Registered charity · Cheshire
Home-Start Cheshire
- 10 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Lorraine ButcherChair · since 2020
- Ann Frances NorburnTrustee · since 2015
- ANN TunwellTrustee · since 2018
- Dominic OakeshottTrustee · since 2020
- Jo HinniganTrustee · since 2015
- Lester HumphreysTrustee · since 2018
- Lisa McgowanTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Anthony CroftTrustee · since 2014
- Richard GrateleyTrustee · since 2020
- Susan TaylorTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.homestartcheshire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2018: Government contracts 31%. 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 CHILD CAREWITHIN THE AREA OF CHESHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS.
Grants received
19 grants · £1,840,254 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 · £1,506,297 (7 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £164,700 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £85,266
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £51,867 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Lorraine Butcher Chair since 2020
- ANN Tunwell since 2018
- Ann Frances Norburn since 2015
- Dominic Oakeshott since 2020
- Jo Hinnigan since 2015
- Lester Humphreys since 2018
- Lisa Mcgowan since 2021
- Richard Anthony Croft since 2014
- Richard Grateley since 2020
- Susan Taylor since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Lorraine Butcher Chair since 2020
- ANN Tunwell since 2018
- Ann Frances Norburn since 2015
- Dominic Oakeshott since 2020
- Jo Hinnigan since 2015
- Lester Humphreys since 2018
- Richard Anthony Croft since 2014
- Richard Grateley since 2020
- Susan Taylor since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Lorraine Butcher Chair since 2020
- ANN Tunwell since 2018
- Ann Frances Norburn since 2015
- Dominic Oakeshott since 2020
- Jo Hinnigan since 2015
- Lester Humphreys since 2018
- Lisa Mcgowan since 2021
- Richard Anthony Croft since 2014
- Richard Grateley since 2020
- Susan Taylor since 2018
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1112270
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 MAY 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 MAY 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01270 252719 · admin@homestartcheshire.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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