Home-Start South Leicestershire

Analysis

Home-Start South Leicestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Harborough. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05299096). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start South Leicestershire reported income of £301k and spending of £311k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £228k to £301k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 South Leicestershire sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 Don’t Lose Hope (£301k), Sir John Eastwood Foundation (£301k) and Abbie's Army (£301k).