Home-Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire

Analysis

Home-Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Meldreth. It was registered in August 2004, 22 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 company (Companies House number 05183873). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire reported income of £193k and spending of £177k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £222k to £193k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home-Start Royston and South Cambridgeshire sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Apostolic Church International(Mount Zion)u.k (£193k), Market Rasen New Life Christian Fellowship Trust (£193k) and Mrs Jane Cart's Trust (£193k).