# HOME-START PORTSMOUTH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1124943
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 10, 2008
- **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=1124943


## Contact

- **Address:** HOME-START PORTSMOUTH, THE HAVEN, 17 LAKE ROAD
- **Postcode:** PO1 4HA
- **Phone:** 02392734400
- **Email:** office@hsportsmouth.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hsportsmouth.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Activities:** Home-Start Portsmouth offers a unique service to parents (with at least one child under school age) through the provision of trained and supervised volunteers who visit families in their own home and through professionally run family groups both of which offer regular, informal support, friendship and practical help.

**Area of benefit:** PORTSMOUTH AND ITS ENVIRONS.




## 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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Portsmouth City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £961108 | £1053395 | £245483 | 29 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1073867 | £856087 | £337770 | 32 |
| March 31, 2023 | £331827 | £331813 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £289775 | £290343 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £278379 | £248926 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Simon John Benfield** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 16, 2024
- Andrew John Osborn — appointed April 19, 2023
- Bev Vaughan — appointed Oct. 14, 2020
- Hugh Jonathan Crutchfield — appointed Sept. 3, 2025
- Joanne Kate Goodship — appointed April 19, 2023
- Linda Jenkins — appointed March 17, 2021
- Susan Claire Bland — appointed Oct. 16, 2024
- Tarnia Simmons — appointed April 19, 2023