# HOME-START HORIZONS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1108455
- **Other names:** HOME-START LEICESTER, HOME-START LEICESTER, MELTON AND RUTLAND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 7, 2005
- **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=1108455


## Contact

- **Address:** BUSINESS BOX, 3 OSWIN ROAD, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE3 1HR
- **Phone:** 0116 2795062
- **Email:** info@homestarthorizons.org.uk
- **Website:** www.homestarthorizons.org.uk



## 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 TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN;C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN;D) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE.WITHIN THE AREA OF LEICESTER, LECIESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AND ITS ENVIRONS.

**Activities:** Home-start provides a unique service; recruiting and training volunteers to offer families informal, friendly and confidential support.  Home-Start works with parents on a one to one basis in their own home, building supportive relationships and responding directly to the family's individual needs. We provide support through family groups and virtual support.

**Area of benefit:** LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Rutland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £538100 | £413707 | £311597 | 11 |
| March 31, 2024 | £399930 | £479843 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £347098 | £417325 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £351417 | £338172 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £348415 | £294885 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SEAN TIZZARD** (Chair) — appointed June 7, 2021
- Happy Truemper — appointed Dec. 1, 2023
- June Gomes — appointed Dec. 1, 2023
- Louise Pettitt — appointed July 1, 2022
- Paul Akroyd — appointed Sept. 26, 2019
- Ruth Ottley — appointed Jan. 30, 2026