## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Baby Bank Network** ## **Charity registration number: 1165381** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|a.
The prevention or relief of poverty in
the UK in particular by providing items and
services to families with young children
and/or to charities or other organisations
who also work to prevent or relieve poverty
amongst families with young children; and
b.
for
the
public
benefit,
the
advancement of health of women who are
pregnant or who are mothers of young
children and of children in particular by
providing advice and support in relation to
pregnancy, birth, post-natal health and
breast feeding| |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|Providing second hand baby and child
items to families in need (e.g. families on
low incomes, refugees and asylum
seekers, victims of domestic violence).
We also supply some new items which we
buy, such as mattresses and bottle teats
(which cannot be passed on second hand).| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to, and
discussed in meeting, the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We have approximately 40 volunteers who
are key to providing our service. They not
only help sort and pack up donated items
for the families we help, but also help with
administration, social media etc.
We have three members of staff: an office
manager, service manager and a part time
fundraiser.| |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|In terms of the numbers of families helped
per week, we have seen an increase in
demand for our services. We anticipate this
will continue as a result of the cost of living
crisis, socioeconomic pressures and the
aftermath of the pandemic.
We helped 1586 families in 2022/23 with
almost 5,500 items| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Receipts of £95,996 and expenditure of
£67,455| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have total reserves of approximately
£100,601 – of this £49,061 is unrestricted
reserves to cover at approx 8 months
running costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£100,601 ( £49,061 unrestricted
£51,540 restricted funds}| |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| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants, community events and individual
donors.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
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|New trustees are required to complete an
application form and are interviewed to
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| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1165381| |Charity’s principal address|Ground Floor, Unit 5, Stoke View Business Park, Stoke View
Road, Bristol BS16 3AE| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
15
16
17
18
19|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rosanna James|Chair||| ||Karen Houseman|||| ||Eva Fernandes|||| ||Rebecca Gilbert|||| ||Morena Staiano|||| ||Lauren Peters|||| ||Lyn Sullivan|||| ||Catharine Macleod|Treasurer||| ||Anna Zawada|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |20||||| ## – 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 n/a 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**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ||||| ## **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) Full name(s)** Rosanna James **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 17.12.23 ||**Baby Bank Network**
|**Baby Bank Network**
|**Baby Bank Network**
|**Baby Bank Network**
|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1-Apr-22|**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts - Donations, grants, other funding**|**Unrestricted**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**15,500-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**19,147-**
**-**
**5,263-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**53-**
**-**
**39,963-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**39,963-**
**-**
**18,729-**
**-**
**2,825-**
**-**
**3,740-**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**52,533-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**3,500-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**56,033-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**56,033-**
**-**
**17,436-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**8,537-**|**Endowment**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**68,033-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**22,647-**
**-**
**5,263-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**53-**
**-**
**95,996-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**95,996-**
**-**
**36,165-**
**-**
**2,825-**
**-**
**12,277-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |
Grants|**-**
**15,500-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**35,956-**| |Crowdfunding|**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| |Donations|**-**
**19,147-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**25,984-**| |Fundraising Activities|**-**
**5,263-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**4,234-**| |Other Earned Income|**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| |Other Income|**-**
**53-**||**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**
**-**
**66,173-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**
**39,963-**||||| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||| |
not applicable|**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**
**-**
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**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|**-**
**--**||||| ||||||| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**66,173-**| ||||||| |
Staff|**-**
**18,729-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**28,170-**| |Governance Costs|**-**
**2,825-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**2,574-**| |Office / Premises Costs|**-**
**3,740-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**9,947-**| |Running Costs|**-**
**1,846-**|**-**
**14,054-**
**-**
**40,027-**|**-**
**--**|**-**
**1,846-**
**-**
**111-**
**-**
**14,183-**
**-**
**48-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**67,455-**|**-**
**1,975-**| |Volunteer Costs|**-**
**111-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**251-**| |Project Activity|**-**
**128-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**15,852-**| |Fundraising Costs|**-**
**48-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| |Capital Items|||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| |Other Expenditure|||**-**
**--**||**-**
**121-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**
**27,428-**||**-**
**--**||**-**
**58,891-**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**|||||| |
not applicable|**-**
**--**|**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**40,027-**
**-**
**16,006-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**35,534-**
**-**
**51,540-**|**-**
**--**|**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**67,455-**
**-**
**28,541-**
**-**
**--**
**-**
**72,060-**
**-**
**100,601-**|**-**
**--**| ||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**
**-**
**--**||**-**
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**-**
**--**| |**_Sub total_ **
**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**-**
**--**||||| ||||||| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**58,891-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**7,282-**| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| ||||**-**
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**-**
**--**||**-**
**64,778-**
**-**
**72,060-**| ||||||| ||||||| |**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 trustees|**Details**
Bank Balance at end of period
less payments made but not processed
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account
(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature||**Unrestricted**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**
**49,447-**||**-**
**--**| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| ||||**-**
**49,447-**||**-**
**--**| ||||Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||OK
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**
**--**||**-**
**--**| ||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**
**--**| ||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Current value**
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**--**| ||||**Fund to which**||**When due**| ||||386||| ||||||Date of approval| ||||||| ||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**||||**Endowment**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||| |**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Balance at end of period|||**-**|**49,447-**||||**-**|**51,540-**|||**-**|**--**||| ||less payments made but not processed|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||| ||**_Total cash funds_**|||**-**|**49,447-**||||**-**|**51,540-**|||**-**||**--**|| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments account
(s))|||Agreement Error|||||OK||||OK|||| ||||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted funds**|||||**Endowment**||| ||||||**funds**|||||||||**funds**||| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**|||||**to nearest £**||||**to nearest £**||| |**B2 Other monetary assets**||||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||| ||**Details**|||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||||**Cost (optional)**||||**Current value**
**(optional)**||| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||| ||**Details**|||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||||**Cost (optional)**||||**Current value**
**(optional)**||| |**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**|||||||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**|||||**Amount due**||||**When due**||| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||386||||**-**|**--**||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print||Name||||||Date of approval|||| |||||||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 12/11/2023 1 Jon Stephens Professional Accounting Supportfor the l°oluntary Sector 26 Nutgrove Ave Victoria Park Bristol BS3 4QE Tel mb 07906 856?63 e-mail jostephs@yahoo.co.uk ioth December 2023 Independent examinerfs 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 2023. 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 ACY). I report in respect of my examination of the Charitvs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Art 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 examinerfs 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: l. 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. 1 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. 1 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 10th December 2023