diff --git a/app/presenters/homepage_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/homepage_presenter.rb
index c7a50682c..1cb784e3a 100644
--- a/app/presenters/homepage_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/homepage_presenter.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class HomepagePresenter
     @last_year_completed_sales_data = data_box_data(:sales, @last_year, :completed) if display_sales?
     if display_schemes?
       @incomplete_schemes_data = {
-        count: @user.schemes.incomplete.count,
+        count: @user.schemes.visible.incomplete.count,
         text: data_box_text(type: :schemes, status: :incomplete),
         path: schemes_path(status: [:incomplete], owning_organisation_select: "all"),
       }
diff --git a/spec/requests/start_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/start_controller_spec.rb
index 128325184..017ab32e7 100644
--- a/spec/requests/start_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/start_controller_spec.rb
@@ -262,6 +262,22 @@ RSpec.describe StartController, type: :request do
               counts = databoxes.map { |databox| count_from_databox databox }
               expect(counts).to eq [0, 0]
             end
+
+            it "shows the correct count for schemes" do
+              completed_schemes_count = 3
+              incomplete_schemes_count = 2
+              create_list(:scheme, completed_schemes_count, :incomplete, owning_organisation: coordinator.organisation)
+              create_list(:scheme, incomplete_schemes_count, :incomplete, owning_organisation: coordinator.organisation, discarded_at: Time.zone.yesterday)
+
+              get root_path
+
+              type = "schemes"
+              status = "incomplete"
+              databoxes = all_databoxes(type, status)
+              count = count_from_databox(databoxes.first)
+
+              expect(count).to eq(completed_schemes_count)
+            end
           end
 
           context "and logged in as a support user" do