Home-start West Somerset
A Company limited by Guarantee
Registered number 5646970
Registered Charity Number 1113944
Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025
Overstream
Tax and Accounfing
The Lighthouse
Doverhay
Porlock
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HOME-START WEST SOMEREST
FINANCIAL sfA TEMENTS
FOR fHE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2
25
ontents
Report of the Trustees
Independent Examinels report
S18tement of financial activities
Balance sh88t
Notes to the Financial Stat8ments
8-12

HOME-START WEST SOMERSET
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES wifH THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3
MAR
H202
(This report includes matters required to be given in a
Report of Dlrectors under the Companies Acts)
The Trustees present their Annual R8POrt with the accounts of the charity for the year ended
31 March 2025. In the completion of this report the Trust8e5 hav6 complped with thgir duty
under the 201 I Charities Act and have conside￿0 th8 guidance published by the Charity
Commissioners.
R 18rence and Administra
IV8 Detalls
fthe
harit Its Trustees
nd Advisors
Full Name
Home-stgrt Wesl Somerset
Charity Registration Number
1113944
Company Registration Number
5646970
Date of Incorporation
7 December 2005
Transfar of activitles frnm Charlty
19 July 2006
Reglsterod Offic•
Alcombe Children's Centre,
Step17enson Road, Minehead,
Somers9t TA24 SEB
Accountants
Overstream Tex and Accounting,
The Lighthousg, Doverhay
Porlock, Somerset TA24 8LJ
Bankers
CAF bank Ltd, 25,Kings Hill A venue, Kings
Hill, West Malling, Kerit, ME19 4JQ
TSB 88nking Group plc, 19 The Par8d61:
Minehead, Somerset TA24 SLU
Dlrectors and Trustees
The Directors of the charitable company (the ch8rity) are its trustees for the purpose of chanty
law and throughout this report are collectively rnferred lo as Twsiees.
The Trustees who S9￿ed during the year were..
PJ Allen {Treasu￿r)
J8mes Waller (Chairman)
Kar8n Bass
Cetherine R8yner
Joy Roscoe
PIpp8 Prideaux
Dawn Carter
Linda Dibble
Dawn Carter
Fiona Ham"s
Ralph Gale ( ￿signed Sept 2024J
A Beffl8￿( resigned IW8rch 2025)

HOME-START WESTS
MERSET
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES WITH THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31
RCH 2025
(This report Include5 matterJ required to be given In a
Report of Directors under the Companles Acts)
Structure Governance and Alana
ement
Background Information
Home-St8rt West Som8rset was Incorporated as a ch8rit8ble company on 7 December 2005
and took over the aG¢ivities, assets and liabililies of the registered Gharity Home Start Wesl
Somers8t (charity number 1093867) on 19 July 2006.
Governing document
Hom8-Start West Somersel is 8 Gompany Iiinited by guarantee governed by its Memor8ndum
and Articles of Association dated 6 D8cembar 2005 and adopted on 18 July 2006. 11 is
gistered as a charity with the Ch8rity Commission. Anyone may beGome a member of the
Company subject lo approval by the Trustees. Each member agrees to pay up to £1 towards
the cost of dissolution and any Jiabililies inGurred by th8 charity in the event of il winding up
Appointment ol tmstees
No person other thgn 8 Member of th8 Comp8ny may be appointed 8 Trnstee. The TnJst8es
sh911 numb8r 8t188sI five and no n70re than twelve persons. One thi'rd of th8 Trustees r81ire
by rotation at each AGM and are eligible for re-81eclion, Th8 Members 81ect P8rsons lo be
Trustees to fill the vac6ncies grising.
Ob
'eGtivos and
Ivities
The Objecls of the Ch8rity 8re,'
fo safegu8rd, protect and preseThe the good h8alth, both m&n181 and physic81 of
children and pa￿ntS of children,.
to prevenl cruelty to or maltreatmenl of children,.
to relieve sickness, poverty a17d need amongst child￿￿ and par8nls of children,.
to promote the educ8tion of the public in better standards of childcare
within tho ar88 of West Somerset 8nd its environs..
These objecls ar8 achi8ved through a variety of seNices, but mainly through Ihe Ipome
v(siting s8Nice. Support is given to f8milies in their own homes by trained volunl88rs.
Achlevements and Performance
Quality Assurance
Home-start Wesl Somerset continues to work Ihrough HonTe-Start UK'S ongoing progran7me
of self-assessment, through a series of bi-monthly meetings with staff and tn15tees and
external assessment by Home-start UK This allows the scheme to ￿CognIse good practice
8nd identify a￿aS for development, Quality Assurance and its govemance continue5 8nd is
an active part of th8 Safeguarding and Quality Assurance panel.

HOME-START WEST SOMERSET
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES WITH THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
(This report includes matters required to be given In a
Report of Directors under the Companies Acts)
Range of actlvities
The range of support for families throughout the year has included..
Home vrsiting help and support by our trained volunte8rs.
8ump-St8rt- we offer support to 811 expectant parents across Somérset, including
Real Birth Workshop ante nat81 s8ssions and bringing baby home session
Sump- Start Babies
Baby-start
Baby Massage
Tui?ing Into Kids
Full Tummies
Dad Malters
Shin8
Slory-start
Mini First Aid
Toddler Start
Training
New volunt8ers were recruited and took p8rt in the volunteer preparation course during the
y88r. An ongoing prog￿mM8 of training, supervision and 8pprais81 for volunte8rs and staff
h8s continued throughout the year.
inancial Review
Reserves policy
The Truslees consid&r that a certain level of reseryes are required Èo ensure that
commi¢menls m8y be m8t should funding be delayed or ceas8, Resenies of £60,000 are
therefore maintained to cover the cost of Ihg follovwing quarter's $818ri6s and premises cosls
should funding be delayed or the cost of redundancy and rent should the charity cease its
8clivities. All other funds av8ilable &re to be used in furtherance of th8 charity's objectives.
Th8 ch8rity currently holds two types of fund..
General Unrestricted Ch8rit8ble Fund5 which ere used lo meet the objeGts of the
charity as required: 8nd
Restncted Funds which are used 8ccording to t17e specific r8quirements of the funder
or donor

HOME-START WEST SOMERSET
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES WITH THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
MARCH 2025
(Thls report includes matters Trquired to be given in a
Report of Directors undor the Compani85 Acts)
Financial Revi•w (cont'd)
Substant181 assistance was received from the following.'_
Somers8t Community Foundafion HPC Fund..
knlontessori
Somerset NHS suNey
Community L88rnrng Fund
Th8 Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trusl
Nstional Lottery Reaching Communities Fund
Somersel Community Foundation
Montessori
Somerset County
Somersel Public Health
Sainsburys
Brushford PCC
Inner Rooms, Minehead
Fairfield Trust,.
Clarks
Masons
Avon & Somerset Police
The City Charity Trust
NFU
Friends of Home-slart West Somerset continue to provido financial support,
Home-start Wesl Somerset Fundraising activities were also very successful
The trusteés are grateful to all of the financi8J supporters 8nd donors.
mall Com
an
Provi
ns
The Truste8s Report is prep8red in accordanc8 Wlth the special provisions for small
companies, Companies Act 2006.
Appmved by the trusfees on
and signed on their behalf
James Waller
Chairman

Hom
-Sl&rt West Somerset
Inde
endent Examinerfs re
ort to the Truste8s of Home-slart West Somerset
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025: which ere sel out on pa9és 6 to 12.
Respective responsibillties of trnstees and examiner
Th8 charity's trustees are responsible for the prep8ration of Ihe accounts. The charity's
truslees consider that an audit is not r8quir8d for this year under section 144(2? of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 20f1 Act) and (hal an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examlne the accounts undersection 145 of the 2011 Act,.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 745{5)(b) of the 2011 Act,. snd
to state whslher particular matters have Gom8 to my 8tt8ntion.
8asis of independent examlner's report
My examination was carri8d out in accordance with the general Directions given by the
Chariiy Commission. An examination inGlud6s a r8view ol the acGounting records kept by th8
ch8rily and a comp8rison of the accounfs presented with those records. It 81so includes
consideration of aiiy unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations
from you as tnislees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all t17e evic18nce that would be ￿quired 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 matt8rs set out in the st8tement below,
Independent examiner s statement
In conneGtion with my examlnation, no m8ft8r has come to my 8ttenlion.'
(7) which gives me re8sonable cause to believe that in any m8teri81 respect ¢he
requir&ments,'
to keep 8ccounling recorcls in accordance with seclion 130 of the 2017 Act,, and
lo prepare accounts which accord with th8 accounting rgcords gnd comply with th8
8CGounling requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met,. or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable 8 propér
understanding of the accounts to be ￿ached.
Nick Sh8ttock
Overstream Tax and Accounting
The Lighthouse. Doverhay
Porlock
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Home-sfart West Somers8t
Statement of financi81 activities ancl Income and Ex
Year to 31 March 2025
endilure Accounts
r￿le
ar endtrd
Ma
h 2024
Incomin
resources
Grants
It,000
137,965
148,965
102,270
Donations
1,762
t,000
2,162
14,260
Fundraising
7, 236
13.624
20,860
10.999
Bank Inter8St
678
Tot81 inc
min
r8soiJrc8S
153 267
t73912
130 148
Resource
Staff costs
8,964
170,627
119,591
160,340
Volun18er costs
168
956
1,124
4,729
SeNice delivery costs
360
3,776
4,076
14,628
Administration
4,262
8,458
12,720
15,347
Premises cosls
t,335
8, 726
10.061
8,879
Govem8nce costs
IDO
200
300
300
Total ￿SoUrceS ex
15 189
147
132 683 ￿L2
204 223
Net incom
resources for th
ear
5,456
20, 584
26, 040
-74,075
V8men
in fund
Tot81 funds broughl forward
159 782
Total funds C8rried forwerd

Home-start West Somerset
Balance Sheet a
at 31 March 2025
Note
2025
2024
Fixed assets
Tangi'ble Assets
2.933
2.933
urrent Assets
C8sh in hand and at bank
Prepayments
120, 184
95,858
400
96,258
720, 184
Craditors
Amoui7ts falling due within on8 year
Creditors and Accruals
73.484
Net Cur
nt Assets
108 814
Total As
èts le
rrent Liabilitig
Fund f the Ch
ril
Restricted funds
Gener81 Fund
104,276
83,692
For the year in qu8Stion th8 company was entit18d to exemption from an audit under Seotion
4 77(1) of the Compani8s Act 20Q6. No notice has been deposit8d under Section 476 of the Acl
In relation to the accounts for Ihe fin8nci81 ye&r. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities
for..
8) Ensuring the Gomp8ny keeps accounting records which comply with Section 386 of thg
Compani8s Act 2006, gnd
Pr8paring accounts which give a true and fair view of the slate of amairs Df the company
as at the end of the year. and of its surplus or delicit for the year in accordance wjth (he
requirements of Spction 393 of the Companies Aet 2006: and which othemise con7pIy
with the requirements of the Act relaling to accounts so far as applicable to Ihe company.
The accounts a￿ prep8r8d In accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the
Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies, and the Financral Reporting Standard for
Smaller Entities (effec¢ive April 2008).
b)
James W811
Chaimian
P J Allen
Treasurer
The not8s on pages 8 to 12 fom7 part of these AGGounts

Home-start West Somerset
Notes lo th6¥ Accounts for the
ear
nded 31 March 2025
Com
anies Act 2006
The Company is 8 registered chanty (registered number 05646970) inCo￿Orated
under the Companies Act 2006 being a company Jimited by guarantee and not having
a share capital. The liability of each member in the event of windlng up is limited to
£1. 00. Upon winding up or dissolution of the company, no membei has any right lo
receive any distribution or share of the r&serves.
The financisl slalemenls hav8 been prep8r8d in accordance with applicable
accounting standards the Statement of Recommend8d Pr8clice, AcGounting and
R8porting of Charities (SORP 2015), issued in July 2074 and in accordance with the
Financi81 Reporting Stand8rd for Smaller Enlit18s (effective JafFu8ry 2015) and the
Companies Act 2006.
Acc
untin
olicie
Basis of 8CC
The accounts have been prep8r8d under the historical cost conventS0n.
Fund aGccuntin
Unrestricfed funds 8re av8ilable for use at the tjiscrelion of the truste8s Iri
lurtherance of the géneral objectives of the charily to the pxt8nl that they
have not been designated for otherpurposes.
Designated funds are s8t aside within the restricl8d funds of the ch8rity In
order to accounl for separate funding arr8ngemenls and areas of chanlable
activity.
Restncled funds are funds which are to b8 usecl in accordance with specific
strictions imposed by donors for particular purposes. Any costs of
administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and
use of each restricted ftjnd is set out in the notes to the 8ccounts,
Inco
resources
Grants are &ccounled for in the financial year in which they ar8 received,
except vvhere a donor has imposed restrictions for use {e.g. the receipt in
advance of a grant for expenditure in a future accounting period).
Donalions 8t7d bequests are included as incoffte when received. Donated
raciJit18s are included 8t the value to the charity where this can be quantified
and a third party is bearing Ihe oost. No amounts are included in the financial
stat8ments for services doneted by volunteers.

Home-start West Somerset
NoÉes to the Accounts for the
earended 31 March 2025
Resources ex
ended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified
under headings that 8ggregat8 811 costs r818ted to the category Where cosls
cannol be directly gttributed to particujar headings they have been allocated
to aclivilies on a basis Gonsistent with use of the resources. Any
irreGoverabl8 VA T is included gs part of the cost to which il relates.
ible fixed assets
In accordance with the requrr8mant of the Companies Act 1985 depr8Ci8tion
is p￿Vided in order to write off e8¢h asset over its estimated tjseful life
Liabiliti
All liabilities 8re ￿cognISed as they anse or on notific81ion snd are all due for
S8ttlement wit17in one y88r unlass stated otherwise.
Ta
The ch8rity's activities f811 within its primary ch8rilable objectiv8s and are
therefore exempt ftDm taxation under Sections 466 10 493 CO￿Or8t10n Tax
Act 2010.

Home-slart West Somersel
Noles to the accounts for the
ear ended 31 lilarch 2025
3. Resource
ended b fund
nre
eslr
ren
L￿25 31 M rch 2024
rc
Staff costs
Salaries and pension costs
0￿JanISer expens8S
Organiser training
Recruitment
7,485
627
852
108,181
7,187
t,162
115,666
1,814
2,014
97
119591
152,716
5, 683
1.4t5
526
160 340
110 627
Volunt
erc
sls
Volunle8r expenses
Volunteer training
W8lfare costs
Family resources
82
684
766
2.454
255
212
86
168
72
956
358
SeNic8 delive
ts
SeThica delivery Gosts
Administrat.
Insurance
Printing, postage and st8tionery
Advertising
Bank charges
Fund raising Gosts
Home st8rt fee
Telephone
IT costs
SubsGnptions
D8preciation
Office Gosts
Sundry
200
559
189
20
730
850
512
600
250
702
776
479
40
731
1,493
7,611
1,150
493
902
1,335
668
60
1,461
2,343
2. 123
1, 750
743
7,272
2, 862
1.262
60
3.518
2,994
1,648
1,407
100
211
13
15 347
340
12
961
22
458
7,301
34
mises
Rent and rates
Cleaning
971
364
7,017
7,988
6. 753
Governance Gosts
Accountant s report
200
300
Total
fjo

Home-slart W8st Somerset
Notes
o the 8ccounls for the
ear 8nded 31 March 2025
4. Tan
Ible assets
ortice e
ui
menl
Cost
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
As al 37 March 2024
7.543
4, 598
12,147
As at 31 March 2025
De
reciation
As 8t 31 M8rch 2024
6,714
2,494
9,208
As at 31 March 2025
N t book valu
As 8131 March 2025
As at 31 Marc17 2024
5. Credito
20
Income in 8dvance
HMRC- PA YE
10,OQO
10,800

Home-start West Somerset
Noles to the 8CCOUnts for Ihe
8gr 9nded 31 March 2025
6. Funds
AIOI
omin
At
resouicès
Restricted funds
General fund
83,692 153, 267
20 645
132. 683
104,276
Tot81 funds
47
7. Staff cost
2025
2024
No employees received emolum6¥nts and pension contributfons above £60, 000.
Average numbgr of employges
Average number of full-tim8 equiv81ent employees
8. Trustees, emoluments
Trustees undertake to serve the charity on a voluntary basis and are not remunerated.
9. Accounlanc
Fees in respect of Account8nt's Report
12