Home-Start Kirklees

Analysis

Home-Start Kirklees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Kirklees reported income of £665k and spending of £667k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £484k to £665k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home-Start Kirklees sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation (£665k), The Waltham Forest Islamic Association (£665k) and Viznitz Institutions Trust (£664k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.6% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £52k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.