Home-Start West Berkshire

Analysis

Home-Start West Berkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05485321). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start West Berkshire reported income of £232k and spending of £234k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £178k to £232k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Home-Start West Berkshire 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Suttonian Foundation (£232k), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Polish Saturday School (£232k) and Seamer Pre-School (£232k).