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Home-Start Merton

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Home-Start Merton is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty.

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What are the key facts about Home-Start Merton?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£92,401
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£186,204
Registered charity number
1108937
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
44 All Saints Road
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Home-Start Merton (number 1108937) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Home-Start Merton do?

Home-Start Merton is a voluntary organistion providing support, friendship and practical help to families experiencing stress and difficulties. Referral criteria: Families must have at least one child under the age of 5. Families are visited regularly in their own homes by our trained volunteers who all have experience of parenting and know how hard it can sometimes be.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Home-Start Merton

Answers Home-Start Merton gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Home-Start Merton's highest-paid staff paid?

Home-Start Merton's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Home-Start Merton as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Home-Start Merton's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
05359862 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Merton

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Home-Start Merton registered for?

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Why is there no Clarity Score for Home-Start Merton yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Home-Start Merton. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Home-Start Merton a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Home-Start Merton as a registered charity (number 1108937) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Home-Start Merton's charity number?
Home-Start Merton's charity number is 1108937. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1108937?
Search 1108937 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Home-Start Merton do?
Home-Start Merton is a voluntary organistion providing support, friendship and practical help to families experiencing stress and difficulties. Referral criteria: Families must have at least one child under the age of 5. Families are visited regularly in their own homes by our trained volunteers who all have experience of parenting and know how hard it can sometimes be.
Does Home-Start Merton have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Home-Start Merton. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Home-Start Merton?
Home-Start Merton's website listed in our register data is http://www.homestartmerton.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Home-Start Merton's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Home-Start Merton's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Home-Start Merton?
The register records Home-Start Merton as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Home-Start Merton's trustees paid?
Home-Start Merton's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Home-Start Merton registered as a charity?
Home-Start Merton was entered on the register on 8 April 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05359862).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.