Home-Start Butser

Analysis

Home-Start Butser is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petersfield. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07508097). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Home-Start Butser reported income of £178k and spending of £191k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £141k to £178k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Butser sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 Hayat Foundation Limited (£178k), Megans Starr Foundation (£178k) and Life for a Kid Foundation (£177k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.