## **HOME-START EAST SURREY** ## **ANNUAL REPORT** ## **2023-2024** - **Financial Report** - **Annual Accounts** - **Independent Examiner’s Report** - **Family Facts & Figures** **Suite 2, Second Floor, Tower House** **3 Cromwell Road, Redhill, RH1 1RT Email: info@home-starteastsurrey.org.uk** Charity No. 1164164 Company Registration No. 07645329 1 ## **FINANCIAL REPORT** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Incoming Resources
Fundraising & Other Surrey Care Trust
12% 10%
Private Donations & Gift Aid
2%
Garfield Weston Foundation
10%
St Faith's Trust
1%
Greensands Charitable Trust
2%
Reigate & Banstead BC
2%
Other Donations from Charities and Trusts
1%
The National Lottery
60%
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The main source of funds in the year was The National Lottery Community Fund which is to provide funding over a five year period commencing 2022. The Trustees have decided to maintain the Reserves at a level equivalent to 5.5 months expenditure to ensure, in the event of unforeseen difficulties, there is sufficient time and funds available to wind up the scheme and meet contractual obligations. ## **David Mathieson, Treasurer** 2 ## **Home-Start East Surrey** ## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year ended 31 March 2024** |**Unrestricted**
**Note**
**Funds**
**£**
**Income and Expenditure**
**Incoming resources**
Surrey Care Trust
20,936
Reigate & Banstead BC
3,400
Private Donations
**2**
123,680
Donations from Charities
**2**
29,712
Gift Aid
0
Bank Interest
808
Fund Raising
22,453
Other
140
**Total Incoming Resources**
**201,129**
**Resources expended**
Homestart Levy
2,569
Salaries & NI & Pension
**3**
152,662
Advertising
238
Training
1,186
Recruitment
403
Organisers' expenses
2,604
Volunteers' expenses
491
Committee Expenses
84
Event & Room Booking Expenses
252
Childrens' & family expenses
738
Fundraising Costs
9,382
**170,608**
**Overheads**
Rent & Rates
17,433
Insurance
1,237
Light & Heat
1,717
Telephone
3,861
Printing, postage & stationery
1,210
Computer Costs
2,214
Legal & Professional Fees
1,246
Bank Fees
0
Repairs & Renewals
157
Sundry Costs & Parking
1,920
Depreciation
0
**30,995**
**Total Resources Expended**
**201,603**
**Surplus/Loss**
**(474)**|**Unrestricted**
**Note**
**Funds**
**£**
**Income and Expenditure**
**Incoming resources**
Surrey Care Trust
20,936
Reigate & Banstead BC
3,400
Private Donations
**2**
123,680
Donations from Charities
**2**
29,712
Gift Aid
0
Bank Interest
808
Fund Raising
22,453
Other
140
**Total Incoming Resources**
**201,129**
**Resources expended**
Homestart Levy
2,569
Salaries & NI & Pension
**3**
152,662
Advertising
238
Training
1,186
Recruitment
403
Organisers' expenses
2,604
Volunteers' expenses
491
Committee Expenses
84
Event & Room Booking Expenses
252
Childrens' & family expenses
738
Fundraising Costs
9,382
**170,608**
**Overheads**
Rent & Rates
17,433
Insurance
1,237
Light & Heat
1,717
Telephone
3,861
Printing, postage & stationery
1,210
Computer Costs
2,214
Legal & Professional Fees
1,246
Bank Fees
0
Repairs & Renewals
157
Sundry Costs & Parking
1,920
Depreciation
0
**30,995**
**Total Resources Expended**
**201,603**
**Surplus/Loss**
**(474)**|**Restricted**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
0
20,936
0
3,400
0
123,680
0
29,712
0
0
0
808
0
22,453
0
140
**0**
**201,129**
0
2,569
0
152,662
0
238
0
1,186
0
403
0
2,604
0
491
0
84
0
252
0
738
0
9,382
**0**
**170,608**
0
17,433
0
1,237
0
1,717
0
3,861
0
1,210
0
2,214
0
1,246
0
0
0
157
0
1,920
0
0
**0**
**30,995**
**0**
**201,603**
**0**
**(474)**|**Total Funds**
**2023**
**£**
21,236
0
97,758
22,632
0
121
406
560| |---|---|---|---| ||||**142,713**| ||||2,904
130,287
326
970
654
2,297
801
0
853
1,122
4,654| ||**170,608**||**144,868**| ||17,433
1,237
1,717
3,861
1,210
2,214
1,246
0
157
1,920
0
**30,995**
**201,603**
**(474)**||12,583
1,821
476
3,501
2,321
3,177
1,196
0
197
2,631
529| ||||**28,433**| ||||**173,300**| ||||**(30,588)**| The notes on pages 5 to 6 form part of these accounts. 3 ## **Home-Start East Surrey Balance Sheet at 31 March 2024** |||**Note**||**2024**||**2023**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**||**£**| |**Fixed assets**||||||| |Tangible fixed assets|**4**|||0||0| |**Total Current Assets**||||0||0| |**Current assets**||||||| |Debtors|**5**||0||0|| |Bank Current Account|||14,753||19,107|| |Bank Deposit Accounts|||97,750||93,942|| |Petty Cash|||98||39|| |**Total Current Assets**||||112,601||113,088| |**Creditors:**amounts falling due within|one year **6**||54,315||54,328|| |**Total Current Liabilities**||||54,315||54,328| |**Net Assets**||||**58,287**||**58,761**| |**Funds**||||||| |Unrestricted|**7**|||58,287||58,761| |Restricted||||0||0| |||||**58,287**||**58,761**| 15th April 2024 Approved by the Management Committee on …...................................... and signed on its behalf by .....................................................................................(Chair)Stephanie Limond ...................................................................................…(Management Committee Member)David Mathieson The notes on pages 5 to 7 form part of these accounts. 4 **Home-Start East Surrey Notes to the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2024** ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **a) Basis of Accounting** These accounts have been prepared on an accruals basis. ## **b) Income** Grants, donations and bank interest are generally credited to the statement of financial activities in the period in which they are received. By exception, income is accrued into the appropriate year, if funds are received in a different year to the one intended. ## **c) Depreciation** Depreciation is charged as follows: Furniture and Fittings - over 3 years on a straight line basis Computers and Equipment - over 3 years on a straight line basis ## **2** ## **3** |**Private Donations**
National Lottery Community Fund
Sorbon Investments
Waitrose/John Lewis
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
Private Individuals and other donations
**Total Private Donations**
**Donations from Charities and Charitable Trusts**
Alchemy Foundation Charity
Community Foundation for Surrey
Garfield Weston Foundation
Greensands Charitable Trust
Horley Lions
Souter Charitable Trust
St Faith's Trust
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
Other Donations
**Total Donations from Charities**
**Renumeration**
The average number of employees during the year was
Organisers
Administration|**2024**
**£**
120000
0
0
1,496
2,184
**123,680**
1000
0
20,000
5000
400
0
3,125
0
187
**29,712**
**2024**
4
1|**2023**
**£**
90000
2000
2,000
0
3,758| |---|---|---| |||**97,758**| |||500
1,900
7,500
0
494
5,000
5,238
2,000
0| |||**22,632**| |||**2023**
4
1| No employee earned more than £50,000 for the year. 5 **4 Tangible Fixed Assets** ## **Home-Start East Surrey Notes to the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2024** |**4**|**Tangible Fixed Assets**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Computers**||**and**|**Furniture and**||| |||||**Equipment**|||**Fittings**|**Total**| ||**Cost**|||**£**|||**£**|**£**| ||at 1 April 2023|||9,800.99|||3,103.46|12,904| ||Additions|||0.00|||0.00|0| ||Disposals|||0.00|||0.00|0| ||at 31 March 2024|||9,800.99|||3,103.46|12,904| ||**Accumulated Depreciation**|||||||| ||at 1 April 2023|||9,800.99|||3,103.46|12,904| ||Charge for the year|||0.00|||0.00|0| ||Disposals|||0.00|||0.00|0| ||at 31 March 2024|||9,800.99|||3,103.46|12,904| ||**Net Book Values**|||||||| ||**at 31 March 2024**||||**0**||**0**|**0**| ||**at 31 March 2023**||||**0**||**0**|**0**| ||||||**2024**||**2023**|| |**5**|**Debtors**|||||**£**|**£**|| ||Trade Debtors|||||0|0|| ||Prepayment|||||0|0|| |||||||**0**|**0**|| |**6**|**Creditors:**Amounts falling due within|||one year||||| ||Sundry Creditors (PAYE/NI & Pension)|||||4,029|3,848|| ||Accruals (prepaid income)|||||50,000|50,000|| ||Accruals (accrued expenses)|||||286|479|| |||||||**54,315**|**54,328**|| |**7**|**Movement of Restricted and Unrestricted Funds**|||||||| |||**Balance at**|||**Movements**||**Balance at**|| |||**31.3.2023**|||**in year (net)**||**31.3.2024**|| ||**Unrestricted Funds:**|**£**||||**£**|**£**|| ||General Fund|(41,239)||||(474)|(41,713)|| ||Reserve Fund|100,000||||0|100,000|| ||**Total Funds**|**58,761**||||**(474)**|**58,287**|| ||**Restricted Funds:**|||||||| ||General Fund||0|||0|0|| ||Reserve Fund||0|||0|0|| ||**Total Funds**||**0**|||**0**|**0**|| ## **Restrictions** Restriced funds include only specific grants with restricted use. Unrestricted funds include all existing funds for Family Support and the Reserve. The Reserve Fund is to be used to maintain (or wind up) core activities during a period of unforsen difficulty and equates to between 4 to 6 months of operational costs. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Home-start East Surrey On accounts for the year ended 31° Mar¢h 2024 Charity no lif any) 1164164 Sot out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (￿he Trusl.) for the year ended 3110312024. Responslbilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparatlon basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord h￿th the accounting record. Independent examlner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enable proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Dale: 0410912024 Name: Jonathan Hillier Relevant professlonal qualification{sl or body {If any): ACA FCCA Addrèss: GBJ Financial Limited 27 Hatchlands Road Redhill, Surrey RH16RW IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018 ## **Families Facts and Figures** Total Number of Referrals = 110 By Borough— 60% Redhill, Reigate & Merstham 22% Tandridge 18% Mole Valley Number of Families Supported - Home Visi�ng: 72 In Groups: 82 Paren�ng Puzzle: 46 Number of children supported in total: 337 ## **Dona�ons from Chari�es and Charitable Trusts** The Alchemy Founda�on Charity Greensands Charitable Trust Garfield Weston Founda�on Horley Lions The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust The Na�onal Lo�ery Community Fund Souter Founda�on St Faith’s Trust Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Founda�on The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust ## **Overview of key fgures from our accounts** ||**This year**|**Last year**| |---|---|---| ||**(ending 31.03.24)**|**(ending 31.03.23)**| |Income|£201,129|£ 142,713| |Expenditure|£201,603|£ 173,300| |Surplus / (Loss)|£ (474)|£ (30,588)| **What our referrers are saying:** _**As a team, we know we can rely on Home-Start East surrey to support our families, and make a huge difference in improving situa�ons and making a real posi�ve difference. That profession‐ al trust counts for a lot. SM—Health Visitor**_ **What our families are saying:** _**The care and love from HSES worked well. HS is just perfect. Lovely staff at HS, very welcoming, whenever we have our ou�ngs it feels more like a family gathering. Thank you for step‐ ping in when we felt empty. We will surely miss you.**_ _**My volunteer was really good to talk to, good to have adult interac�on, a really good match as I got on with her really well. She gave me advice about my child’s behaviour like not to always ignore his behaviour but rather deal with it. Thank you Home-Start.**_ ## **A Heart Felt Ongoing Thanks to our** ## **Trustees & Volunteers** ## **Trustees** **Stephanie Limond—Chair — Angie Barton Safeguarding Lead David Mathieson—Treasurer Emma Aldridge, Edwina Hughes, Ross Huelin, Tina Lockwood and Elora Tescari** ## **Volunteers** Ann B, Anne L-C, Annie H, Cherry K, Cherry S, Chris M, Derek, Edel, Geraldine, Helen G, Jane�e, Jenny, Joanna B, Jo -Anne M, Judith, Julia, Karen B, Kate, Karen G, Keith, Katrina, Kim H, Kim A H, Kirsty, Laura S, Laura Z, Linda B, Linda G, Lisa, Liz H, Mary, Mike, Nicky, Paula, Philippa, Sam, Sara, Sarah Mi, Sarah Mo, Sian, Susan, Suzannah, **Goodbye to** Anne Mc, Jessica, Jean and Tara. ## **Anna Spenceley, Scheme Manager Chris�ne Heaton, Scheme Co-ordinator Lisa Wedderburn, Perinatal Support Co-ordinator Lisa Kelly, Family Support Co-ordinator Helen Sabath, Administrator Jenny Ditch, Accountant Kevin Hinton, IT Support** **Acknowledgements & Thanks 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024** **HSUK, Belfry Centre, Bi-Water, British Telecom, Home-Start Surrey, Horley Lions, Inner City Groove Band, Reigate Manor Hotel, Reigate Fire Service, Reigate Park Church, SCC, Stripey Stork, Surrey Care Trust, Tandridge & Mole Valley Community Lotteries, Nutfield Memorial Hall, Tandridge Voluntary Action, Venture Inn, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead, Waitrose Horley, Wotton House, YMCA** ## **Special Thanks** **To everyone that contributed to our first Gala dinner by buying tickets, donating auction prizes, being part of our Committee, being a guest speaker or by helping out during the evening, an amazing total of £22,000 was raised on the night!** **Thank you also to our network of professional partners, including Health Visitors, Midwifery Services, GP prac�ces, East Surrey Perinatal Mental Health Services and our Mole Valley, Horley & other local family centres, our local schools and the Dorking School** **Partnership.** ## **...because childhood can’t wait** ## **Home-Start East Surrey Overview Year ending 31st March 2024** **Home-Start East Surrey is a local charity that supports families with young children up to the age of 11, living in Redhill, Reigate, Merstham, Caterham, Dorking, Horley & surrounding areas, to cope with the challenges of paren�ng and family life.** **We recruit & train our bank of 44 volunteers to work with families for a few hours every week, primarily in their own home for up to 6 months. Our volunteers will also support families to access appointments and community ac�vi�es and events.** **We run a weekly nurture group which supports new parents experiencing anxiety, isola�on or low mood for their babies first year. We regularly facilitate evidence based Paren�ng Programmes including the 10 week nurture programme, the 4 week Paren�ng Puzzle workshop and the 4 week Talking Teens course for parents of teenagers. We deliver jointly with the Mole Valley and Horley Family Centres, weekly Stay & Play sessions for invited parents with children under 5, who find it difficult for various reasons to access groups in the community.** **The groups are also there when 1-1 volunteer support is completed, so we can s�ll maintain a ‘light touch’ source of support for families known to us.** **We support families from all religious, ethnic, cultural or social backgrounds, irrespec�ve of gender, sexuality or any other factor that makes their family unique & special.** **We treat everyone we work with as individuals & tailor our support to meet families’ par�cular needs.** **Home-Start East Surrey, Suite 2 & 3, Second Floor, Tower House, 3 Cromwell Road, Redhill, RH1 1RT,Tel: 01737 770220 E-mail: info@home-starteastsurrey.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1164164 Company Registra�on No: 07645329** ## - AGM Chair’s Report 2023 24 ## **by Stephanie Limond, Chair of Trustees** **As each year goes by the trustees are more and more impressed by the support our staff team and volunteers are able to provide the local community. This is echoed by everyone who comes into contact with Home-Start East Surrey.** **- This year much of our �me has been spent on the re procurement of funding from Surrey County Council. There have been significant changes in the way in which we are able to access this funding, which is now via various Lead Organisa�ons and is split by Borough. Although we do receive some funding, it has greatly reduced over recent years. The result of which means that our focus is on fundraising and applying for grants from other sources elsewhere. My grateful thanks goes to all those who con�nue to give us valuable - financial support. The team at Home Start Surrey give such a fantas�c service to members of the community, despite what may be going on in their own lives, and without their endless enthusiasm Home-Start East Surrey would not be the success that it is. Stephanie Limond, Chair of Trustees** ## _**Our Strategy….**_ - **Our Vision** : **Enabling Families to Flourish & Thrive** - **Our Mission** : **A Local Charity, here for families when they need us the most, building a future together** - **Our Values** : **Partnership, Prac�cal, Empowering and Reliable** - **Our Priori�es** : **Families & Volunteers** - **Community Outcomes** : **Build Connec�ons & Increase Engagement by improving Diversity, Developing Services and Improving Sustainability.** ## **What our families told us:** _“Mee�ng up with my volunteer and going out once a week to different playgroups has worked really well for me. It has given me more confidence and knowledge in terms of how to cope with my son and the services available for him. The team are all amazing._ _Thank you so much for everything.“_ “ _I think it has benefi�ed me the most having support reduced my stress and anxiety. It supported my children to develop their rela�onship and play safely together. A volunteer was found quickly and she was reliable_ .” ## Scheme Manager’s ## Report **by Anna Spenceley** _**Hotel in June, which raised a total of £22,000. An amazing amount considering it was our first event. I must thank Natalie Ans�ss for all of her**_ _**benefi�ed from all of her event planning & fundraising experience which was so helpful. From the generosity of the hotel, the corporate sponsors ‘etch. Crea�ve’ & ‘xeinadin’ who also provided our hilarious compere Alex, all the wonderful prize dona�ons & the volunteers who gave up their �me on the night, THANK YOU! It was a big success! We learnt a lot, & are looking to hold a similar event for our 30th birthday in 2026.**_ _**As we are one of eight local Home-Start Schemes in Surrey, moving forward we are looking at working more collabora�vely, by sharing good prac�ce & fundraising opportuni�es. June 2023 saw our first Home-Start Surrey strategy day, ge�ng together all the staff & Trustees in Surrey, to share in a joint vision. We were lucky to have Peter Grigg, Chief Execu�ve of HSUK with us who spoke about looking to the future & how we can be stronger & more influen�al working together.**_ _**Our Home Visi�ng Service was very much in demand, with 72 families receiving regular weekly support from one of our trained volunteers. Our regular targeted play session at the Mole Valley Family Centre for families in Dorking saw 31 families a�end, & 36 families at our similar weekly group in the Horley Family Centre. 46 parents a�ended one of our 10 week Paren�ng Puzzle Courses, workshops or Talking Teens programmes, run either in house, at the Mole Valley or Horley Family Centres or the Ashcombe School. We are delighted to be delivering these courses in conjunc�on with partners which we know makes such a posi�ve difference to family life. Our weekly Nurture Group supported 15 new parents on their paren�ng journey, with targeted advice in our group community room in Redhill.**_ _**Our ou�ngs included summer picnics in the Reigate Priory and the Redhill Memorial Park, another brilliant day at the Reigate Fire HQ where the 15 families sat on the fire engines, prac�ced with the fire hoses, met the fire dog Chester, & got fire safety advice for their homes. Thank you to Blue Watch for hos�ng us. Godstone farm was the venue for our family day out, where the children loved seeing all the animals! A�er last year’s success, our children’s Christmas party was held for the second �me at the Wacky Kingdom in Redhill. An amazing �me was had by all the children from the 48 families who came along. We were lucky to have the Mayor of Reigate & Banstead, Cllr Eddy Humphreys, come along to support us, and a special visit from Father Christmas, with gi�s for all the children. (Special thanks to Horley Lions)**_ _**I couldn’t do any of this without my amazing team around me, so a BIG thank you to my Scheme Coordinator Chris�ne Heaton, Perinatal Support Coordinator Lisa Wedderburn, Family Coordinator Lisa Kelly & my administrator Helen Sabath. They really are wonderful & hard working, & go above & beyond everyday to support volunteers & families for HSES.**_ ## **Volunteers** We really could not do what we do without our bank of home visi�ng volunteers, who give up their �me for free to support our local families. Six new volunteers a�ended - our nine week prep course in 2023 2024, which equipped them with the tailored skills and confidence required to be a home visitor. We are so grateful for all of our volunteers who work with us, their dedica�on and reliability really means we can offer a service that can make a real posi�ve difference to children and families. Unfortunately we said goodbye to a few of our amazing volunteers during the past year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for everything they have done for us and wish them well with their future plans. We con�nue to thank and appreciate our volunteers for their hard work and commitment they give to us, by hos�ng a summer a�ernoon tea and a Christmas lunch event during the year. This is our way of giving back to them, and is always a fun a�ernoon of delicious food prepared by the Team, a free prize draw and a fun quiz. We also hold regular coffee mornings with guest speakers, as a way of upskilling our volunteers with latest themes and good prac�ce around different subjects including Special Educa�onal needs, neurodiversity and school refusing. During all of these events, we give out long service awards, recognising the efforts of our army of - amazing volunteers here at Home Start East Surrey. **Our wonderful Trustees work �relessly in the background, but really are the back bone of HSES. Funding, Policies, Finance & Budge�ng as well as Safeguarding Children are just a few of their du�es, which have kept some of them extremely busy this year, all in their spare �me. Thank you all SO much!** _**Anna Spenceley, Scheme Manager**_ _**Congratula�ons to our Chair of Trustees Stephanie Limond who was awarded with the ‘Individual Trustee Award 2023’ from Eddy Humphreys the Mayor of Reigate & Banstead. Stephanie is also the Chair of Home-Start Surrey which oversees all 8 local Home-Start Schemes in Surrey. Well done Stephanie!**_ _**We held a small, in�mate memorial service for our previous Scheme Manager Debbie Wade earlier this year, who sadly died in January. She was passionate about everything Home-Start, having worked here for over 10 years.**_