
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1 April 2020    Period start date   To 31 March 2021 Period end date** 

**Charity name: Baby Bank Network** 

## **Charity registration number: 1165381** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|a.<br>The prevention or relief of poverty in<br>the UK in particular by providing items and<br>services to families with young children<br>and/or to charities or other organisations<br>who also work to prevent or relieve poverty<br>amongst families with young children; and<br>b.<br>for<br>the<br>public<br>benefit,<br>the<br>advancement of health of women who are<br>pregnant or who are mothers of young<br>children and of children in particular by<br>providing advice and support in relation to<br>pregnancy,<br>birth,<br>post-natal<br>health<br>and<br>breast feeding|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Providing second hand baby and child<br>items to families in need (e.g. families on<br>low incomes, refugees and asylum<br>seekers, victims of domestic violence).   We<br>also supply some new items which we buy,<br>such as mattresses and bottle teats (which<br>cannot be passed on second hand).<br>The end of the financial year was a<br>challenge due to the coronavirus pandemic:<br>we started to operate an emergency<br>service during the UK lockdown.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to, and<br>discussed in meeting, the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|



You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

**Additional information (optional)** 



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|We have approximately 50 volunteers who<br>are key to providing our service.   They not<br>only help sort and pack up donated items<br>for the families we help, but also help with<br>administration, social media etc.<br>We have two members of staff: an office<br>manager and warehouse manager.  They<br>have been instrumental in helping keep the<br>service going during the pandemic|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|It has been a challenge operating during<br>the pandemic but our office manager,<br>warehouse manager and volunteers have<br>all done a fantastic job helping us to keep<br>the service going.<br>The service is now nearly back at the level<br>pre-pandemic (in terms of number of<br>families helped per week) and a number of<br>operational efficiencies have been<br>introduced.<br>We helped 1048 families in 2020/21, with<br>nearly 3000 items|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set 



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||Performance of fundraising||||
||activities against objectives|Para 1.41|||
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||Investment performance|Para 1.41|||
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Receipts of £70,119 and expenditure of<br>£49,478|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have total reserves of approximately<br>£64,778 – of this £32,721 is unrestricted<br>reserves to cover at approx 9 months<br>runningcosts.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£64,778 ( £32,721 unrestricted<br>£32,057 restricted finds}|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Grants, community events and individual donors. The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation<br>constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|New trustees are required to complete an<br>application form and are interviewed to<br>assess their suitability.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Trustees receive an induction pack on joining. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Baby Bank Network|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1165381|
|Charity’s principal address|Ground Floor, Unit 5, Stoke View Business Park, Stoke View<br>Road, Bristol BS16 3AE|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**<br>**Nam**<br>**e of**<br>**pers**<br>**on**<br>**(or**<br>**body**<br>**)**<br>**entitl**<br>**ed to**<br>**appo**<br>**int**<br>**trust**<br>**ee (if**<br>**any)**|
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||Nicola Manclark|Chair||
||Rebecca Gilbert|||
||Eva Fernandes|||
||Karen Houseman||20 May2020 to date|
||Morena Staiano||14 October 2020  to<br>date<br>25 November 2020 to<br>date|
||Catherine Brennan|||
||Lauren Peters|||
||Catharine Macleod|Treasurer||
||Anna Zawada||22 June 2021 to date|
||Lyn Sullivan||10 February2021 to date|
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– 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<br>held in this capacity|n/a|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects||
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets||



## **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**||||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

> **Signature(s)** Nic��� Ma�c���k 

**Full name(s)** Nicola Manclark **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 23 January 2022 




|**Baby Bank Network**<br>|**Baby Bank Network**<br>|**Baby Bank Network**<br>|**No 1165381**|**CC16a**|
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>01-Apr-20|**To**|Period end date<br>31-Mar-21||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts - Donations, grants, other funding**|**Unrestricted**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Grants|**10,309**||**31,232 **<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**41,541**|**41,000**|
|Crowdfunding|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Donations|**24,310**|||**-**|**24,310**|**15,631 **|
|FundraisingActivities|**4,268**|||**-**|**4,268**|**4,030**|
|Other Earned Income|**-**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Other Income<br>|**-**<br>|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**38,887**||**31,232**|**-**|**70,119**|**60,661**|
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|~~**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**~~<br>|||||||
|~~not applicable~~<br>|**-**<br>|||**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**_Total receipts_**|**-**||||||
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||**38,887**||**31,232**|**-**|**70,119**|**60,661**|



|**A3 Payments**|**11,615**<br> **3,750**<br>**12,446**<br>**1,599**<br>**227**<br>**470**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>**30,106**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**30,106**<br>**8,781**<br>**-**<br>**23,940**<br>**32,721**|||||
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|<br>Staff|**11,615**|**9,206**<br>**-**<br>**2,839**<br>**24**<br>**-**<br>**7,304 **<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>|**-**|**20,820**|**12,379**|
|Governance Costs|**3,750**||**-**|**3,750**|**8,150**|
|Office / Premises Costs|**12,446**||**-**|**15,285**|**11,760**|
|RunningCosts|**1,599**||**-**|**1,623**|**9,533**|
|Volunteer Costs|**227**||**-**|**227**|**215**|
|Project Activity|**470**||**-**|**7,774**|**8,460**|
|FundraisingCosts|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Capital Items<br>|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Other Expenditure|**0**<br>||**-**|**1**<br>|**-**<br>|
|**_Sub total_**|**30,106**|**19,372**|**-**|**49,478**|**50,497**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**||||||
|<br>not applicable|**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
|||**19,372**|**-**|**49,478**|**50,497**|
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||**8,781**|**11,860**|**-**|<br>**20,641**<br>**-**|**10,164**<br>**-**|
||**-**|**-**<br>**20,197**<br>**32,057**|**-**|||
||**23,940**||**-**<br>**-**|**44,137 **<br> <br>**64,778**|**33,973**<br>**44,137**|
||**32,721**|||||



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

**Categories** 

**B1 Cash funds** 

## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the 

|_Nicola Manclark_<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank Balance at end of period<br>less payments made but not processed<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**32,721**|**32,057**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**32,721**|**32,057**|**-**|
||OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|OK<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||**-**|**-**|
||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||**Fund to which **|**Amount due**|**When due**|
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||Nicola Manclark||23-Jan-22|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

23/01/2022 

1 



_Professional Accounting Support for the Voluntary Sector_ 

## _**Jon Stephens**_ 

## 26  Nutgrove Ave    Victoria Park    Bristol  BS3 4QE 

Tel  mb  07906 856263 e-mail  jostephs@yahoo.co.uk 

17th January 2022 

## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Babybank charity** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Babybank (the Charity) for the year ended 31st March 2021. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Charity 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 2011 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: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

4. 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. 

5. I have kept a record of my examinations and any meetings and documents obtained from the charity or from trustees. 

6. Lastly, I think the charity has kept good records and has a very good control over their finances and has built up a reasonable amount of funds to continue on a sound basis. 

Signed 

Name    Jon Stephens 

Address      26 Nutgrove Ave   Victoria Park   Bristol BS3 4QE 

Date     17[th] January 2022 

