Home-Start St Helens Ltd.

Analysis

Home-Start St Helens Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08796050). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start St Helens Ltd. reported income of £240k and spending of £251k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £182k to £240k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Home-Start St Helens Ltd. sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Ilkley and District Round Table (£239k), Promoting Autonomy and Change Limited (£240k) and Our Community Foundation (£239k).

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.