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2025-08-31-accounts

Reports and Financial Statements

For the period ended 31[st] August 2025

Growbaby International

Growbaby International

Contents

Page
Contents (i)
Charity information and administrative details (ii)
Trustees’ report 1 – 6
Consolidated statement of financial activities 7
Balance sheet 8
Notes to the consolidated financial statements 9 - 15

(i)

Growbaby International

Charity information and administrative details

Name Growbaby International
Charity Registration Number 1185228
Principal office 28, Albert Palace Mansions
Lurline Gardens
London, SW11 4DG
Trustees:
Noni Farrelly Growbaby Co-ordinator, Retired Senior Pastor &
Nurse
Appointed on 4 April 2019
Peter Farrelly Chairman, Retired Senior Pastor & School
Bursar
Appointed on 4 April 2019
Edward Farrelly Director of Travel
Appointed 11 February 2025
Angela Large Executive Director of a Services Charity
Appointed on 4 April 2019
Resigned on 19 November 2024
Joanna Lwanga Business analyst
Appointed on 4 March 2023
Niki Matthews Event Director
Appointed on 4 April 2022
Resigned on 11 February 2025
Anine Steytler Chartered Accountant
Appointed on 4 April 2019
Samantha Thwaites Former Marketing executive
Appointed 11 February 2025
Neil Woodward Senior Pastor
Appointed on 4 April 2019
Bankers Lloyds Bank
PO Box 1000
Andover, BX1 1LT
Insurers Ansvar Insurance Company Ltd
Ansvar House, St. Leonards Road
Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3UR
ICO Certificate ZB385682
(ii)

Growbaby International

Report for the year ended August 2025

Trustees’ Report

The Trustees of Growbaby International present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] August 2025. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1[st] January 2015).

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance 'public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.

Structure, Governance and Management

Growbaby International is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a constitution dated 30[th] May 2019 and entered on the Register of Charities on 9[th] September 2019 (Charity Registration Number 1185228). Clause 6. (3) gives the CIO power to remunerate Trustees and connected persons.

The Trustees (as set out on page (i)) are responsible for the proper management and administration of the CIO and its property and funds (as detailed at clause 9). The selection criteria for Trustees are based on expertise and need; whereby the mix of skills and expertise (including legal & financial) on the Board are to be sufficient for the size and scope of the charity. General Trustee selection principles are: the majority of Trustees should desirably be (or have been) associated with a local Growbaby; one should desirably be a Vineyard Pastor; two to three members of the Board should be from business and it is desirable for a couple to be professionally qualified. Expertise is to be bought-in as necessary to deal with emerging issues.

Day-to-day control and management of the administration of the Trust is delegated to the Chair. This is controlled by requiring regular reporting back to the Board of Trustees, so that all decisions made under delegated powers can be ratified by the full Board.

We have introduced a formal risk management process to assess business risks and implement risk management strategies. This has involved identifying the major strategic, operational and financial risks to which the Trust is exposed, prioritising them in terms of potential impact and likelihood of occurrence, and establishing systems to mitigate those risks. The action plan is reviewed annually and as required to ensure its validity.

Objectives and Activities

The objects of Growbaby International (GbI) as stated in its Constitution (at clause 3) are:

In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise the CIO may:

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e) Develop support strategies and training for care givers and professionals working with children

f) Provide grants, items and services to other Growbaby groups and carers or professionals working with children and families.

Achievements and Performance

Supporting Local Growbaby groups …

There are now 51 Growbaby projects (2024:49). Since September 2024, two projects have withdrawn from the connections, two projects closed and five new Growbabys launched bringing the total number of projects to 51.

GbI continues to provide advice and support for proposed, new and existing Growbabys. This has been undertaken in a number of different ways; via zoom, in person, via phone, email and through the annual Growbaby “Being Jesus’ Hands and Feet” conference and the closed Facebook connections group.

There continues to be an increase in individuals and churches approaching GbI with preliminary enquiries about starting up Growbabys and for the most part these have been followed up as those making the initial enquiries wish. Some have led to new Growbabys starting during this period. There are a few enquiries that we believe will lead to Growbabys in the near future but we do not push these contacts, rather remain available for conversation. There have been a number of enquiries from overseas, however most of them seem to decide not to pursue the conversation when it becomes clear that we do not provide initial or ongoing funding. We remain open to any and all conversations.

In this reporting year we held two “Being Jesus’ Hands and Feet” conferences. In September 2024 we held a day conference at Birmingham Vineyard, titled the Kingdom and Compassion. It was well attended by about 64 people. Jamie Watters from the Dwelling Place Glasgow spoke to us by zoom on keeping the Holy Spirit at the centre of all we do. We then heard from our Trustees Samantha Thwaites on “Presenting your story”. Tom Morgan from Pattern church (an HTB church plant) spoke on developing Growbaby outside the Vineyard. We also heard from Catherine Clayton at Kids Matter, Gary Holland at Grace Advocacy and Beckie Hurdle at Growing Hope. Noni Farrelly also talked about The Kingdom and compassion.

It has long been communicated by the local Growbabys that they would like to have a “Being Jesus Hands and Feet” conference that was a weekend event. There was a felt need for more time to engage in conversations, to share ideas and to spend time together. The decision was made by the Trustees to hold a weekend away conference. The aims were a combination of relationship, honouring, training and equipping. We made the decision to make this available to leaders only and to provide a lovely space with outstanding catering and social events as a way of saying how much we honour the Growbaby leaders but to combine this with plenty of free time so that people could connect with each other and some structured sessions to look at equipping. We had twenty leaders attend the weekend.

Each Growbaby was asked to think about what kind of flower they would be and to bring a reason behind their thinking, they were also asked to consider John 14:2. “In my father’s house there are many rooms”. If their Growbaby was a room in the father’s house, what would it look like. We paired the Growbabys up and asked them to explain to each other how their Growbabys worked and what was their USP. We also asked them to think about how they fit into Growbaby International. We took some time to interview various people from across the Growbabys along with Grace Advocacy who

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joined us and we tried to give time to be creative as well as practical. At the end of the weekend, we provided each attendee with a feedback form. The overall feedback was encouraging and positive. There were obviously different experiences and different felt needs but apart from one Growbaby, who had clearly not understood the purpose of the weekend, it was seen as an outstanding weekend that delivered as we had anticipated.

The Growbaby connections group on Facebook remains a lively and informed forum for sharing ideas, questions and suggestions and GbI has been proactive in informing the group of changes in legislation, new grant initiatives and other useful information. We have currently got 133 members of the group.

There has been an opportunity to visit a number of the Growbabys in person and it has been a chance for the Trustees to bring encouragement and some suggestions. It is clear that the Growbabys have different felt needs and, in line with our strategy, we aim to be responsive to need rather than overwhelming the local Growbabys with unwanted support.

A number of Growbaby leaders have asked for online one-on-one meetings to discuss issues and think things through with GbI. In particular one Growbaby has taken a great deal of time and support. We have been happy to provide this as needed.

‘Finest for Baby’ continues to generously donate end of season boxes of baby clothes, blankets and hats which are fairly distributed by GbI to Growbaby projects throughout the UK. We would like it as a matter of record that Linda Gill and Finest for Baby have been in incredible support to the Growbabys over the years and we are incredibly grateful to them for all their beautiful clothes. We have reached the 150[th] box from Finest for Baby this year and so the decision was taken by the Trustees to create a photo book with pictures and words from each of the Growbaby who chose to contribute.

Provide training to parents …

Tanya van Dalen has completed the Sensory Parenting manual with her colleague and this is now ready for proof reading. Once the manual has been signed off it will go to Samantha Thwaites (one of our Trustees) for formatting and design. There is no timescale on this at present. The first courses for training therapists to run the course is planned for early 2026.

Provide or assist in the provision of education and training …

Once the Sensory Parenting manual is complete the plan is to role this out across a number of Growbabys and therapists.

Provide advocacy for children …

Currently GbI does not have a direct role in advocacy, however the local Growbabys are more than stepping into this space and the inclusion of Grace Advocacy in many of the Growbabys is increasing the support that we are able to provide children and their carers.

Develop support strategies and training for care givers and professionals working with children …

GbI has mostly been fulfilling this part of its aims though local Growbabys at this stage. Providing local support for local Growbabys has enabled us to trickle down information to a local level. We hope to see this become more direct support in the future. Once the parenting course is up and running, we hope that this will become part of our training for professionals.

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Provide grants, items and services to other Growbaby groups and carers or professionals working with children and families …

We undertook a second round of Grant distribution in October 2024 and we had a much lower uptake of requests than in the first round. Many of the Growbabys said that they had been too busy to apply or they had received funding from elsewhere. We distributed 8 grants but one of the grants was returned to us as the leader had significant health issues and was therefore unable to use the grant as she had requested. The Grant feedback will be due in October 2025.

Future plans …

Looking towards the future for GbI, the intention in 2025-26 is to focus on sourcing significant funders who believe in the vision and values of the charity and will be able to provide funds to take Growbaby International forwards.

In relation to the Hands and Feet conference it has been decided for this reporting year that we will try to do a series of local day events hosted by the local Growbaby connections points. The connections leaders have been asked to suggest dates and Peter and Noni Farrelly will travel to be part of the event. The local leaders have been asked to consider including local churches who may be interested in starting Growbabys as well as local agencies or individuals who would be interested in attending.

Our plans for 2025-26 and beyond are three-fold:

  1. To be a point of contact for advice and support to existing and emerging Growbabys/kids.

  2. To source funders to enable GbI to continue to be a grant making organisation to help provide funds for Growbaby start-ups and / or specific projects by existing Growbabys/kids.

  3. To help new Growbabys/Growkids/Growfamilies get going.

Management & administration …

We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. ” (2 Corinthians 8:20-21). “ Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful ” (1 Corinthians 4:2).

Our aim is to be wise and responsible stewards, and to be a charity, which is fully compliant with legislation and operates with integrity. We are accountable to: (1) The Lord; and (2) Official institutions (such as the Charity Commission, HM Revenue & Customs, Health & Safety Executive, Independent Examiners, VAT Inspectorate, …etc). The principle being that these matters (especially financial) should be handled by people of integrity with the relevant skills, and it is for the latter reason that we have appointed these Trustees.

Review

Balancing the books …

Incoming resources for the period amounted to £14,069 (2024: £9,066) of which £5,235 (2024: £0) was restricted as to its use. The net incoming resources on the General Fund was £(6,994) (2024: £3,161) and Restricted Funds was £0 (2024: £0) giving total reserves on the General Fund of £18,158 (2024: £25,152) and Restricted Funds of £0 (2024: £0). The Trustees have considered the charity’s forecasts and projections and the possible implications should projected income and / or expenditure

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vary unexpectedly and we have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Expenditure …

The management and administration expenditure has increased in tandem with our development as a charity but we do not envisage this growth continuing. Notwithstanding this, expenditure during the period has been minimal and broadly limited to insurance premiums and membership of Thirtyone:eight (a child protection advisory service / umbrella organisation).

Income …

The CIO’s principle stream of income is contributions from generous donors, supplemented by oneoff gifts from individuals / organisations and GiftAid. Their financial commitment to this charity enables us to develop existing charitable objects and pioneer new ones and so achieve the vision that we believe God has called us to fulfil.

Gifts in kind …

During the reporting period we received generous gifts in kind with a retail value of approximately £396,900 (2024-£217,600), which GbI fairly distributed to various Growbaby projects in the UK as support to local Growbaby projects and the provision of education and training.

Reserves Policy …

In line with Charity Commission guidance, the Trustees have reviewed their policy on the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) and find that the charity should have:

Strategic reserves ’ (or a treasure-chest’) specifically set aside and built-up year-on-year in order to meet our medium and long-term plans.

Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees …

Charity law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its incoming resources and resources expended for the period. In preparing those financial statements, the Board of Trustees should follow best practice and are required to:

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The Board of Trustees is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reasonable assurance that:

The systems of internal control are designed to provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include:

The Board of Trustees, who are Trustees for the purpose of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out under Charity information and administrative details.

Examiners …

An independent examination is not needed because the gross income for the period did not exceed the £25,000 threshold as directed by the Charity Commission.

Approved by the Trustees on 14[th] November 2025 and signed on their behalf by

Peter JL Farrelly, Chairman

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Consolidated statement of financial activities



Notes
Incoming Resources
1
Incoming Resources from
Generated Funds2
Donations & Legacies
3a
Charitable Activities
3b
Total Incoming Resources
Resources Expended
Cost of Generating Funds
Charitable Activities
4a
Grants for charitable activities
4b
Governance Costs
4c
Support & administrative costs
4d
Total resources expended
Net incoming/(Outgoing) resources
Total Funds Brought Forward
Total Funds Carried Forward
General
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
8,834
-
-
5,235
8,834
5,235
10,162
5,235
4,000
-
259
-
1,407
-
15,828
5,235
(6,994)
-
25,152
-
18,158
-
31 Aug
2025
Total
£
8,834
5,235
14,069
15,397
4,000
259
1,407
21,063
(6,994)
25,152
18,158
31 Aug
2024
Total
£
9,066
-

9,066
4,431
-
309
1,165
5,905
3,161
21,991
25,152

Movements on all reserves and all recognised gains and losses are shown above. All of the organisation’s operations are classed as continuing.

The notes on pages 9 to 15 form part of these financial statements.

All activities relate to the operations of Growbaby International.

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Balance sheets as at 31[st] August 2025



Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
7
Debtors
8
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
9
Net current assets
Net Assets
Funds
Unrestricted Fund
Restricted fund
10
Total funds
31 Aug
2025

£
-
-
17,829
349
18,178
(20)
18,158
18,158
18,158
-
18,158
31 Aug
2024
£
-

-

23,988
1,164
25,152
(-)
25,152

25,152
25,152
-
25,152

Approved by the Trustees on 14[th] November 2025 and signed on their behalf by

Peter JL Farrelly, Chairman

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1 Accounting policies

1.1 Basis of accounting

The financial statements are prepared under the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

1.2 Funds

All the funds of Growbaby International have been analysed over the different types of funds, which are:

Unrestricted Funds

Unrestricted funds are those, which are not subject to any special restrictions and which can be used as the Trustees decide. Designated funds are part of unrestricted funds and are amounts the Trustees have set aside to cover particular expenditure.

Restricted Funds

Restricted funds are those where the donor has imposed restrictions on how the funds may be used, but which do not prevent the fund being spent.

1.3 Income and expenditure

Income from donations and gifts has been included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis. Other income and interest together with all expenditure, has been included on an accruals basis.

1.4 Grants payable

Grants payable are recorded as expenditure when incurred and authorised by the Trustees.

1.5 Fixed assets

Fixed assets are depreciated over their estimated useful lives so as to write off their costs less estimated residual value. Depreciation rates vary according to the class of asset and are:-

Computer equipment - 50% per annum on written down value Computer software - 50% per annum on written down value PA & Audio visual Equipment - 25% per annum on written down value Fixtures and fittings - 25% per annum on written down value Office equipment - 25% per annum on written down value Motor vehicles - 25% per annum on written down value

2 Income and expenditure

Income and related expenditure is attributable to the principal activities of: 1) The prevention and relief of child poverty 2) The relief of young people who are in need as a result of financial hardship, youth, ill-health, disability, or other social and economic, or just social, disadvantage. In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise the CIO may: a) Support local Growbaby groups b) Provide training to parents c) Provide or assist in the provision of education and training d) Provide advocacy for children e) Develop support strategies and training for care givers and professionals working with children f) Provide grants, items and services to other Growbaby groups and carers or professionals working with children and families.

The whole of the income arises in the UK.

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3 Incoming Resources

a) Donations & Legacies

Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
General Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Standing Orders - - - -
Gifts & Offerings 4,684 - 4,684 6,022
Gift Aid donations 3,320 - 3,320 2,435
Gift Aid Tax Recovered 830 - 830 609

8,834
- 8,834 9,066

b) Charitable Activities

Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
General Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Other Income - - - -
Jesus’ Hands & Feet Conference - 5,235 5,235 -
- 5,235 5,235 -

4 Resources Expended

a) Charitable expenditure

Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
General Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Provide education & training 8,613 5,235 13,848 2,638
Provide training for parents 609 - 609 850
Support for local Growbabys 940 - 940 943
10,162 5,235 15,397 4,431

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b) Grants for charitable activities

Grants made include the following:
To individuals
To institutions:
Thetford Vineyard Growbaby
City Life Church Growbaby
Swindon CCRC Trust for
Swindon Growbaby
Ivy Street Family Growbaby
Darlington Vineyard Growbaby
Kirkcaldy Vineyard Growbaby
Worcester Vineyard Growbaby
Sutton Vineyard Growbaby
c) Governance costs
Year ended Year ended
31 Aug
31 Aug
General
Restricted
2025
2024
Funds
Funds
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
500
-
4,000
-
4,000
-
Year
General
Restricted
Funds
Funds
£
£
Insurance Costs
224
-
Trustees’ Meetings
-
-
Legal & Professional Fees
35
-
259
-
ended
Year
31 Aug
2025
Total
£
224
-
35
259
ended
31Aug
2024
Total
£
274
-
35
309

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Notes to accounts (Continued)

d) Support and administrative costs

Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
General Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Office expenses - - - -
Travel & meetings - - - 59
Dues & subscriptions 876 - 876 731
Telephone & postage 240 - 240 240
Gifts 291 - 291 135
1,407 - 1,407 1,165

5 Taxation

Growbaby International is registered with the Charity Commission and HMRC recognises it as a charity for tax purposes so it is accordingly exempt from taxation on its charitable activities.

6 Staff costs

Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
General Restricted 2025 2024
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £
Staff costs were made up of:
Wages & salaries - - - -
Travel & Subsistence - - - -
Other staff costs - - - -
- - - -
Number Number
The average number of persons employed by the
CIO during the year was: - -
Transactions with Trustees:
2025 2024
£ £
Trustee’s emoluments 1,181 603

During the period, Fiona Farrelly was reimbursed expenses of £1,881 (2024: £603). These expenses are related to costs of operating the charity.

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7 Cash at Bank

Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
2025 2024
Total Total
£ £
Current Bank Account 17,829 23,988
17,829 23,988
8 Debtors
Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
2025 2024
Total Total
£ £
Due within one year:
Trade debtors - -
Undeposited funds 125 -
Pre-payments 224 1,164
349 1,164

9 Creditors & Accruals – Amounts falling due within one year

Year ended Year ended
31 Aug 31 Aug
2025 2024
Total Total
£ £
Income in advance - -
Accruals 20 -
20 -

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10 Restricted funds – Movements in the year

Balance Balance Incoming Outgoing Balance
As at 1st Funds Funds as at 31st
Sep 2024 Aug 2025
£ £ £ £
“Being Jesus’ Hands & Feet” conference
-
888 (888) -
“Being Jesus’ Hands & Feet” weekend - 4,347 (4,347) -
- 5,235 (5,235) -

11 Gifts in kind – Movements in the year

The retail value of the gifts in kind generously donated to Growbaby International for onward distribution to Growbaby projects in the UK are as follows:

Balance Incoming Outgoing Balance
As at 1st as at 31st
Sep 2024 Aug 2025
£ £ £ £
Support to local Growbaby groups
‘Kissy Kissy’ & ‘Finest for Baby’
(31 boxes of baby clothes) - 392,000 (392,000) -
Inch Blue babygrows - 4,900 (4,900) -
- 396,900 (396,900) -

The ‘Kissy Kissy’ boxes of baby clothing were donated to GbI by ‘Finest for Baby’ and sent to the following UK Growbaby projects:

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Notes to accounts (Continued)

The Babygrow boxes from Inch Blue were distributed to the following Connection Points for onward distribution to UK Growbaby projects:

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