Home-Start Reading (number 1110638) 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 Reading do?
Home-Start is a voluntary organisation which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Home-Start Reading
Answers Home-Start Reading 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 Reading's highest-paid staff paid?
Home-Start Reading'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 Reading 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 Reading's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities; Other Defined Groups.
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 Reading registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for Home-Start Reading yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Home-Start Reading.
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.
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The register data used for this profile lists Home-Start Reading as a registered charity (number 1110638) 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 Reading's charity number?
Home-Start Reading's charity number is 1110638. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1110638?
Search 1110638 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 Reading do?
Home-Start is a voluntary organisation which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Volunteers offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.
Does Home-Start Reading have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Home-Start Reading. 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 Reading?
Home-Start Reading's website listed in our register data is http://www.home-start-reading.org.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 Reading's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Home-Start Reading'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 Reading?
The register records Home-Start Reading 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 Reading's trustees paid?
Home-Start Reading'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 Reading registered as a charity?
Home-Start Reading was entered on the register on 29 July 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05491570).