Home-Start Greenwich

Analysis

Home-Start Greenwich is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2020, 6 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 08676376). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home-Start Greenwich reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £4.1m to £3.3m (-20%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Greenwich sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delta Philanthropies (£3.3m), The British Society for Haematology (£3.3m) and Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £546k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.