2022-03-31-accounts - Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/04/2021 Period start date To 31/03/2022 Period end date

Charity name: Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance

Charity registration number: 1161678

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The object of the CIO is the advancement of health, for the public benefit, through the provision free at point of use of information, skilled help and support concerning breastfeeding to families in and around Cambridge who breastfeed their babies or wish to breastfeed their babies.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Throughout this reporting period, Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance provided online breastfeeding information and support for mothers and families. From April to June, this service ran online 6 mornings a week, to comply with Covid restrictions. From 11 June to the end of the reporting period, we ran weekly in- person sessions at Ross Street Community Centre, Cambridge, alongside our online service, which reduced to 3 mornings a week. Mothers experiencing breastfeeding difficulties accessed this service via Facebook, Zoom, email and phone. We set up a booking system for the in-person sessions. Babies may be any age but were mostly under 6 weeks of age. During this period, we noticed an increase in numbers of babies a few days old. Other family members joined in with the mother

		and also received information and support. Skilled Breastfeeding Counsellors and Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) provided specialist help. This service is provided free of charge to any family who wishes to use it.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	In deciding to provide this service, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit: the service advances health, for the public benefit, by enabling mothers to continue to breastfeed their babies. Breastfeeding is a key public health objective. In planning activities for the year, trustees took into account Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. We identified well-evidenced health benefits for babies and for mothers; for mothers for example in a lower risk of postnatal depression if mothers are enabled to meet their own breastfeeding goals; and for the public in reducing costs to acute and primary care NHS services when breastfeeding is effective, in avoiding babies suffering from infections needing hospital or GP treatments.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	n/a
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	n/a
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	In June 2021, one long-standing Trustee retired; we thanked her for her many years of service.

 The (12, then 11) Trustees provided their governance service as volunteers, meeting monthly to review ways of working and finetune changes to the service in response to feedback.  Several Trustees undertook administrative tasks for the charity on a voluntary basis. This included Safeguarding support, DBS checks, setting up our online booking system, liaising with our venue, recruiting and orienting new team members.  One of our Trustees ran the Cambridge Half-Marathon in fancy dress to raise funds for Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance.  We began recruiting new volunteers to help us welcome families at the drop-in to begin in the 2022-23 financial year. Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	During the year, Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance supported over 300 families in-person, 380 families with one-to-one Zoom conversations, 480 mothers via messenger consultations, more via email and phone: totalling around 1000 breastfeeding support interactions/helping situations. Our CBA Facebook page followers grew to (1772 at 1 April). Our Facebook Group, CBA Online Drop-In has 720 members at 1 April 2022. All of these members are breastfeeding their babies, live in our catchment area, and actively need support. Mothers and families give us feedback via an (optional) online form. Their comments tell us that CBA support enabled them to continue breastfeeding when they were close to giving up

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because of difficulties, and they are so
glad they could continue to meet their
goals. Being enabled to breastfeed
mitigates poverty and deprivation, helps
mental health and benefits the
environment.
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Achievements against objectives set	Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	We were pleased we could continue to provide free, skilled breastfeeding support when families need it. We were delighted to return to in-person service in addition to online working, and that our fundraising and budgeting expanded to cover both ways to support the public. The numbers of mothers and parents we support have increased. We have grown our team to cope with this additional demand by recruiting and orienting 2 new members during this period. We have noticed a diverse population accessing our services. (We do not collect or process data on ethnicity or disability.)

Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Income continued to meet the needs of the charity, through fundraising, successful grant applications, and donations from the public.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	n/a
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	£ 41,328 in bank at the end of the reporting period. This is unusually high because it includes grant funding received close to the year end, to provide breastfeeding support sessions in the year 2022-23.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The CIO’s target level of reserves is: £4,500. This covers 3 months of forecasted expenditure and assumes that new income sources are developed on an annual basis. Should forecasted income fall below expectations, this reserve allows continuation of operations whilst taking remedial action to address the income deficit and consider where else to direct beneficiaries for essential services, and publicity for the changes. (extract from CBA Reserves Policy)
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£16,718. This is higher than our policy amount because we plan to use unrestricted funds when our restricted funding ends – while keeping £4.500 in reserve as our reserves policy requires.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	n/a
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	n/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	n/a

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	During this reporting period, CBA received funding from: National Lottery Community Fund, the Evelyn Trust, and donations from our supporters and the general public.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	n/a
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	CBA relies on grant funding and public donations.

Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustee members elect new Trustees

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	New trustees must read CBA Constitution, Policies and Procedures, and agree to them, before being elected. Interviews are held early in our recruitment process.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The charity chooses Breastfeeding Counsellors (BFCs) who are accredited by national and international breastfeeding charities, and Lactation Consultants who are qualified as International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). CBA has no formal relationship with any of these charities or certifying agencies, but maintains links for exchange of information. The BFCs and IBCLCs are self-employed and work on a sessional basis, with contracts. The charity maintains good working relationships with NHS midwives, the Health Visiting team and the Rosie Hospital, but is independent of any NHS body.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	We rent our venue – Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, Cambridge CB1 3UZ – from the Romsey Mill Trust, but we are not in any form of relationship with this Trust.
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname	CambridgeBreastfeedingAlliance
Other name the charity uses	CBA
Registered charity number	1161678

Charity’s principal address	100 Windsor Road Cambridge CB4 3JN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Eleanor Crowe	Treasurer
Justine Fieth	Secretary
Maddie McMahon
Catherine Muge
Rachel O’Leary	Chair
Anna Richardson
Joanne Rogers
Anna Simpson
Judy Sotudeh- Tehrani
BeckyTalbot
Lorna Thompson
S. MaryWright		01/04/2021– 22/06/2021

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Rachel Marion O’Leary Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 14 November 2022

	Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance Charity Name	Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance Charity Name	Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance Charity Name	1161678 No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	01-Apr-21 Period start date	To	31-Mar-22 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 4,640 - - - - - - - 4,640 - - - 4,640 - - 6,807 - - - - - - 6,807 - - - 6,807 - 2,166 - 18,884 16,718	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 29,610 - - - - - - - 29,610 - - - 29,610 - - 13,430 30 - - - - - 13,460 - - - 13,460 16,150 - 8,460 24,610	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 34,250 - - - - - - - 34,250 - - - 34,250 - - 20,237 30 - - - - - 20,267 - - - 20,267 13,984	Last year to the nearest £
Voluntaryreceipts	4,640				23,380
Activities forgeneratingfunds(trading)	-				-
Charitable activities	-				-
Other receipts	-				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	4,640				23,380

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					23,380

Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts	-				-
Fundraisingcosts(tradingactivities)	-				-
Costs of charitable activities	6,807				18,211
Governance costs	-				30
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**Sub total **	6,807				18,241

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					18,241

	- 2,166	16,150	-	13,984	5,139
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	18,884	8,460	-	27,344	22,205
	16,718	24,610	-	41,328	27,344

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

05/01/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Signature Details Details Barclays Bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details ~~2~~	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 16,718 24,610 - - - - 16,718 24,610 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Rachel O'Leary	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
	Rachel O'Leary	7.6.22
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Cambridge Breastfeeding Alliance (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:

Jenna Robertson

Jenna Robertson 1 Shrublands Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2EH

Date: 12 January 2023