# Home-Start Wessex

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1109046
- **Other names:** HOME-START (BOURNEMOUTH & POOLE), HOME-START SOUTH EAST DORSET
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 14, 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=1109046


## Contact

- **Address:** HOME-START, 1462 WIMBORNE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH
- **Postcode:** BH10 7AS
- **Phone:** 01202574877
- **Email:** office@homestartwessex.org.uk
- **Website:** www.homestartwessex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are:  a) to safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children;b) to prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children;c) to relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children;d) to promote the education of the public in better standards of child care  across the Wessex conurbation which includes, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, the Purbecks, Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport and its environs.

**Activities:** Home-Start Wessex is a family support charity that provides vital care to families at a crucial time in their lives. The support is offered to families with at least one child under 5 through individually designed packages of practical and emotional help lasting for around 6 months. This is either provided with one-to-one support in their own homes or through group support and therapy.

**Area of benefit:** WITHIN THE AREA OF BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE AND ITS ENVIRONS.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Poole



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £494501 | £512573 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £418651 | £390696 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £269880 | £285065 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £224460 | £232853 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £264516 | £233091 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Belinda Hewett — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- Caroline Pope — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- John Stubbs — appointed June 9, 2021
- Lesley Owen — appointed Nov. 13, 2025
- Peter Evans — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- ROWENA NICOLA FELICITY WILKES — appointed Nov. 21, 2012
- Samuel Critchell — appointed May 9, 2024