# HOME-START KERNOW

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159948
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 14, 2015
- **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=1159948


## Contact

- **Address:** Bodmin Family Hub, Chestnut Centre, 83 Fore Street, Bodmin
- **Phone:** 01209214490
- **Email:** info@homestartkernow.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.homestartkernow.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; PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA OF CORNWALL AND ITS ENVIRONS.

**Activities:** HOME-START OFFERS FREE SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE WHO MAY BE UNDERGOING PRESSURES SUCH AS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, DEPRESSION OR SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. FAMILIES ARE  VISITED REGULARLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTING AND KNOW HOW HARD THINGS CAN BE.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £527714 | £433643 | £299143 | 17 |
| March 31, 2024 | £415883 | £347445 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £153057 | £277447 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £390030 | £240727 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £199752 | £172213 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Michelle Anne Gould** (Chair) — appointed May 1, 2015
- ANNA KATE CAIRNS — appointed May 27, 2022
- Geraldine Painter — appointed Dec. 5, 2024
- Josephine Fletcher — appointed Dec. 5, 2024
- Keeley Reading — appointed June 18, 2025
- Paul John Thornton — appointed Oct. 13, 2020
- Peter Hastings — appointed Sept. 16, 2022
- William Duncan Trotter — appointed June 5, 2020