Home-Start Wessex

Analysis

Home-Start Wessex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05387939). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start Wessex reported income of £666k and spending of £672k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £224k to £666k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 55%. 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 Wessex 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 Women@thewell (£666k), Ryedale Community Transport CIO (£666k) and Dorset Community Action (£666k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 5.9%, donations and legacies 4.8% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £196k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.