Home-Start Knowsley

Analysis

Home-Start Knowsley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05197002). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Knowsley reported income of £219k and spending of £297k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £393k to £219k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Knowsley sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chasdei Moishe Trust (£219k), Teen Talk (Harwich) (£219k) and Nakuru Children's Project (£219k).

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.