rivers Sue Holley Lesley Roberts Alison Holloway Mercedes Robinson Coleen Huggett Philippa Simmonds Anna Hunt Susan Simpson Dinaz Irani Eloise Skipper Pamela Manisier Margaret Ann Smith Gill Marchbank Jane Swindle Karen Mason Aysegul Takimoglu Sara McManus Anne-Marie Taylor Uzma Mobin Mike Taylor Dawn Moriarty Tene Teegelman Sara Moumouris Phyllis Thompson Lisa Murray Lorraine Thrower Uzma Mobin Zinnat Toorabally Jo Jo Tsitropoulou Lesley Turner Jonathan Vickery Lynn Wallace Patricia Wang Ho* Kate Webber Fiona Webster Kelly Whetran Justine Wight

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Peer Advocates Mags Fox Sue Holley Paul McCarthy

Cherry Wong Gill Wong * Helen Wright Veronia Yeung Bonita Zammit

*denotes leavers in period

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

As we close this financial chapter, we want to express our deepest thanks to our funders, infrastructure support, and partners. Your incredible support, guidance, and contributions have been a vital part of our journey for 40 years, enabling us to achieve our goals of supporting families with children under 5 who are facing various challenges, promoting the welfare of young children and ensuring they have the best possible start in life.

We would like to say a special thank you to 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 Trustee’s Thank you!

We are particularly grateful for the crucial role played by our partners and countless others who have made a significant difference to the lives of families in Sutton.

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

Anne Dodwell

Benevity Bob Watson Christ Church Sutton Church of the Good Shepherd Easy Fundraising Fiona Webster First Give Home-Start UK Fran Boto Hannahs Flowers Holy Trinity Church, Wallington Jean Quested & Rupert Quested

John Lewis Partnership 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 Sutton Children’s Centres

Sutton Carers Centre Sutton Foodbank Sutton Health Visiting Teams Sutton Mental Health Foundation

Sutton Nursing Association Sutton South Hello Club Sutton Vineyard Church Sutton Women’s Centre Tesco Purley The Grange Children’s Centre Union of Catholic Mothers Wallington Baptist Church

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