Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire

Analysis

Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Didcot. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05443274). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start Southern Oxfordshire reported income of £299k and spending of £212k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £121k to £299k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Southern Oxfordshire sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warwickshire Counselling Centre (£299k), Wells Community Hospital Trust (£300k) and The John Coates Charitable Trust (£299k).