**HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **2024 - 2025** Annual Report
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## **Message from Chair of Trustees: Susan Weston**
## **Chair’s Annual Report 2024–2025 Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire**
**As Chair of Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire, I am proud to reflect on what has been another remarkable year of impact, collaboration and growth for our charity.**
At the heart of everything we do is a simple yet powerful belief that childhood can’t wait. We know that our families need timely, compassionate support to navigate the challenges of early parenthood.
I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, to say thank you to our incredible team of staff, volunteers, partners, and funders. Without you all, we would not have been able to deliver our amazing services to the families and children that need us most.
## **Helping families**
I am pleased to report that we have supported 256 families during their time of need over the past year. The families we work with face a wide range of challenges which includes isolation, poor housing, poverty, health issues, and the pressures of single or young parenthood. Our task is to stand alongside them offering understanding, connection, and practical help.
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## **Cont’d Chair’s Report**
## **Our Home Volunteers**
Volunteers are the heartbeat of Home-Start UK. This year, 38 volunteers have been part of our journey - 20 actively visiting families in their homes and 6 supporting our mental health groups. Their dedication, compassion and generosity of time are truly inspirational.
## **Raising Funds to help our families**
Our charity thrives thanks to the efforts of those who not only deliver services but also champion our cause. Thank you to those who have walked, run and cycled to support us – we know you have given up your time and energy to support us and we really do appreciate the money you have raised.
As always, a very big THANK YOU goes to all our wonderful funders. Without our funders nothing would be possible. You not only provide the necessary funds we need to do our work, but you work with us and help us learn and grow through our reporting to you. A special thanks goes to one of our long-standing volunteers whose nomination secured a £5,000 grant from their workplace.
## **Our Partnerships and Profile**
Building strong partnerships remains a cornerstone of our approach. This year, we have represented Home-Start at key events across the region, strengthening referral pathways and forging links with community organisations. We were also delighted to be featured on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, showcasing the difference our work makes in local families’ lives.
## **Looking Ahead**
We have just celebrated five years as a local Home-Start and during these 5 years we have supported many families in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean and surrounding areas. We have learnt lots and our families help us to shape what we do.
In 2025–2026, we will continue to evolve our existing services whilst also focusing on:
- Reintroducing antenatal and postnatal programmes which completes our vision of a full cycle of support from pregnancy to school age.
- Expanding our partnerships, particularly in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and the Forest of Dean, to ensure that no family faces their challenges alone.
Together, we will continue to ensure that every child in our community gets the best possible start in life.
With my thanks,
## **Sue Weston**
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## **Who we are**
**Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire is a local charity committed to supporting families with young children during times of difficulty. Our primary aim is to enhance the well-being and resilience of families, helping them to give their children the best possible start in life. This is achieved by providing compassionate, confidential, and non-judgmental support tailored to the specific needs of each family.**
Our main objective is to prevent family crisis and breakdown by intervening early. We work with families experiencing a range of challenges, including isolation, postnatal depression, physical or mental health issues, bereavement, disability, and/or financial hardship. By addressing these issues early, Home-Start helps to reduce the risk of long-term difficulties for both parents and children.
Central to our work is a team of trained volunteers—many of whom are parents themselves— who visit families in their own homes on a regular basis. These volunteers offer practical help, emotional support, and friendship, empowering parents to build confidence, develop coping strategies, and strengthen family relationships.
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In addition to home-visiting, we provide other services such as group support sessions, parenting courses, and signposting to other relevant agencies. These group activities reduce social isolation and offer opportunities for parents to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another.
We also work closely with local authorities, health visitors, schools, and other community services to ensure coordinated support and long-term positive outcomes for families.
By offering compassionate, personalised help at the right time, Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire seeks to strengthen family life, improve children’s outcomes, and foster healthier, more resilient communities. Our mission is rooted in the belief that parents play the most important role in their children's development, and that with the right support, families can overcome challenges and thrive.
We are there for parents when they need us most, because childhood can't wait.
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## **The numbers - Helping our families**
**Over the year Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire have supported 256 families and received 207 referrals through our two main services Home Visiting and Mothers in Mind.**
**Home Visiting = 108 families consisting of weekly visits to families supported by our volunteers Mothers in Mind = 148 families consisting of a 10-week peer support groups for mothers who have experienced mental health challenges during the early stages of parenthood. Delivering 21 groups across the year**
**The families we are supporting face a range of challenges and difficulties, from isolation, mental health issues, physical health needs, poverty (finance and debt), unsuitable housing, being a lone parent and becoming a young parent.**
**The main challenges being faced by families referred to our home visiting service:**
**Mental Health: 72%**
**Lone/ Single parents: 27%**
**Accessing Mental Health Services: 27%**
**Young Parents: 17%**
**Debt and Finances: 30%**
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## **Creating positive impact:**
## **Through our services we have seen positive impacts for the children and families accessing our services:**
**of parents reported 95% improvement in their wellbeing**
## **90%**
**of parents reported improvement in their 76% parental skills**
**81%**
**of parents felt reduced stress/frustration around 90% parenting 76% 81% of parents felt improvements in mental health/coping with mental health**
**of parents felt more connected to a community of like-minded mums/carers**
**of parents felt reassured about their parenting abilities and as a result more confident**
**of parents felt reduced levels of anxiety and depression**
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## **Financial Spotlight**
**Every year represents a challenge in ensuring that we receive sufficient funding to support the programmes in our district and this year was no different. However, we are delighted to receive total income of £270,264 for 2024-25, an increase of just over £65,000 from the previous year.**
## **Income Sources**
**Grants: £247,488 Donations and Gifts: £21,784 Fundraising: £992**
**We are deeply grateful to all our funders, from the larger grants to smaller donations and the fundraising efforts of staff, volunteers and trustees. Every penny makes a difference.**
**It is important to remember that we must constantly seek out ways to operate efficiently. This year, in contrast to the approximately 32% increase in revenue, we were able to operate our projects with only an approximate 4% increase in expenditure. A total of £258,669 this year versus £ 249,527 in 2023-24. This has resulted in us generating a muchneeded small surplus of £11,565 for the year.**
**Our reserve target – representing 3 months of salary costs – is £55,000 and the Trustees aim to continue to build the reserves to this level to help ensure the organisation’s sustainability into the future.**
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## **Our team**
## **Our team:**
Craig Wheeler – Executive Director (Outward) Emma Peel – New Operations Manager and Family Coordinator Gail Dodds – Senior Family Coordinator Kim Young – Senior Group Coordinator
Ro Ingram – Office and Finance Coordinator
Carrie Stuart – Family Coordinator (Cheltenham) Chloe Morgan – Family Coordinator (Forest of Dean) Denni Humphries – Groups Coordinator (Forest of Dean) Sian Dodds – Groups Coordinator (Cheltenham/ Tewkesbury) Jo Andrews – Groups Coordinator (Tewkesbury/ Cheltenham) Koral Salter – Groups and Volunteers Administrator
The staffing team at Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire all work part time. The combined hours of the team amount to 6.4 full time equivalent staff (FTE).
## **Our management committee & trustee board:**
Sue Weston – Chair of Trustees & Safeguarding Lead Sue Young – Vice Chairman of Trustees Jayne Brett – Treasurer Carol Freeman – Trustee (Marketing and Fundraising) Juilia Moriarty – Trustee (Human Resources) Aimie George- Trustee
The Trustee board serves as the management committee. All Trustees are volunteers who dedicate their time and skills to the charity in order to oversee governance, finances and strategic direction. The board meets on six weekly basis to ensure the smooth running of the charity.
The board has seen some change during 2024-2025 which included 3 Trustees leaving, this included a founding Trustee. These have now been replaced by 3 new Trustees who bring a vast range of expertise to the board.
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## **Home Visits**
## **About our Home Visiting work:**
**Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire have supported 108 families and their children through our home visiting service.**
## **Volunteer Home Training Programme**
Home-Start volunteers go through a training programme focused on safeguarding, values and beliefs, confidentiality and preparing them for working closely with a family. This training is delivered by Home-Start coordinators who will then support families and volunteers through their journey. Volunteers also have access to e-learning and continuous development which is identified in their supervisions with a coordinator.
## **Working together with our families in their home**
**When a family is referred to Home-Start, a coordinator is allocated to the family. This coordinator will work closely with the family and a trained volunteer to ensure a positive volunteer match. Once a volunteer is matched with a family they will decide on a visiting schedule which is usually weekly and up to two hours a week for 6 months.**
**Our trained volunteers will work alongside their family. They will help them to identify areas of need and help them overcome the challenges they are facing, by providing a listening ear, help to access the community, play and interaction activities and signposting to other services.**
**Parental Feedback after accessing Home Visiting Support:**
**"WOW – I am SO thankful for the fantastic support from Home Start and my volunteer. They have really been my constant, helping me to regain my trust in professionals. I can’t thank them enough. Even if visits aren’t consistent on my behalf due to my daughter being in and out of hospital at times, they are supporting of this and understand. Having Home Start to talk and turn to for support has been irreplaceable to us. I know I can always pick up the phone and ask any questions, no question is silly, and I am made sure not to feel like it is! They have helped signpost and guidance with the Baby Bank, Food Vouchers for Tesco, and so much more. We would be truly lost without their support and guidance and helping me to grow as a person.”**
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## **Parental feedback:**
**“Spending time with like-minded mums enabled me to feel like I could open up more about my struggles. This, along with the support and input from two lovely, compassionate and experienced group leaders, led to lots of lovely conversations where experiences were shared and we could all offer words of encouragement to each other. As a result, and over the course of my time at MiMs I began to treat myself with much more kindness, recognising that looking after a baby is HARD work (!) and I was doing my best. My expectations of myself and my baby became more realistic, and this in turn greatly improved my relationship with my baby.”**
## **Groups**
## **About our group work:**
Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire received 160 referrals for our Mothers in Mind (MiM’s) Peer Support programmes and supported 148 mothers through the service.
The main challenges around parenting for mothers attending MiM’s is isolation and loneliness, parental wellbeing, parental confidence and parental mental health challenges.
Our Groups team have seen some change with two members leaving Home-Start North and West Gloucestershire during the year. We took this opportunity to change the group’s coordinator team structure to match the Home Visiting model. This has proved very successful. We now operate one group coordinator per locality, who also delivers the services. Despite the changes to our groups team, we were still able to deliver 21 Mothers in Mind peer support groups across the year in 8 locations.
Positive impacts were made following attendance at Mothers in Mind Peer support groups, with 88% of mothers feeling reassured about their parenting abilities and as a result more confident, 85% felt more connected to a community of like-minded individuals, 94% of mothers said they have seen an improvement in their mental health or ability to manage mental health and 88% felt reduced levels of anxiety and depression.
We are going to extend our offer of peer support groups in 2025 – 2026 by re-introducing our antenatal and postnatal groups.
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## **Volunteers**
**About our volunteers: Home-Start relies on our volunteers to support the service delivery, and without volunteers we would not be able to make the positive impacts that we are making. Volunteers are at the heart of the charity and support to children and families.**
**We have 38 Volunteers on record during this financial year, including:**
**6 of these volunteers are active trustees**
**8 volunteers are currently resting**
**26 active volunteers supporting the service delivery. We currently have 20 volunteers matched with**
**families in our home visiting service and 6 volunteers supporting in our mental health support groups.**
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## **Volunteers cont’d**
Our volunteering saw a number of changes over the last year. We recruited and trained 14 new volunteers, all attended our prep course training session, our annual safeguarding training and engaged with peer support sessions and supervisions. We also saw 28 volunteers leave us. Out of these 28 volunteers; 18 had supported families through home visiting and had made decisions to move on. 3 were trustees and we have replaced them. 7 volunteers expressed interest and/or completed our training program but decided not to support a family.
Our Home-visiting volunteers support a family on a weekly basis for up to two hours per week. During this time they work alongside the family in their own home to help promote positive outcomes. Volunteers will write a summary of their visit, and this will be uploaded to our recording system (Charity Log). Advice and support are continuously given to volunteers during their time with us.
Groups Volunteers support in our Mothers in Mind peer support sessions. This includes engaging in play activities with the children while mothers seek support. They also use their skills and knowledge to support the mothers in the sessions. We have a wealth of knowledge and skill across our volunteers and one of our volunteers, with a background in midwifery, has expressed an interest to support the reintroduction of our antenatal and postnatal programs.
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## **Dad Matters**
## **About Dad Matters:**
**Dad Matters is a separate organisation focused on Dads only and covers Gloucestershire. Dad Matters sits with the Home-Starts of Gloucestershire which are Cotswolds, Stroud & Gloucester and NW Gloucestershire. When all these charities come together it is known as The Consortium. We work as a partnership focused on benefiting Gloucestershire together for dads.**
**As a consortium it is our responsibility to raise the funds to support Dad Matters may we take this opportunity to thank The National Lottery who have helped fund our work with dads.**
## **So what do we offer?**
**Dad Matters supports dad’s across the whole of Gloucestershire with 1-2-1 support, group work and ‘drop ins’ located at Gloucester Royal Hospital and Stroud Maternity Hospital. The drop ins have been very successful and allow the dad to easily ask questions in a safe environment.**
**This year Dad Matters received 45 referrals for our area of Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and The Forest of Dean.**
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## **Fundraising, partnerships, profile and team building Together we make the difference**
Over the last year our team and volunteers have attended many events, talks and taken part in their own fundraising activities.
Emma Peel (Family Coordinator) and Craig Wheeler (Executive Director) took part in a challenge to walk, run, or cycle 500 miles in the first five months of 2025. They helped raise vital unrestricted funds to support our work – thank you.
Jo Andrews (Group Coordinator) took part in a challenge swimming the length of the English Channel, over the first five months of the year and raised a further £600 – well done Jo, this was amazing.
Our Trustee Board, as part of our five for five initiative celebrating Home-Start NW Gloucestershire’s fifth birthday undertook 5 walks in beautiful Gloucestershire. Thank you Jayne for creating these beautiful walks and for all staff and volunteers joining them.
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## **Fundraising, partnerships, profile and team building cont’d**
## **More team meetings together**
We have also introduced quarterly meetings with our team, volunteers and trustees, sharing updates, learning and training. Volunteers are invited to the second half of the meeting for updates and for peer support, sharing their experiences and meeting other volunteers.
**Thank you to a long-standing volunteer** One of our long-standing volunteers who has supported our Mothers in Mind Peer Support groups nominated us at her workplace. We were awarded £5,000, which is incredible. The funds have helped support the delivery of our services to families.
**The importance of our partnerships** We have also attended perinatal infant mental health support events, Family Hubs launch events, Rotary events, partnership events with Charles Russell Speechlys (Cheltenham) and No Child Left Behind (Cheltenham) events where we showcased the work we do and its impact. From these events we have developed stronger partnerships, stronger referral and service request pathways and a greater awareness of our services to other professionals.
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**Charity registration number 1185678 (England and Wales) Company registration number 11742071**
# **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** Mrs Jayne Brett Mrs Carol Freeman Mrs Julia Moriarty Mrs Susan Weston Mrs Katerina Draper Mts Laura Carey Mts Aimie George **Secretary** Mr Craig Wheeler **Charity number** 1185678 **Company number** 11742071 **Registered office** Bank House Abbey Terrace Winchcombe Cheltenham Gloucestershire England GL54 5LL **Independent examiner** BK Plus Limited 6 Manor Park Business Centre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TX England
(Resigned 11 March 2025) (Resigned 22 April 2024) Appointed 18 November 2024 and resigned 29 July 2025)
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **CONTENTS**
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|Trustee report|1|
|Independent examiner's report|2|
|Statement of financial activities|3|
|Statement of financial position|4|
|Notes to the financial statements|5 - 10|
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **TRUSTEE REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "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)".
## **Objectives and Activities**
Please see the Annual Report for the full objectives and activities of the charity.
## **Achievements and performance**
Please see the Annual Report for the achievements and performance for the year ended 31st March 2025.
## **Financial Review**
The accounts show a surplus of £11,565 compared to a deficit of £44,570 in 2024. More details of the financial position of the Charity is given in the Annual Report.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The details of the structure and organisation are included in the accompanying Annual Report.
The Trustee report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Mrs Jayne Brett **Trustee**
10 October 2025
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Home-Start North & West Gloucestershire (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
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 that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements 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 financial statements to be reached.
Cinzia Hensley FCA Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales BK Plus Limited 6 Manor Park Business Centre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TX England
Dated: 10 October 2025
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
|Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
**Notes**
£
£
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**2**
21,784
-
Charitable activities
**3**
-
247,488
Other trading activities
**4**
992
-
**Total income**
22,776
247,488
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**5**
7,890
250,809
**Total expenditure**
7,890
250,809
**Net income/(expenditure)**
14,886
(3,321)
Transfers between
funds
(3,283)
3,283
**Net movement in**
**funds**
11,603
(38)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
3,848
38
**Fund balances at 31 March**
**2025**
15,451
-|Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
21,784
3,108
-
247,488
5,000
194,680
992
2,169
-
270,264
10,277
194,680
258,699
4,624
244,903
258,699
4,624
244,903
11,565
5,653
(50,223)
-
(9,933)
9,933
11,565
(4,280)
(40,290)
3,886
8,128
40,328
15,451
3,848
38|Total
2024
£
3,108
199,680
2,169
204,957
249,527
249,527
(44,570)
-
(44,570)
48,456
3,886|
|---|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION**
## _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Notes**
£
**Current assets**
Debtors
**10**
13,287
Cash at bank and in hand
26,664
39,951
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**11**
(24,500)
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
**12**
Unrestricted funds|2025
£
£
4,396
19,855
24,251
(20,365)
15,451
15,451
15,451
-
15,451
15,451|2024
£
3,886|
|---|---|---|
|||3,886
3,886|
|||38
3,848|
|||3,886|
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 10 October 2025
Mrs Jayne Brett
## **Trustee**
Company registration number 11742071 (England and Wales)
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Home-Start North & West Gloucestershire is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Bank House, Abbey Terrace, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5LL, England.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's [governing document], the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "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). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
## **1.2 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.3 Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds. It is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **1.4 Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **1.5 Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period of which they relate.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|
||2025|2024|
||£|£|
|Donations and gifts|21,784|3,108|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|Grants
**Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:**
Lottery Community Fund
Peter Lang Fund
HSUK
Barnwood Trust
Pears grant
National Benevolent
NHS Gloucestershire ICB
Gloucestershire Community Fund
The Summerfield Trust
Forest of Dean District Council
Gloucestershire Masons
Tewkesbury health & wellbeing
Gloucestershire County Council
CHK Foundation
PHD Project
**4**
**Income from other trading activities**
Fundraising events|Total
2025
£
247,488
2025
£
73,222
56,400
40,000
26,873
19,000
10,000
5,412
5,000
5,000
4,000
1,581
1,000
-
-
-
247,488
Total
2025
£
992|Total
2024
£
199,680|
|---|---|---|
|||2024
£
54,858
59,100
40,000
-
-
-
5,500
-
-
4,000
-
-
29,000
5,000
2,222|
|||199,680|
|||Total
2024
£
2,169|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **5 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**Direct costs**
Staff costs
221,528
-
Insurance
1,129
-
Fundraising agents
9,280
-
Direct expenses
1,523
-
Staff training
770
-
Travel costs
6,885
-
General expenses
-
-
Venue hire
2,549
-
Computer expenses
1,383
-
Telephone
410
-
Postage and stationery
108
-
Advertising
542
-
Office rent
5,100
-
Other office costs
123
-
Membership fees
3,689
-
255,019
-
**Share of support and governance costs (see note 6)**
Governance
147
3,533
255,166
3,533
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds
7,890
-
Restricted funds
247,276
3,533
255,166
3,533
**Support costs allocated to activities**
Governance costs
**Analysed between:**
Accountancy and legal fees|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
221,528
1,129
9,280
1,523
770
6,885
-
2,549
1,383
410
108
542
5,100
123
3,689
255,019
3,680
258,699
7,890
250,809
258,699|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
199,851
1,077
561
2,478
3,975
8,573
3,333
2,546
2,979
560
145
10,247
5,100
286
4,083
245,794
85
245,879
4,624
241,255
245,879||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,648
3,648
-
3,648
3,648
2025
£
3,680
3,680|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
199,851
1,077
561
2,478
3,975
8,573
3,333
2,546
2,979
560
145
10,247
5,100
286
4,083|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||245,794
3,733|
||||||249,527|
||||||4,624
244,903|
||||||249,527|
||||||2024
£
3,768|
||||||3,768|
## **6 Support costs allocated to activities**
## **7 Trustees**
None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **8 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
|**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|2025
Number
11
2025
£
206,928
8,283
6,317
221,528|2024
Number
12|
|---|---|---|
|||2024
£
189,006
5,420
5,425|
|||199,851|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **9 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## **10 Debtors**
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other taxation and social security
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|2025
£
11,784
1,275
228
13,287
2025
£
918
1,456
19,327
2,799
24,500|2024
£
2,222
1,275
899|
|---|---|---|
|||4,396|
|||2024
£
771
4,880
11,168
3,546|
|||20,365|
**11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **12 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||At 1 April 2024|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||resources|expended||2025|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Lottery Community Fund|-|73,222|(73,222)|-|-|
|Gloucestershire Community||||||
|Foundation|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|-|
|The Peter Lang Trust|-|56,400|(56,400)|-|-|
|Forest of Dean District Council|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|
|The Summerfield Trust|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|-|
|Pears Grant|-|19,000|(19,000)|-|-|
|Tewkesbury Health and||||||
|Wellbeing|-|1,000|(1,000)|-|-|
|Barnwood Trust|-|26,873|(26,873)|-|-|
|Gloucestershire Masons|-|1,581|(1,581)|-|-|
|National Benevolent|-|10,000|(10,000)|-|-|
|Henry Smith|-|40,000|(40,000)|-|-|
|Levelling Up GCC|38|-|(3,321)|3,283|-|
|NHS Gloucestershire ICB|-|5,412|(5,412)|-|-|
||38|247,488|(250,809)|3,283|-|
|**Previous year:**|At 1 April 2023|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|||resources|expended||2024|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Lottery Community Fund|40,328|54,858|(104,720)|9,534|-|
|The Peter Lang Trust|-|59,100|(59,118)|18|-|
|Forest of Dean District Council|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|
|PHD Project|-|2,222|(2,222)|-|-|
|Henry Smith|-|40,000|(40,371)|371|-|
|Levelling Up GCC|-|27,000|(26,962)|-|38|
|NHS Gloucestershire ICB|-|5,500|(5,503)|3|-|
|Gordon Gray Trust|-|2,000|(2,007)|7|-|
||40,328|194,680|(244,903)|9,933|38|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **13 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||At 1 April 2024|At 1 April 2024|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||resources|expended||2025|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|General funds||3,848|22,776|(7,890)|(3,283)|15,451|
|**Previous year:**|At 1 April 2023||Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
||||resources|expended||2024|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|General funds||8,128|10,277|(4,624)|(9,933)|3,848|
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**|||||||
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds||
|||||2025|2025|2025|
|||||£|£|£|
|**At 31 March 2025:**|||||||
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||15,451|-|15,451|
|||||15,451|-|15,451|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds||
|||||2024|2024|2024|
|||||£|£|£|
|**At 31 March 2024:**|||||||
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||3,848|38|3,886|
|||||3,848|38|3,886|
## **14 Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **15 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).
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# **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** Mrs Jayne Brett Mrs Carol Freeman Mrs Julia Moriarty Mrs Susan Weston Mrs Katerina Draper Mts Laura Carey Mts Aimie George **Secretary** Mr Craig Wheeler **Charity number** 1185678 **Company number** 11742071 **Registered office** Bank House Abbey Terrace Winchcombe Cheltenham Gloucestershire England GL54 5LL **Independent examiner** BK Plus Limited 6 Manor Park Business Centre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TX England
(Resigned 11 March 2025) (Resigned 22 April 2024) Appointed 18 November 2024 and resigned 29 July 2025)
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustee report|1|
|Independent examiner's report|2|
|Statement of financial activities|3|
|Statement of financial position|4|
|Notes to the financial statements|5 - 10|
## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **TRUSTEE REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "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)".
## **Objectives and Activities**
Please see the Annual Report for the full objectives and activities of the charity.
## **Achievements and performance**
Please see the Annual Report for the achievements and performance for the year ended 31st March 2025.
## **Financial Review**
The accounts show a surplus of £11,565 compared to a deficit of £44,570 in 2024. More details of the financial position of the Charity is given in the Annual Report.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The details of the structure and organisation are included in the accompanying Annual Report.
The Trustee report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Mrs Jayne Brett **Trustee**
10 October 2025
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Home-Start North & West Gloucestershire (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
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 that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements 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 financial statements to be reached.
Cinzia Hensley FCA Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales BK Plus Limited 6 Manor Park Business Centre Mackenzie Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TX England
Dated: 10 October 2025
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
|Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
**Notes**
£
£
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**2**
21,784
-
Charitable activities
**3**
-
247,488
Other trading activities
**4**
992
-
**Total income**
22,776
247,488
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**5**
7,890
250,809
**Total expenditure**
7,890
250,809
**Net income/(expenditure)**
14,886
(3,321)
Transfers between
funds
(3,283)
3,283
**Net movement in**
**funds**
11,603
(38)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
3,848
38
**Fund balances at 31 March**
**2025**
15,451
-|Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
21,784
3,108
-
247,488
5,000
194,680
992
2,169
-
270,264
10,277
194,680
258,699
4,624
244,903
258,699
4,624
244,903
11,565
5,653
(50,223)
-
(9,933)
9,933
11,565
(4,280)
(40,290)
3,886
8,128
40,328
15,451
3,848
38|Total
2024
£
3,108
199,680
2,169
204,957
249,527
249,527
(44,570)
-
(44,570)
48,456
3,886|
|---|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION**
## _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Notes**
£
**Current assets**
Debtors
**10**
13,287
Cash at bank and in hand
26,664
39,951
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**11**
(24,500)
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
**12**
Unrestricted funds|2025
£
£
4,396
19,855
24,251
(20,365)
15,451
15,451
15,451
-
15,451
15,451|2024
£
3,886|
|---|---|---|
|||3,886
3,886|
|||38
3,848|
|||3,886|
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 10 October 2025
Mrs Jayne Brett
## **Trustee**
Company registration number 11742071 (England and Wales)
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Home-Start North & West Gloucestershire is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Bank House, Abbey Terrace, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5LL, England.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's [governing document], the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "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). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
## **1.2 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.3 Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds. It is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **1.4 Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **1.5 Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period of which they relate.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
||Total|Total|
|---|---|---|
||2025|2024|
||£|£|
|Donations and gifts|21,784|3,108|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|Grants
**Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:**
Lottery Community Fund
Peter Lang Fund
HSUK
Barnwood Trust
Pears grant
National Benevolent
NHS Gloucestershire ICB
Gloucestershire Community Fund
The Summerfield Trust
Forest of Dean District Council
Gloucestershire Masons
Tewkesbury health & wellbeing
Gloucestershire County Council
CHK Foundation
PHD Project
**4**
**Income from other trading activities**
Fundraising events|Total
2025
£
247,488
2025
£
73,222
56,400
40,000
26,873
19,000
10,000
5,412
5,000
5,000
4,000
1,581
1,000
-
-
-
247,488
Total
2025
£
992|Total
2024
£
199,680|
|---|---|---|
|||2024
£
54,858
59,100
40,000
-
-
-
5,500
-
-
4,000
-
-
29,000
5,000
2,222|
|||199,680|
|||Total
2024
£
2,169|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **5 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**Direct costs**
Staff costs
221,528
-
Insurance
1,129
-
Fundraising agents
9,280
-
Direct expenses
1,523
-
Staff training
770
-
Travel costs
6,885
-
General expenses
-
-
Venue hire
2,549
-
Computer expenses
1,383
-
Telephone
410
-
Postage and stationery
108
-
Advertising
542
-
Office rent
5,100
-
Other office costs
123
-
Membership fees
3,689
-
255,019
-
**Share of support and governance costs (see note 6)**
Governance
147
3,533
255,166
3,533
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds
7,890
-
Restricted funds
247,276
3,533
255,166
3,533
**Support costs allocated to activities**
Governance costs
**Analysed between:**
Accountancy and legal fees|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
221,528
1,129
9,280
1,523
770
6,885
-
2,549
1,383
410
108
542
5,100
123
3,689
255,019
3,680
258,699
7,890
250,809
258,699|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
199,851
1,077
561
2,478
3,975
8,573
3,333
2,546
2,979
560
145
10,247
5,100
286
4,083
245,794
85
245,879
4,624
241,255
245,879||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,648
3,648
-
3,648
3,648
2025
£
3,680
3,680|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
199,851
1,077
561
2,478
3,975
8,573
3,333
2,546
2,979
560
145
10,247
5,100
286
4,083|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||245,794
3,733|
||||||249,527|
||||||4,624
244,903|
||||||249,527|
||||||2024
£
3,768|
||||||3,768|
## **6 Support costs allocated to activities**
## **7 Trustees**
None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **8 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
|**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|2025
Number
11
2025
£
206,928
8,283
6,317
221,528|2024
Number
12|
|---|---|---|
|||2024
£
189,006
5,420
5,425|
|||199,851|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **9 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## **10 Debtors**
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other taxation and social security
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|2025
£
11,784
1,275
228
13,287
2025
£
918
1,456
19,327
2,799
24,500|2024
£
2,222
1,275
899|
|---|---|---|
|||4,396|
|||2024
£
771
4,880
11,168
3,546|
|||20,365|
**11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **12 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||At 1 April 2024|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||resources|expended||2025|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Lottery Community Fund|-|73,222|(73,222)|-|-|
|Gloucestershire Community||||||
|Foundation|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|-|
|The Peter Lang Trust|-|56,400|(56,400)|-|-|
|Forest of Dean District Council|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|
|The Summerfield Trust|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|-|
|Pears Grant|-|19,000|(19,000)|-|-|
|Tewkesbury Health and||||||
|Wellbeing|-|1,000|(1,000)|-|-|
|Barnwood Trust|-|26,873|(26,873)|-|-|
|Gloucestershire Masons|-|1,581|(1,581)|-|-|
|National Benevolent|-|10,000|(10,000)|-|-|
|Henry Smith|-|40,000|(40,000)|-|-|
|Levelling Up GCC|38|-|(3,321)|3,283|-|
|NHS Gloucestershire ICB|-|5,412|(5,412)|-|-|
||38|247,488|(250,809)|3,283|-|
|**Previous year:**|At 1 April 2023|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|||resources|expended||2024|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Lottery Community Fund|40,328|54,858|(104,720)|9,534|-|
|The Peter Lang Trust|-|59,100|(59,118)|18|-|
|Forest of Dean District Council|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|
|PHD Project|-|2,222|(2,222)|-|-|
|Henry Smith|-|40,000|(40,371)|371|-|
|Levelling Up GCC|-|27,000|(26,962)|-|38|
|NHS Gloucestershire ICB|-|5,500|(5,503)|3|-|
|Gordon Gray Trust|-|2,000|(2,007)|7|-|
||40,328|194,680|(244,903)|9,933|38|
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## **HOME-START NORTH & WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **13 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||At 1 April 2024|At 1 April 2024|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||resources|expended||2025|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|General funds||3,848|22,776|(7,890)|(3,283)|15,451|
|**Previous year:**|At 1 April 2023||Incoming|Resources|Transfers|At 31 March|
||||resources|expended||2024|
|||£|£|£|£|£|
|General funds||8,128|10,277|(4,624)|(9,933)|3,848|
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**|||||||
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds||
|||||2025|2025|2025|
|||||£|£|£|
|**At 31 March 2025:**|||||||
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||15,451|-|15,451|
|||||15,451|-|15,451|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||funds|funds||
|||||2024|2024|2024|
|||||£|£|£|
|**At 31 March 2024:**|||||||
|Current assets/(liabilities)||||3,848|38|3,886|
|||||3,848|38|3,886|
## **14 Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **15 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).
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