Home-Start Hertfordshire

Analysis

Home-Start Hertfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 08301552). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Hertfordshire reported income of £398k and spending of £451k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £360k to £398k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 Hertfordshire sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saylani Welfare UK (£398k), T. & J. Meyer Family Foundation Limited (£398k) and Dachshund Rescue CIO (£397k).

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.