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HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company Ilmited by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025

HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company limited by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303)
CONTENTS
Page
Trustees and Directors, Report
Independent Examinerfs Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts
10-12

HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company limited by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
Trustees and Directors, Re
ort for the
ear endin
31" March 2025
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ending 31 St March 2025
COMPANY I CHARITY INFORMATION
Trustees & Directors as of 31st March 2025:
Mrs Rosemary Gunner
Ms Magda Ziegler
Mr Michael Gbadebo
Mrs Hilary Mason
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Kami Missaghi
Ms Sheila Mooney
Chair
Treasurer
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Independent
Reappointed June 2024
Appointed July 2024
Reappointed June 2024
Reappointed June 2023
Reappointed June 2024
Appointed April 2023
Appointed July 2024
Company Limited by Guarantee
9389303
Charity Number
1160447
Charity OffI￿S
and
Registered Company Address
Bracknell Open Learning Centre,
Rectory Lane
Bracknell
Berks RG12 7GR
Independent Examiner
Richard Parsons
AGHS Accounting & Taxation Services Limited
14 Progress Business Centre
Whittle Parkway
Slough SL16DQ
Bankers
CAF BANK Ltd
PO Box 289
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent ME19 4TA

Trustees l Directors
It is required by the Articles of Association that a third of the number of trustees must
retire at each AGM. At the AGM in July 2024 Michael Gbadebo, Rosemary Gunner
and Ben Wallace stood down as Trustees. All three were re-elected to serve a further
temi, as is pemiitted by the Articles of Association. During the year 2024 -2025 two
trustees have resigned- Fay Grimmett in December 2024 and Clare Bibby in February
2025. The trustees are the only rnembers of the charity and resign their membership
upon resigning their trusteeship.
All Trustees are also Directors of the Incorporated Charity. A full list of trustees I
directors at the time of this report is given on page 2.
Constitution, Objects and Pollcies
Home-start Bracknell Forest is a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee,
incorporated on 14th January 2015 and registered as a charity on 11 th February 2015.
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 the event of the company being wound up members are
required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.
Its purpose is to recruit, train and provide volunteers who offer regular, support,
friendship and practical help to young families under stress, helping to prevent family
crisis and breakdown. This support is individually provided within the family home.
Home-start is available to any family with at least one child under five years of age,
with other or additional group support offered to families who need it. The trustees
delegate the day-to-day responsibility for running the scheme to the Head of Ser4ices
who is assisted by two Family Co-ordinators, a Groups Co-ordinator, an Administrator
and a Fund-raising and Engagement Co-ordinator.
The Trustees have taken regard of the Charity Commission Guidance on Public
benefit and consider our primary function is to benefit any appropriate family in
Bracknell Forest who request our services.
Development, Activities and Achievements
In total, over the year, 82 families received 1:2:1 volunteer support, 144 parents
attended one of our groupslcourses, and we have supported circa 633 mothers
thFough our Bracknell-Bumps and-Babie&-elosed Facebook-group.
We have received 189 referrals, 94 were self-referrals. Close working relationships
with our partners in other agencies continue to strengthen and ensures that families
can aC￿sS additional help where required and consent is given.

Our core service is our 1 .'1 volunteer home-visiting service, in addition to 1 .1 support,
we offer 4 group-led services; Play and Learn, Baby and Mum, More than Words, and
Mums in Mind. We also provide specialist one off programs such a /2 day antenatal
course for fathers and mothers to be. Support is usually in place within one month of
referral, the only exceptions being where the family has very specific needs regarding
times, or a volunteer with specific skills or experience is unavailable. Finding the right
match is a priority, as this is usually a key factor in the success of our support.
Our Volunteer Preparation course started in September 2024 and took place over 4
weeks with a mixture of online learning and 4 classroom-based sessions. 8 volunteers
completed the course. We currently have 26 active volunteers and 5 resting
volunteers and 2 non-home-visiting volunteers. Training continues to be an ongoing
priority for staff, volunteers, and trustees. The range of training attended included
Perinatal Mental Health, Safeguarding, Finance and Budgeting, Child Development
and Communication. In addition, our volunteer support meetings and volunteer
training course have had speakers from other organisations with various topics
including energy efficiency and domestic abuse.
At the end of the year our Head of Services, Sharon Kearins, leads a team consisting
of Caroline Parker and Linda Stephens our Family Coordinators, Rachael Morgan our
Groups Co-ordinator, Keith Hanks, our Fundraising and Engagement Offi￿r, and
Nicola Wells, our Administrator. The team are all working well together to deliver an
excellent service to overwhelmed and struggling young families, with at least one child
under 5 years of age, throughout the Borough.
We continue to work closely with partners throughout the statutory and voluntary
sectors in Bracknell Forest, particularly the Children's Family Hubs, Early Help, the
Health Visiting team and community voluntary servi￿.
We have continued our positive engagement with local businesses and organisations
based in Bracknell and the surrounding area, several ofwhich have fundraised on our
behalf, including Tesco Bracknell, Ancons, David Lloyds Gyrn, Craft Coop. We are
very grateful for the opportunity to work with all these companies.
Longstanding support and relationships from many in the local voluntary and faith
community has grown and flourished and we always value the opportunity to talk to
these organisations and work in partnership to improve outcomes for families.
Financial Revlew
The Trustees have developed a Fundraising Strategy designed to maintain a steady
pipeline of income from multiple sources, including long-term funding streams and
sustained smaller donations from local organisations and supporters.

Our long-term funding streams this year have included funding from Bracknell Forest
Council and from Bracknell and Ascot CCG which has been extended until July 2029.
We have continued working in a partnership led by Home-start East Berkshire and
are now in the second year offunding from the National Lottery over 3 years to provide
support to expectant families and families with children under 5.
We have been able to be more proactive in our fundraising activities evidenced by
multiple grants, parish council donations and one-time donations received throughout
the year from local organisations and supporters. We hope that working with local
businesses in the community we serve will secure our financial health in the year
ahead.
A rewarding year of fundraising has enabled us to rebuild our reserves.
When setting the reserves policy, the Trustees considered the need to fulfil working
capital requirements as well as cover any future income shortfall. As at 31 March 2025
the reserves stand at £96,307. All these funds are unrestricted. The tsrget for the
reserves set by the Trustees is 50 % of total costs. which for this year is £80,000. With
the reserves amounting to £96,307 the Trustees consider that the charity has
sufficient funds to carry out its function.
Statement of Trustees. Responsibilities
The Trustees are required under the constitution of the charity to prepare financial
statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs
of the scheme 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 judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
(c) prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate
to assume the scheme will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose
with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the scheme at any time. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the scheme and for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approval
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to
companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
This re
ortwasa
roved b the Trustees and sl
ned on their behalf on 19th June 2025.
Rosemary Gunner
Director and Chair of Trustees

HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company Ilmited by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST ("THE COMPANY")
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for
the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 8 to 12.
Responsibilities and basis of report:
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and its directors for the purposes of
company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act,).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be
audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I
report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under
section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). In carrying out my examination
I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)
(b) of the 2011 Act.
Basis of independent examiner's report:
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Direction 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 the trustees con￿rning 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:
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention
in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not-kept in respect of the Company as required by-
section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3, the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of
the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair

view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination;
or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and
principles of the Statement of Recommended Practi￿ for accounting and
reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in
accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
AGHS Accounting & Taxation Services Limited
14 Progress Business Centre
Whittle Parkway
Slough
SL16DQ
R K Parsons FCA
Chartered Accountsnt
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HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company Ilmlted by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Income and Expenditure Account
Year to 311312025
Year to 311312024
Income
Donations
Grants
Other
Interest
32,017
166,704
624
33,197
110,532
558
TOTAL INCOME
Expenditure
Charitable Activities
Fundraising Costs
Management and
Administration Costs
154,439
296
140,236
999
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Surplus/(Deficit)
for the year
495
Movement in Reserves
Opening Balan
Surplusl(Deficit)
for the year
55,765
55,270
40,542
495
Reserves Closing Balance
76

HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company Ilmited by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
Year to 311312025
Year to 311312024
Fixed Assets
1,478
1,112
Current Assets
Sundry Debtors
Cash and bank
103,184
60,015
Current Liabilities
(8,355)
(5,406)
Net Current Assets
94,829
54,653
Net Assets
Capital
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
96,307
55,765
The notes form part of the financial statements.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements
of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of
accounts.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special
provisions relating to companies subject to small companies regime within Part 15 of
the Cornpanies Act 2006.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 19 June 2025
Rosemary Gunner
Director and Chair of Trustees
Magda Ziegler, FCCA
Director and Treasurer

HOME-START BRACKNELL FOREST
(A company Ilmlted by Guarantee. Company Number 09389303))
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 . Accounting Policies
1.1 Basis of Preparation of Accounts
The accounts are prepared underthe historical cost convention and include the results
of the charity's operations described in the Trustee and Directors Report and all of
which are continuing. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the
Statement of Recommended practi￿ for charity accounts.
1.2 ststement of compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and
Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) effective 1 January 2019 -
(Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK
and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), the Charities Act 2011 and the Companies Act
2006.
1 .3 Depreciation
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost on valuation of fixed
assets less their estimated residual value over their expected useful life on the basis
of 25 % straight line (Fixtured & Fittings)
1.4 Income
Voluntary income is received by way of donations, grants and gifts and is included in
full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Grants where entitlement
is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity are
recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
1.5 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on the accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure
includes VAT which cannot be recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to
which it relates.
1.6 Management and Administration Costs
Management and Administration Costs include expenditure not directly related to the
charitable activities and include bank fee, office supplies and postage. accounting,
recruitment, Insurance and Home Stsrt UK levy fee.
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1.7 Public Benefit
The company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
1.8 Tax Accounting
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
1.9 Donated Goods and Services
Any goods and services donated to the charity are treated as income based on their
estimated value.
2. Salary Disclosure
The cost of staff salaries, included in Charitable Activities is broken down as follows:
311312025
311312024
Salaries
Employer National Insurance
Employer Contributions
to Pension Scheme
£106,822
£14,705
£107,684
£7,454
£9,182
£9.104
Totsl
£130,709
£124,242
Average headcount in both years stands at 6. No employee received emoluments of
more than £60,000.
3. Trustee Expenses
There were no direct payments to trustees. One trustee re￿iVed £34 as
reimbursement of Companies House fee payment made using their personal credit
card.
4. Outstanding contracts
The charity has one outstanding contract relating to the office lease which expired in
July 2024. The contract has been renewed but is pending the legal completion and
signature which is expected by mid 2025. The rent costs have been accrued for.
5. Company Details
The company is incorporated in England and Wales. It is a private charitable company
limited by guarantee. The registered office address is:
Bracknell Open Learning Centre
Rectory Lane,
Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7GR
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6. Restricted Funds
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further the
general objectives of the charity whereas restricted funds are subjected to restrictions
on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked for particular purposes. There
were no restricted funds during the financial year.
7. Reserves Policy
The reserves policy is reviewed on an annual basis.
8. Tangible Fixed Assets
Fixtures and Fittings
Cost at 11412024
Additions
2,250
3,309
-952
Disposals
Cost at 311312025
Depreciation at 11412024
Charge for the year
1,139
694
1,833
~952
Disposals
Net Book Value
at 11412024
at 311312025
1,112
1,478
9. Current Liabilities
Office Rent 11712024 to 311312025
Travel Expenses March
Accounts FY2024125 Examination
IT Support
Project Expenses
Training Org
Marketing
£6,750
£127
£690
£40
£480
£150
£118
Totsl
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