Home-Start (Cotswolds) Ltd

Analysis

Home-Start (Cotswolds) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05468592). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start (Cotswolds) Ltd reported income of £164k and spending of £157k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £139k to £164k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Home-Start (Cotswolds) Ltd sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Playmates Pre- School Gipsyville (£164k), The Volunteer Centre- Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire (£164k) and Hutton Community Centre (£160k).