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Home Start Northampton

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1116665NorthamptonPoverty relief
Income£180k2025-03-31
Spending£162ksame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctPoverty relief
Registered2006Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Home Start Northampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05836827). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home Start Northampton reported income of £180k and spending of £162k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £178k to £180k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home Start Northampton sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost Zone (Northampton) (£180k), Papua Partners Limited (£180k) and Cambridge Re-Use (£180k).

Income and spending

£0£45k£90k£135k£180k2021 Income: £178,2262021 Spending: £120,34120212022 Income: £154,8972022 Spending: £107,82120222023 Income: £122,5462023 Spending: £157,19320232024 Income: £160,2942024 Spending: £172,59920242025 Income: £179,7622025 Spending: £161,8202025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

HOME-START NORTHAMPTON PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON - RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME IN SITUATIONS AS DIVERSE AS ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, MULTIPLE BIRTHS, ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR WHO ARE JUST FINDING PARENTING A STRUGGLE. THEY PROVIDE NON-JUDGEMENTAL, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost Zone (Northampton)Northampton£180k
Papua Partners LimitedLytchett Matravers£180k
Cambridge Re-UseCambridge£180k
The Haven Community ProjectBirmingham£180k