Home-Start South West Kent
Income
£189k
▲ 20.4% on 2024
Expenditure
£154k
▲ 1.0% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
9
5.3y av
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
77
▲ 17 volunteers on 2024
Overview
Home-Start South West Kent's network
10 people5 organisationsi9 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. 5 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Home-Start South West Kent. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
9 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Robert Lockhart Bogle | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dennis John Akehurst | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Jennifer Anne Cross | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Joanne Merrick | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mark Weare | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Nicola Tamara Walcott | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Rosemary Smith | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Sandy Tattersall | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sarah Elizabeth Jarvis | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Board
The board
9 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Robert Lockhart Bogle | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dennis John Akehurst | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Jennifer Anne Cross | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Joanne Merrick | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mark Weare | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Nicola Tamara Walcott | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Rosemary Smith | Trustee | 2026 | new |
| Sandy Tattersall | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Wendy McGeachy | Trustee | 2015 | 11 yrs |
| Sarah Elizabeth Jarvis | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Susan Ann Every (2006-2013), Ian Hughes Hinton (2004-2012). Full officer list
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.Average tenure
5y
median 4y
Longest tenure
11y
since 2015
Years in governance
10.9y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
7
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
4
of 9 on the board
9 trustees on the board
- Angus Robert Lockhart Bogle Chair since 2019
- Dennis John Akehurst since 2017
- Jennifer Anne Cross since 2023
- Joanne Merrick since 2023
- Mark Weare since 2022
- Nicola Tamara Walcott since 2026
- Rosemary Smith since 2026
- Sandy Tattersall since 2018
- Wendy McGeachy since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Angus Robert Lockhart Bogle Chair since 2019
- Dennis John Akehurst since 2017
- Sandy Tattersall since 2018
- Wendy McGeachy since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Angus Robert Lockhart Bogle Chair since 2019
- Dennis John Akehurst since 2017
- Jennifer Anne Cross since 2023
- Joanne Merrick since 2023
- Mark Weare since 2022
- Nicola Tamara Walcott since 2026
- Rosemary Smith since 2026
- Sandy Tattersall since 2018
- Wendy McGeachy since 2015
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 9The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives 9
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Finance 8Health and social care 8Arts and leisure 1
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Network
Network
iThe large node is Home-Start South West Kent. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.
Income and expenditure
5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Home-Start South West Kent has not filed them in the years we hold, so only the totals and government income are shown.
Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | |||||
| Total income | £136.78k | £125.59k | £149.24k | £157.04k | £189.07k |
| Total expenditure | £100.59k | £116.46k | £137.90k | £152.11k | £153.71k |
| Government income | |||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Government grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | £20.00k | £20.00k |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Assets, liabilities and funds
Detailed income, expenditure and assets are filed only by charities with income over £500,000. Home-Start South West Kent has not filed them in the years we hold, so there is no balance sheet to show.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | 10 December 2025 | 10 December 2025 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | 10 January 2025 | 10 January 2025 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | 4 December 2023 | 4 December 2023 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 9 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 21 December 2021 | 21 December 2021 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 05104961 has made 21 accounts filings since 2005. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 17 December 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2024 | 3 December 2024 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2023 | 15 December 2023 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2021 | 30 December 2021 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2020 | 22 February 2021 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 18 February 2020 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2018 | 27 November 2018 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2017 | 20 October 2017 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2016 | 7 December 2016 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages |
| 31 March 2015 | 15 November 2015 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages |
| 31 March 2014 | 31 January 2015 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages |
| 31 March 2013 | 5 December 2013 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2012 | 20 November 2012 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)4 pages |
| 31 March 2011 | 7 December 2011 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2010 | 14 December 2010 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2009 | 12 January 2010 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2008 | 29 September 2008 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2007 | 4 January 2008 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2006 | 5 December 2006 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 2005 | 30 November 2005 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)12 pages |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.
Grants
Funding received
14 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 9 March 2017 to 8 September 2025.Total from published grants
£589k
£588,948
Grants
14
published to 360Giving
Funders
5
distinct funders
Latest grant
Sep 2025
8 September 2025
By year
iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.£46k2017
£170k2019
£10k2020
£10k2021
£10k2022
£24k2023
£20k2024
£299k2025
Funders
5 funders| Funder | Grants | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 2 | £428,539 | 2019 to 2025 |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 6 | £70,000 | 2017 to 2025 |
| Henry Smith Foundation | 4 | £57,000 | 2017 to 2023 |
| BBC Children in Need | 1 | £29,409 | 2017 |
| Skinners' Charity Foundation | 1 | £4,000 | 2023 |
Grants
newest first| Date | Funder | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2025 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award | £20,000 |
| 10 April 2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund | Building resilience for families | £278,539 |
| 23 February 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Committee award | £10,000 |
| 23 February 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Committee award | £10,000 |
| 21 September 2023 | Henry Smith Foundation | Grant to Home-Start South West Kent | £20,000 |
| 25 April 2023 | Skinners' Charity Foundation | Family Support Project | £4,000 |
| 10 March 2022 | Henry Smith Foundation | Grant to Home-Start South West Kent | £10,000 |
| 5 November 2021 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award | £10,000 |
| 7 February 2020 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Main Grants award | £10,000 |
| 12 December 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | Giving children in South West Kent a better start in life | £150,000 |
| 12 June 2019 | Henry Smith Foundation | Grant to Home-Start South West Kent | £20,000 |
| 13 July 2017 | Garfield Weston Foundation | Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award | £10,000 |
| 8 June 2017 | Henry Smith Foundation | Grant to Home-Start South West Kent | £7,000 |
| 9 March 2017 | BBC Children in Need | Grant to Home-Start South West Kent | £29,409 |
Who published this data
Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.
- Garfield Weston Foundation (6 grants) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Henry Smith Foundation (4 grants) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) · Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)
- The Skinners' Company (1 grant) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- BBC Children in Need (1 grant) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
- (A)
TO
SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. - (B)
TO
PREVENT CRUELTY TO OR MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN. - (C)
TO
RELIEVE SICKNESS, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN. - (D)
TO
PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT
What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Local authority: Kent
- Area of benefit
- WITHIN
THE COUNTY OF KENT as filed - Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 APRIL 2004 as amended on 29 Aug 2025 as filed - Register history
- 22 July 2004Registered
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 7 October 2025Resolution
- 3 October 2025Resolution
- 3 September 2025Memorandum and articles
- 19 April 2004Incorporation documents
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.home-startswk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Home-Start South West Kent
- Registered
- 2004