Home-Start Sutton

Analysis

Home-Start Sutton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carshalton. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05165417). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Sutton reported income of £284k and spending of £356k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £275k to £284k (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home-Start Sutton sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Classrooms in the Clouds (£284k), Chain Lane Community Hub (£284k) and Baraka Community Association (£283k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.