2024-03-31-accounts - Bicester Baby Bank And Surrounding Villages

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	Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages	Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages	Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages	1185987	CC16a
	For the period from	01-Apr-23	To	31-Mar-24

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,000 9,867 2,407 1,200 - - - - 14,474	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Grants	1,000	24,734	-	25,734	16,383
Fundraising	9,867	-	-	9,867	9,448
Go fund me	2,407	-	-	2,407	141
CAF	1,200	-	-	1,200	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	14,474	24,734	-	39,208	25,972

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					25,972

Donations	17,217				11,503
Rent	18,085				17,321
Insurance	285				244
Admin costs	274				-
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**Sub total **	35,861				29,067

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*
					29,067

	- 21,387			3,347	- 3,095
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	9,204			9,204	12,299
	- 12,183			12,551	9,204

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

21/10/2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 12,551 - - - - - 12,551 - Agreement Error Agreement Error 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	Restricted funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

21/10/2024

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	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
	From	Period start date			To	Period end date
		01	April	2023		31	March	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1185987

Charity's principal address Cinch Storage Arkwright Road Bicester Postcode OX26 4SU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Debbie Clack	Chair	Trustee since launch
Sophie Thompson	Fundraiser	Trustee since AGM 2020
Claire Garner	Secretary	Trustee since launch

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address




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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To relieve poverty among families with young children, principally aged 0 – 5, and pregnant women, in conditions of need, hardship or distress within Bicester and the surrounding areas.

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a) providing essential clothing, equipment and other items for children aged 0 – 5 years and pregnant women
b) providing information on local agencies, charities or groups who may offer further support

Clothing and equipment is collected via donations and appeals to the local community and then distributed. Sometimes uniforms are purchased new in order to donate.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

We have a number of volunteers who assist with collection and sorting of donations.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Please see report for the year 2023-2024 Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity needs to hold reserves to ensure that planned commitments, such as rent for storage facilities, can be met on a continuing basis. We aim to hold enough in reserve to cover at least six months’ rent so fundraising can be carried out in an adequate time frame.

We apply to grants from local counsellors, national schemes in order to fund rent for core costs for our storage facility.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

During the year, funds have been raised principally through grants from local organisations in order to 1) fund the rental of our storage facility 2) fund the provision of supplies to the families we support such as toiletries and mattresses which cannot be donated due to safety reasons.

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Going forward, we intend to seek further grant funding from both national
any fundraising); and local organisations and also organise further events such as annual
how expenditure has ball, quiz nights etc. supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Please see accounts document.

We currently have enough to cover 7 months rent, but we have no grants secured for after this time. We have negotiated reduced rent for a period if the worst case scenario pans out with no funds.

Without this the future of the charity is cast into doubt.

The trustees continue to take measures to secure funding. In the unlikely event that this is not secured, the trustees would take measures to wind up the charity.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

March 2012

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Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Claire Garner Deborah Clack Sophie Thomson
	Secretary Chair Trustee
	22/10/2023

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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding VillagesTust

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding VillagesTrust (the Trust) for the year ended 31st of March 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust’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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust 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: T Steiner Name: T A Steiner

Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): A.C.A.

Address: 50 Cowick Street, Exeter. EX4 1AP.