Annual Report April 2023- March 2024
5 South 4 5 **Home-Start Birmingham South is a company Limited by guarantee.** 4 **Registered in England and Wales no. 5746423 Registered Office: Hampstead House, Condover Rd,** 5 **West Heath, Birmingham B31 3QY Registered charity no 1114872** 5 5 5 5 5 AA AANAAAAAAAAAAAAAW
## **Report from the Vice-Chair of Trustees**
Our work with families, who are facing many challenges and pressures of everyday life, continues with the same steady approach as always. This year we have supported 128 families, where 280 children have benefitted from our support. Our core work is to recruit and train volunteers to help families in their own homes.
Sadly, this year we have been notified that our funding from Birmingham Forward Steps, which covers much of our core work, will be cut and we will need to apply for more funding from other sources. Our donors are all so important to us, and we are lucky to have their continued support through these uncertain times.
We have been fortunate to secure funding from Awards for All to employ a targeted support worker to help with the more complex issues, this has had an extremely positive impact on the families we have been able to support.
Our weekly run family nurture group continues to offer a safe space for children to learn through play, spend quality time with their parents and to teach them vital skills in readiness for their progression into nursery and school. We are also able to offer the families, who attend group, outings, and trips that they would otherwise not have had the opportunity to experience. We are extremely grateful to the National Lottery who fund this group.
I would like to thank our staff and volunteers who all continue to work hard, despite all the changes, to give each family who accesses our services the best possible outcomes. And to thank all the trustees, who voluntarily work very hard to support the staff and volunteers. It is a great team effort.
Since the end of the year our Chairperson Kate Routley stood down due to the passing of her husband Graham Routley, who was also a long-standing Trustee. We are very grateful to Kate and Graham for their hard work and commitment during their years with Home-Start Birmingham South. We will greatly miss their involvement.
Vivienne Miller
Vice-Chair of Trustees (2023-24)
## **Aims & Objectives**
## **What we do**
Home-Start is a voluntary organisation which offers a unique service to children and their families who live in the Northfield and Selly Oak districts of Birmingham. By providing practical and emotional support in the home environment we help families overcome many challenges they are facing. Families referred to our service can also access our weekly run Family Nurture Group where children under five and their parent / carer attend to play, socialise, learn, and explore new activities together. We also offer trips and outings where the whole family can attend and spend quality time together.
## **How we do it**
We receive referrals from organisations and families can also selfrefer. Our experienced staff team and trained volunteers offer help and guidance to the families through the challenging times they are facing. We work closely with local schools, nurseries, health visiting teams, midwives, children’s centres, social workers, and many others to provide the support that is needed to help families reach their potential.
## **Our future plans**
To continue building on our core service of volunteers. To continue providing access to Family Nurture Group enabling families to relieve isolation and increase child development. To increase and raise our service profile.
To broaden our sources of income.
To continue to make improvements to our service delivery.
To meet the needs of every child referred to our service and to help give them the best possible start in life.
# **Grants and donations were received from:**
**●Birmingham Forward Steps ●The National Lottery ●Awards for All**
**●Mr and Mrs Garrod ●The Cole Charitable Trust ●Eveson Trust ●Sir John Middlemore ●Mr Osborn ●Roger & Douglas Turner Trust ●Post-code Lottery ●Easyfundraising ●Barnett Waddingham ●Infosys ●We Are All Making a Difference**
**We are extremely fortunate that Pure Offices at Longbridge have chosen Home-Start Birmingham South as their charity of the year. The staff have been busy raising funds for us throughout the year.**
**Christmas gifts donated by Infosys Pure Offices Birmingham City Mission Christmas Hampers Donated by Birmingham Basket Brigade**
**We are extremely grateful for any grants and donations received, it helps us to continue providing the much-needed intervention and support to the vulnerable and disadvantaged families who we work with.**
## **Management Committee**
**Kate Routley – Chair of Trustees**
**Vivienne Miller – Vice Chair & Company Secretary**
**Tony Guest – Treasurer**
**Sandra Walton – Trustee**
**Chris Pascal – Trustee**
**Randal Brew – Trustee**
**Graham Routley – Trustee Debbie Clancy – Advisor**
**We have welcomed two new Trustees to the board. Stephanie Phillips and Jean-Luc Oliveira-Priez**
## **Staff Team**
**Joanne Taylor - Manager Sonia Barrett-Hawkins – Family and Volunteer Co-ordinator Sarah McDowall – Family and Volunteer Co-ordinator Michelle Gauntlett – Family Group Co-ordinator Sarah-Jane Tancred – Targeted Support Worker Justine Cull – Family Group Assistant Dawn Pulford – Admin Assistant**
**Volunteers**
***Anne Marie Henry *Geraldine Quinn *Lisa Strawford *Stacey Nolan *Justine Cull *Fiona Doherty *Melissa Afuye *Ian Forrest *Sarah Thornton *Cristina Muresan *Juliette Faulkner *Emma Harman *Sherelle Nelson**
**Our Volunteers gave their valuable time to support families to achieve their goals. We cannot thank them enough for their hard work & commitment.**
## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
**( A Charitable Company limited by guarantee)**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
**Company Number 5746423 Charity Number 1114872**
## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Financial statements**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
|Page 1|Charity Information|
|---|---|
|Page 2-3|Report of the Trustees|
|Page 4|Independent Examiner's Report|
|Page 5|Statement of Financial Activities|
|Page 6|Balance Sheet|
|Pages 7-11|Notes to Accounts|
## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
Directors Randal Brew Anthony Guest Vivienne Miller Christine Pascal Stephanie Phillips Appointed 19 April 2024 Jean-Luc Oliveira-Priez Appointed 9 February 2024 Graham Routley Resigned 30 August 2024 Kate Routley Resigned 21 October 2024 Sandra Walton Charity Number 1114872 Company Number 5746423 Registered Office Hampstead House Condover Rd West Heath Birmingham West Midlands B31 3QY
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Trustee's Annual report for Year ended 31 March 2024**
The directors who are also trustees of the charity present their accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Directors**
The directors as named on page 1 have served either throughout or during the year.
Directors are selected from known relevant networks considering the balance of skills and representation required.
## **Constitution, object and policies**
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated in March 2006, The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.
In planning the charity's activities for the year the trustees kept in mind the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit at their meetings
The objects of the charity are:
To safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both physical and mental of children and parents of children
To prevent cruelty or maltreatment of children
To relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children
To promote the education of the public in better standards of childcare
Although an independent scheme, Home Start Birmingham South is affiliated to Home Start U.K.
The senior organiser is responsible for the day to day operational management of the charity
The Charity is grateful, to the number of volunteers who assist and without whom the charity would not exist.
## **Development, activities and achievements this year.**
The charity continues to maintain its core services
For completion, the statistics reported are for the whole year.
## **Families & Children:**
Number of families receiving support: 128 Number of children supported: 280 Number of children under 5: 173 Number of children 5+: 107 Number of families receiving family group only support: 18 (Families receiving both Family Group and Volunteer Support: 17) Number of children with a child protection plan: 19 Number of children with a child in need plan: 24 Number of children with an Early Help Plan: 29 Number of children with a disability: 17 Parents with a disability: 4 Number of lone parents: 84
## **Referral sources:**
Family Support Workers: 48 Health Visitors: 8 Mental Health Service: 4 Other Home-Starts: 4 Social Workers: 10 Doctor/Midwife: 7 Perinatal: 5 Other: 7 Self: 6
## **Volunteers**
Total of newly trained volunteers: 5 Number of volunteers who have left the scheme: 11
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Trustee's Annual report for Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Financial Review**
The Statement of Financial Activities shows an income of £177,868 (2023 £163,018 ) and expenditure of £145,412 (2023 £126,345) resulting in a surplus of £32,456 (2023 surplus £36,673)
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustee board consider it prudent to retain unrestricted funds equivalent to a minimum of 3 months core operating expenditure to cover potential short term changes in funding and winding up costs as necessary. At 31 March 2024 the reserves are well in excess of this target but due to a 50% reduction in funding from 1 November 2024 from our contract the future financial viability is uncertain and these reserves will be required in the short term to cover the expected shortfall.
## **Statement of directors responsibilities**
The directors are required under Company Law to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of its results for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
(a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
(b) make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
(c) prepare the financial statements on an on going concern basis unless it is inappropriate
(d) to assume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for the keeping of proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for the safeguarding of the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Approval**
Home-Start Birmingham South
## **By order of the Board of Trustees**
## _V.A.Miller_
**Vivienne Miller Director & Trustee** 18 November 2024
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**Home-Start Birmingham South**
**Year ended 31st March 2024**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES**
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 set out on the following pages
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The trustees (who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- (1) Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act
- (2) To follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5) (b) of the Charities Act, and
- (3) To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiners report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required 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 matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements :
- (i) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
(ii) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met: or
(b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Angela Weise-Bent, FCCA Chartered Certified Accountant
AB Accounting and Taxation Services Limited 17 Gleneagles Drive Great Barr Birmingham, B43 7RX
Date : 18 November 2024
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Notes**
**Incoming Resources**
**Incoming resources from generating funds**
Voluntary Income
**2**
Activities for generating funds
Bank Interest receivable
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
**2**
**Total Incoming resources**
**Resources Expended**
**Costs of generating funds:**
**Charitable Activities**
**3**
**Governance Costs**
**4**
**Total expenditure**
**Net movement in funds for the year**
**Total funds brought forward**
Transfer between funds
**Total funds carried forward**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
26,841
26,841
36,480
-
36,480
(9,639)
13,018
18
-
3,361|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
460
54
1,524
148,989
151,027
108,707
225
108,932
42,095
75,362
18
117,475|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
460
54
1,524
175,830
177,868
145,187
225
145,412
32,456
88,380
-
120,836|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
560
121
431
161,906|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||163,018|
|||||126,107
238|
|||||126,345|
||||||
|||||36,673|
|||||51,707
-|
|||||88,380|
There were no recognised gains or losses for 2024 or 2023 other than those included in the Financial Activities The turnover and deficit are derived from continuing operations
This Statement of Financial Activities incorporates the same information required for an Income and Expenditure account under the Companies Acts
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Note**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible Assets for use by the Company
**6**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
**7**
Cash at bank and in hand
**8**
Total
**Creditors :**amounts falling due within one year
**9**
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
**Represented by**
**Funds**
Restricted Funds
**10**
Unrestricted Funds
Total|**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
220
187
122,424
91,702
122,644
91,889
1,808
3,509
120,836
88,380
120,836
88,380
3,361
13,018
117,475
75,362
120,836
88,380
**2023**|**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
220
187
122,424
91,702
122,644
91,889
1,808
3,509
120,836
88,380
120,836
88,380
3,361
13,018
117,475
75,362
120,836
88,380
**2023**|
|---|---|---|
|||88,380|
|||13,018
75,362|
|||88,380|
For the year ended 31 March 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to the small companies regime.
Director's responsibilities;
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476,
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Signed and approved on the behalf of the Board on 18 November 2024
A Guest
## **A Guest Hon Treasurer and Trustee**
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **(a) Basis of Accounts Preparation**
The financial statements are prepared under the Historic Cost Convention and in accordance with Accoun Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005) and Accounting Standards an Charities Act 1993
## **(b) Incoming Resources**
## **Recognition of incoming resources**
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
- the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
- the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Incoming resources with related expenditure**
Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
## **Grants and donations**
Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
## **Contractual income and performance related grants**
This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
## **Investment income**
This is included in the accounts when receivable.
## **(c) Expenditure and Liabilities**
## **Liability recognition**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pa resources.
## **Governance costs**
This includes costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
## **Support Costs**
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consi with the use of resources.
## **(d) Assets**
## **Tangible fixed assets for use by charity**
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £1,000. They are valued
Office Equipment is depreciated on a 20% written down basis
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
## **2. Analysis of Incoming Resources**
|**Voluntary Income**
Donations
Gift Aid Tax rebate
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
**Restricted**
National Lottery
Awards Four All
Joseph Hopkins & Henry James Sayer Trust
GJW Turner Trust
CB & HH Taylor Trust
Infosys
**Unrestricted**
Birmingham Community Healthcare
The Eveson Charitable Trust
The National Postcode Lottery
Estate of Mary Elizabeth Wilson
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
The George Henry Collins Trust
The Grantham Yorke Trust
Heart of England Community Trust
Roger & Douglas Turner Trust
The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust
Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust
The Cole Charitable Trust
We Are All Making A Difference
Barnett Waddingham
Other donations for less than £1000|**£**
-
-
-
26,631
-
-
-
-
210
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
26,841
**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**
**£**
460
-
460
-
-
-
-
-
-
70,089
20,000
30,000
20,000
-
-
-
-
2,000
2,000
2,500
1,000
1,400
-
148,989
**2024**|**Total**
**£**
460
-|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
560
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||460|560|
||||26,631
-
-
-
-
210
70,089
20,000
30,000
20,000
-
-
-
-
2,000
2,000
-
2,500
1,000
1,400
-|25,751
9,979
500
1,000
1,000
-
70,089
20,000
-
-
10,000
1,000
2,500
10,813
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
-
274|
||||175,830|161,906|
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
## **3 Analysis of Resources Expended**
|**Charitable activities**
**Direct Costs**
Salaries, National Insurance and Pensions
Premises Rent
Family Group Travel & Outings/ Provisions etc
Staff and Volunteers Expenses
Homestart UK Levy
Insurance
Allocated Support costs( as detailed below)
Total
**Support Costs**
Telephone & Internet
Stationery & Office Supplies
Postage
Advertising & Publicity
Office Equipment & Computer Expenses
Depreciation
Legal & Professional Fees
Sundry Expenses
Training
Bank Charges
Total|**2024**
**2023**
**Un-**
**£**
**£**
**restricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
94,183
31,252
125,435
109,510
6,683
1,225
7,908
7,115
0
2,200
2,200
1,347
1,784
485
2,269
1,709
2,455
479
2,934
2,313
979
0
979
928
2,623
839
3,462
3,185|
|---|---|
||108,707
36,480
145,187
126,107|
||1,223
0
1,223
1,195
457
98
555
811
28
0
28
75
0
0
0
0
526
531
1,057
521
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-50
329
18
347
464
0
192
192
97
60
0
60
72|
||2,623
839
3,462
3,185|
|**4. Governance costs**
Statutory accounts preparation and Independent
Examination
AGM Expenses
Total|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
200
200
25
38|
|---|---|
||225
238|
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
|**5. Staff Costs**
Wages & Salaries
Social Security Costs
Pension Costs
Total
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Management
Field Workers
Administrative Staff
Sessional Workers
**6. Tangible fixed assets for use by the Company**
Cost as at 1 April 2023
Additions
Disposals
**Cost as at 31 March 2024**
Depreciation as at 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
On disposals
**Depreciation as at 31 March 2024**
**Net Book Value as at 31 March 2024 & 2023**
**7. Debtors**
Prepayments
HMRC|**2024**
**£**
118,650
3,720
3,065
125,435
1
4
1
1
7
**2024**
**Total**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2024**
**£**
220
-
220|**2023**
**£**
103,658
3,220
2,632|
|---|---|---|
|||109,510|
|||1
3
1
1|
|||6|
|||**2023**
Total
**£**
-
-
-|
|||-|
|||-
-
-|
|||-|
|||-|
|||**2023**
**£**
187
-|
|||187|
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## **Home-Start Birmingham South**
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **Year ended 31st March 2024**
|**8. Bank and Cash**
Petty Cash
Bank Accounts
**9. Liabilities**
**Amounts due within one year**
Accruals
HMRC
Pension
Trade Creditors
**10. Restricted Fund Movements**
National Lottery
Award For All
Infosys|**Fund**
**Balances**
**Brought**
**Forward**
**1 April 2023**
**£**
3,517
9,501
-
13,018|**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
26,631
-
210
26,841|**Transfer**
**£**
-
-
18
-
18
-|**2024**
**£**
205
122,219
122,424
**2024**
**£**
310
165
606
727
1,808
**Outgoing**
**Resources**
**£**
26,787
9,501
192
36,480|**2023**
**£**
117
91,585|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||91,702|
||||||**2023**
**£**
296
1,759
505
949|
||||||3,509|
||||||**Fund**
**Balances**
**Carried**
**Forward**
**31 March**
**2024**
**£**
3,361
-
-|
||||||3,361|
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