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2025-03-31-accounts

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01 April 2024 31 March 2025

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

Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled year to appoint trustee (if any) Trustee since launch Trustee since AGM 2020 Trustee since launch Trustee since AGM 2025

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 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

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

Section C Objectives and activities

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

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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.

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

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Please see report for the year 2024-2025

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financial review details
Youmay chooseto include
additional information, where
relevant about:
●the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
●how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
●investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.		 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.
(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.
Going forward, we intend to seek further grant funding from both national
and local organisations and also organise further events such as annual
ball, quiz nights etc.

Section F Other optional information

Please see accounts document.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

5 March 2012

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

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Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages Bicester Baby Bank and Surrounding Villages 1185987
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
01-Apr-24
For the period
from		 To 31-Mar-25
Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
11,033
7,843
1,300
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-
-
-

20,176
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-
-
20,176		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
20,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
20,000
-
-
-
20,000		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
31,033
7,843
1,300
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-
-
-
40,176
-
-
-
40,176		 Last year
to the nearest £
Grants 11,033 25,734
Fundraising 7,843 9,867
Go fund me 2,407
CAF 1,300 1,200
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- -
- -
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
20,176		 39,208
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- -
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
39,208
Donations 5,742 - - 5,742 17,217
Comedynight 3,272 3,272
Rent - 16,000 - 16,000 18,085
Insurance 313 - - 313 285
Admin costs 453 - - 453 274
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- - - - -
**Sub total ** 9,780 16,000 - 25,780 35,861
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- -
- -
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
35,861
10,396 3,347
- -
12,651 9,204
23,047 12,651

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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 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 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		 Bank
Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
27,047 - -
- - -
- - -
27,047 - -
Agreement Error
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
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- -
- -
- -
- -
Details
Details		 Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates		 Cost (optional)
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-
-
-
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-
Amount due
(optional)		 Cost (optional)
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
Amount due
(optional)
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-
-
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-
Signature Print Name
Date of
approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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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 2025.

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:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. 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.