# HOME-START MANCHESTER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1105353
- **Other names:** HOME-START MANCHESTER SOUTH, HOME-START MANCHESTER WYTHENSHAWE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 5, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1105353


## Contact

- **Address:** Manchester City Council, Woodville Childrens Centre, Shirley Road, MANCHESTER
- **Postcode:** M8 0NE
- **Phone:** 0161 721 4493
- **Email:** shelley.roberts@homestartmcr.org.uk
- **Website:** www.homestartmanchester.com



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN; B. TO PREVENT CRUELTY OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN; C. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN; D. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE WITHIN MANCHESTER.

**Activities:** We work with families across Manchester who have at least one child under the age of 5 and are facing emotional or parenting difficulties. We recruit and train volunteers who visit the families each week to offer them emotional and practical support in their own home.

**Area of benefit:** MANCHESTER WYTHENSHAWE AND ITS ENVIRONS.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Manchester City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £832092 | £593508 | £716572 | 14 |
| March 31, 2024 | £488656 | £506456 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £415634 | £368484 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £415654 | £373333 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £374550 | £327822 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Emile Pinel** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 22, 2022
- Aoife Spillane — appointed Nov. 25, 2024
- Charlotte Odell — appointed Feb. 9, 2026
- Charlotte Waddington — appointed Dec. 22, 2022
- Holleigh Stevenson — appointed Sept. 16, 2024
- Karin Connell — appointed April 27, 2020
- Martin Boaler — appointed Nov. 1, 2021
- Rachel Cooper — appointed Nov. 24, 2025
- Rebecca Wright — appointed July 20, 2020
- Sarah Torkington-Halstead — appointed Nov. 24, 2025
- Shakiba Zulfiqar Ahsen — appointed Sept. 16, 2024
- Sophie Keeling — appointed Nov. 24, 2025