Home-Start Suffolk

Analysis

Home-Start Suffolk is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05169779). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start Suffolk reported income of £683k and spending of £776k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £681k to £683k (+0.4%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Home-Start Suffolk sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 Bangladeshi Parents and Carers Association (£682k), Irish Community Care Manchester (£684k) and Sheppey Matters (£682k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 29%, trading 10.0%, donations and legacies 4.0% and investments 4.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £22k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.