Registered charity · Somerset
Home-Start West Somerset
- 9 trustees
- Income £174k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Catherine Ann Hamilton RaynerTrustee · since 2019
- Fiona Anne HarrisTrustee · since 2025
- Helen Mavis EggarTrustee · since 2026
- James WallerTrustee · since 2018
- Jillian Dawn CarterTrustee · since 2023
- Joyce Fairhurst RoscoeTrustee · since 2019
- Karen BassTrustee · since 2019
- Linda DibbleTrustee · since 2023
- Pippa PrideauxTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- homestart-westsomerset.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Home-Start West Somerset
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£174k£148k
- 2024£130k£204k
- 2023£195k£180k
Earlier years
- 2022£125k£155k
- 2021£217k£131k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 12%. 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 CHILDCARE.WITHIN THE AREA OF WEST SOMERSET AND ITS ENVIRONS AND SEDGEMOOR
Grants received
24 grants · £682,499 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £417,831 (17 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £242,668 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- The Fore · £5,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £2,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Catherine Ann Hamilton Rayner since 2019
- Fiona Anne Harris since 2025
- Helen Mavis Eggar since 2026
- James Waller since 2018
- Jillian Dawn Carter since 2023
- Joyce Fairhurst Roscoe since 2019
- Karen Bass since 2019
- Linda Dibble since 2023
- Pippa Prideaux since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Catherine Ann Hamilton Rayner since 2019
- James Waller since 2018
- Joyce Fairhurst Roscoe since 2019
- Karen Bass since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Catherine Ann Hamilton Rayner since 2019
- Helen Mavis Eggar since 2026
- James Waller since 2018
- Jillian Dawn Carter since 2023
- Joyce Fairhurst Roscoe since 2019
- Karen Bass since 2019
- Linda Dibble since 2023
- Pippa Prideaux since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Fiona Anne Harris 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1113944
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 7 DECEMBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 18 JULY 2008 AND 21 APRIL 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 05646970 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01643707304 · admin@homestart-westsomerset.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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