Home-Start Essex

Analysis

Home-Start Essex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 2017, 9 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 10348139). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Essex reported income of £932k and spending of £876k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £821k to £932k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Essex sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Resilience In Communities (£931k), The Thomas Family Charitable Trust (£946k) and Halton Carers Centre (£930k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 4.8%, trading 2.7% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,645. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £430k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.