Registered charity · Reading
Home-Start Reading
- 8 trustees
- Income £167k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Reading
- Website
- www.home-start-reading.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Home-Start Reading
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£167k£128k
- 2024£113k£145k
- 2023£151k£150k
Earlier years
- 2022£141k£124k
- 2021£176k£138k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 3%. 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 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 AREA OF READING AND ITS ENVIRONS.
Grants received
11 grants · £499,451 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 · £207,230 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £200,900 (4 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £66,321
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000 (2 grants)
- The Grocers' Charity · £5,000
Most recent
- 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Stead Chair since 2025
- Andrew Degiorgio since 2023
- Anna Vorster since 2022
- Caroline Grainger since 2026
- Danielle Hinds since 2024
- Kevin John Boyle since 2026
- Mark Lewthwaite since 2021
- Rebecca Eden since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Elizabeth Stead Chair since 2025
- Andrew Degiorgio since 2023
- Anna Vorster since 2022
- Caroline Grainger since 2026
- Kevin John Boyle since 2026
- Mark Lewthwaite since 2021
- Rebecca Eden since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Danielle Hinds since 2024
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1110638
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JUNE 2005. as amended on 21 Mar 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 05491570 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01189560050 · admin@home-start-reading.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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