Home-Start Shepway

Analysis

Home-Start Shepway is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05201839). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Shepway reported income of £306k and spending of £264k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £256k to £306k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home-Start Shepway sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Melton Vineyard (£306k), Dreamsai Milton Keynes (£306k) and The World Zoroastrian Organisation Ltd (£306k).