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title: "Home for Good — charity rating & review | CharityCompare"
description: "Is Home for Good a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 53/100. Accounts 2025: income £582k · 72% on charitable activities. Reg 1158707."
source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/home-for-good
retrieved: 2026-08-18T03:58:47.607Z
license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0"
---

Quick answer

## Is Home for Good a good charity?

Home for Good scores 53/100 (2 stars, Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£582k total income, 72% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

London · UK-wide · SE1 7JB |
Reg [1158707](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/home-for-good) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.homeforgood.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1158707)

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## How can you give to HOME FOR GOOD?

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## What does Home for Good do?

Home for Good is a registered charity (no. 1158707) working in poverty relief across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 72% of spending to charitable activities, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been declining (≈18% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes.

Summarised from public filings — Home for Good hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=home-for-good)

**In short:** HOME FOR GOOD scores 53 out of 100 (2 stars). 72% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below.

## What is Home for Good?

Home for Good has a Clarity Score of 53 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars, Poor). Charity Commission registration number 1158707. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Poverty relief. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £582k, with 72% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. 2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation.

Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026.

Overall score

53/100

2★ · Poor

Cause spend

72%

3-yr avg · charitable activities

Accountability

75/100

Finance beacon

Income

£582k

Latest year 2025

Reserves

—

Months of running costs

Accounts filing

Late

Check register

£6.8 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) ·
9% overhead · Website on register ·
Confidence: medium

## How does HOME FOR GOOD compare?

Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers HOME FOR GOOD scores higher than.

Income band (£500k–£1m)5thpercentile

**Scores higher than 5% of 2,187 charities in its income band** · 53/100 vs 79 peer average (marker).

Poverty relief charities5thpercentile

**Scores higher than 5% of 1,502 charities in this cause** · 53/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).

## How reliable is Home for Good's data?

Source

Charity Commission (England & Wales)

Accounts year

2025

Filing date

24 June 2026

Profile reviewed

17 July 2026

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources:
[Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/),
[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and
[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/).
[Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).

## What is Home for Good's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

### Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 33% | 5/15 pts |
| Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 3 trustees · 15/15 pts |
| Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts |

### Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

0/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 0% | Not stated · 0/15 pts |
| Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 0/10 pts · 3-year average |
| Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 0% | Not stated · 0/5 pts |

### Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

65/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 50% | 72% · 5/10 pts (3-year average) |
| Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 80% | 15p per £1 income · 8/10 pts (3-year average) |

### Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 100 volunteers / 14 staff · 10/10 pts |

[How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology)

## What is Home for Good's Clarity Score?

53/100 total · Poor · 2 of 5 stars

Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings.

75/100

Accountability & Transparency

0/100

Financial Health

65/100

Financial Efficiency

100/100

Community Support

### Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Filing history (5 years)5/15 pts

Trustee oversight3 trustees · 15/15 pts

Declared policies10/10 pts

### Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

0/100

Reserves (months of cash)Not stated · 0/15 pts

Income stability / growth0/10 pts · 3-year average

Liabilities to assetsNot stated · 0/5 pts

### Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

65/100

Program expense ratio72% · 5/10 pts (3-year average)

Fundraising efficiency15p per £1 income · 8/10 pts (3-year average)

### Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100

Volunteer-to-staff ratio100 volunteers / 14 staff · 10/10 pts

## How much does Home for Good raise and spend?

Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings
| Category | Amount | % of spend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total income | £582k | — |
| Total expenditure | £2.4m | — |
| Charitable activities | £858k | 35% |
| Fundraising | £99k | 4% |
| Governance & admin | £6k | 0% |

35%On charitable activities

## Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £2.4m spent

- Charitable activities35% · £858k
- Fundraising4% · £99k
- Governance0% · £6k
- Other spending61% · £1.5m

## What trust indicators does Home for Good have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

- — Accounts filed on time

Filing status: late

- ✓ Trustee board size (3–12)

3 trustees on the Charity Commission register

- ✓ Workforce on register

14 employees · 100 volunteers (7:1 volunteer-to-staff)

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice.

[Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/)

Official register

Reg 1158707

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

[View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1158707)

### Trustees & officers

- Jeremy Cooper since 2019
- Rev Luke Nathan Bacon since 2022
- Rachel Mary Westcott since 2022

100
How we score charities
+The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

[Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology)

Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

## How have Home for Good's finances changed over five years?

- Income
- Spending
- Cause spend

Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts

## What are the key facts about Home for Good?

Overall score

53/100 (2★)

Income

£582k

Cause spend

72% of expenditure

Reg number

1158707

Scope

UK-wide

Reserves

—

Trustees

3

Accounts year

2025

Filing

late

## How does HOME FOR GOOD compare, and where else can you look?

[Compare HOME FOR GOOD with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=home-for-good) [More poverty relief charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology)

### Where HOME FOR GOOD sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

- [poverty charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty)
- [community charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/community)
- [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children)
- [Charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/london)
- [poverty charities in London](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/poverty/london)

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## Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Home for Good's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Home for Good a good charity? + Home for Good scores 53 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 72% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Home for Good a legitimate charity? + Yes — Home for Good is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1158707). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1158707. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact.

What is Home for Good's charity number? + Home for Good's charity number is 1158707. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Home for Good's charity rating? + Home for Good scores 53 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Home for Good have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Home for Good. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Home for Good? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, 72% of Home for Good's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are Home for Good's overheads? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 8% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 9% of total expenditure at Home for Good. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Home for Good's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register.

How much income does Home for Good receive? + Home for Good reported £582k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.

Are Home for Good's accounts up to date? + Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Home for Good based? + Home for Good is listed at London · UK-wide · SE1 7JB and operates UK-wide, focused on poverty relief.

How does CharityCompare score Home for Good? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Home for Good's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Home for Good's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.