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Charity Details

 

Home-Start Edinburgh

SC004387Registered charity from 25 August 1986
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Application to amend the Purposes 10th August 2022
Charity Information:
Address Duncan Place Community & Enterprise Hub
4 Duncan Place
Edinburgh
Postcode EH6 8HW
Website https://www.homestartedinburgh.org.uk
Parent Charity Name Home Start UK
Parent Charity Registration Number 1108837
Parent Charity Country of Registration Other
Regulatory Type Standard
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
Objects 4 The company’s objects are: (1) To safeguard, protect and preserve the good health, both mental and physical of children and parents of children; (2) To prevent cruelty to or maltreatment of children; (3) To relieve sickness, poverty and need amongst children and parents of children; (4) To promote the education of the public in better standards of child care within Edinburgh and its environs. 5 The company’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6 The company may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the company’s objects in article 4; on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Home-Start Edinburgh believes that childhood can’t wait. We believe it takes a village to raise a child, but a lot of families don’t have the support and community they need. We help provide an equitable and fair start for children in Edinburgh by supporting families that are facing a variety of challenges. Our highly trained volunteers deliver needs-based support and promote family bonding, joy and resilience. The interventions we make, and the skills and resilience we build, can last a lifetime. Our network of staff and volunteers support families through 1:1 support in the home and community venues, and through our range of group work activities in Edinburgh. To access the service families must have a child under 5, and be living in the City of Edinburgh.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 25 Aug 1986
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 15
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "People with disabilities or health problems", "People with a particular ethnic or racial origin", "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £186,012 £158,901 28 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £349,536 £346,295 19 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £442,831 £432,093 27 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £497,319 £469,858 15 Oct 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Jessica Louise Wade
Tamsin Balfour
Andrew Lindsay
Louise Ferguson
Anna Dickens
Claire Bisset
David Livey
Eve Lewis
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