Registered charity · Manchester
Home-Start Manchester
Home-Start Manchester is a registered charity (number 1105353) based in Manchester, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Emile Pinel since 2022. Latest income £827k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 12 trustees
- Income £827k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Emile PinelChair · since 2022
- Aoife SpillaneTrustee · since 2024
- Charlotte OdellTrustee · since 2026
- Charlotte WaddingtonTrustee · since 2022
- Holleigh StevensonTrustee · since 2024
- Karin ConnellTrustee · since 2020
- Martin BoalerTrustee · since 2021
- Rachel CooperTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca WrightTrustee · since 2020
- Sarah Torkington-HalsteadTrustee · since 2025
- Shakiba Zulfiqar AhsenTrustee · since 2024
- Sophie KeelingTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.homestartmanchester.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Home-Start Manchester
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£827k£594k
- 2024£489k£506k
- 2023£416k£368k
Earlier years
- 2022£416k£373k
- 2021£375k£328k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 43% · Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. TO SAFEGUARD, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOOD HEALTH, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN; B. TO PREVENT CRUELTY 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 CHILD CARE WITHIN MANCHESTER.
Grants received
27 grants · £4,518,346 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,580,014 (8 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £276,300 (3 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £214,742 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £174,232 (4 grants)
- The Tudor Trust · £135,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Emile Pinel Chair since 2022
- Aoife Spillane since 2024
- Charlotte Odell since 2026
- Charlotte Waddington since 2022
- Holleigh Stevenson since 2024
- Karin Connell since 2020
- Martin Boaler since 2021
- Rachel Cooper since 2025
- Rebecca Wright since 2020
- Sarah Torkington-Halstead since 2025
- Shakiba Zulfiqar Ahsen since 2024
- Sophie Keeling since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Karin Connell since 2020
- Rebecca Wright since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Emile Pinel Chair since 2022
- Aoife Spillane since 2024
- Charlotte Odell since 2026
- Charlotte Waddington since 2022
- Holleigh Stevenson since 2024
- Karin Connell since 2020
- Martin Boaler since 2021
- Rachel Cooper since 2025
- Rebecca Wright since 2020
- Shakiba Zulfiqar Ahsen since 2024
- Sophie Keeling since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Sarah Torkington-Halstead since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1105353
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 JUL 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 JAN 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 NOV 2017AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 DEC 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 DEC 2017 as amended on 24 Feb 2025 as amended on 24 Feb 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 05183477 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0161 721 4493 · shelley.roberts@homestartmcr.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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