Registered Charity no. 1186640 REPORT OF THE TRusfEES AND FINANCIAL srATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025 FOR BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK
BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK CONTENTS PAGE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
| CONTENTS | Page |
|---|---|
| Report of the Trustees | 3-6 |
| Independent Examiners Report | 7 |
| Receipts and Payments Account | 8 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 9 |
| Summary of fund movement | 10-11 |
| Notes to the Receipts and Payment Accounts | 12 |
| Analysis of receipts and payments | 13-14 |
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BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered charity number
1186640
Principal address
Unit 8 Darwin House, Second Avenue, The Innovation Centre, Kingswinford West Midlands DY6 7YB
Trustees
Amy Wootton – Chairperson Lynne Hinton - Secretary Jane Chesterman - Treasurer Claire Franklin
Independent examiner
Advanced Accountancy (Midlands) Ltd 4 Darwin House The Innovation Centre Pensnett Estate Kingswinford West Midland DY6 7YB
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BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
The Trustees present their report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2025.
Organisational structure
Brierley Hill Babybank is a registered charity, No. 1186640.
Governance and Management
Trustees are appointed by the Members at the AGM. Membership is by application and agreed by trustees to have a broad range of skills represented, in particular finance, health service professionals, and voluntary sector experience.
Objectives and activities
The principal objectives of the charity are:
The prevention or relief of poverty in Brierley Hill and the surrounding areas by providing essential items, resources, and support to families with young children and /or to charities or other organisations who also work to prevent or relieve poverty amongst families.
Achievements and Performance
Our trustees would like to thank everyone involved this year in supporting our charity, as we once again faced more increases in demand for our essential packs and support to parents and carers from 25 weeks of pregnancy and up to age 2.
We have continued to provide support through referral services for families in our immediate area within postcodes DY1-DY10 and B63-B65. We are very strict on a maximum of 3 packs per year so that we are not creating a dependency.
The National Lottery supported us by providing funding for our premises and two full-time roles which we are so very grateful for and a fund that ends very soon. May we express our thanks and hopes of future support.
Local Authority and Dudley Community Volunteering Service once again trusted us and offered Household Support Funding to ensure we had the essential items to those in financial need with items we may not get donated or identified as a local need.
BHBB in numbers:
Our top three areas for referrals were DY5 with 16% of our packs requested by that postcode, DY2 with 15.6% and DY1 with 15.3%.
We issued 743 packs in total for the year avoiding many items going to landfills whilst drawing in the community spirit and encouraging supporting others.
0–3-month packs remain at our highest needed size with 266 packs issued. The second most requested size is 18-24 months with 148 packs.
The professionals with the most referrals in our area were Community Midwives, Family Nurses and Health Visitors.
52 volunteers, which is lower than last year, giving 3 hours on average a week at a value of £12 per hour have been valued at £97,384. How lucky are we and what amazing support from our community and volunteer team that has made all this possible, enabling more time for
other projects to be implemented.
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BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
Achievements and Performance (cont.)
Our staff have completed a variety of courses and training from yearly Safeguarding, Adult and Paediatric First Aid, Parent and Infant Emotional Wellbeing, Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Drug, Solvent and Alcohol abuse.
Our on site sensory room is helping the community come together and make connections, whilst also helping us to become more sustainable.
Working at a grassroots level enables us to build relationships and trust with families that are facing financial and emotional difficulties
Our referrals show that 47% of our packs go out for crisis and the other 53% are to work in a preventative measure to avoid crisis. We know that early help is often a preferred pathway, and we encourage families to plan where they are able.
We have been nominated for a variety of awards over the year, which is always so touching, and we are proud to say we won the main award for 2024 in creating strong families in our area. Well done to every single person who is a part of what we do.
Financial review
At 31st March 2025, the unrestricted and designated funds after transfers are £50,246.11 (2024: £26,969.63). Restricted fund balances after transfers total £1,857.80(2024: £9,159.78)
Reserves and reserves policy
The policy agreed by the trustees is to aim to hold in unrestricted reserves not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (the ‘free’ reserves) sufficient to cover the general overhead expenses and salary costs not specifically funded by external agencies, for a period of six months. At this level, the trustees feel that they would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding. It would then be necessary to consider how the funding would be replaced or activities changed. The amount of ‘free’ reserves at 31st March 2025 amounts to £50,246.11 (2024 £26,969.63), and equates to approximately 6 months expenditure.
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BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31ST MARCH 2025 Risk policy and review The trustees have examined the major strategic. business and operational rlsks that the charity faces and consider that they are adequately mitigated through insurance, strategic plannin& policies. sysiems and procedu$. Trustee$, re5ponsibilit•es In relation lo the financial ststements Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees io prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a irue and fair view of ihe charlty's financial actNlties during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparin8 those financial statements. the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies and then appfy them consistently- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent- stale wheiher applicable accounting Standards and staiements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial ststements- and prepare the financial statements on ihe Boing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy ai any time the financial position ol the charity and enable them io ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safe8u3rding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detettion of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the trustees on and signed on their behalf by .rviiiis 2111012025 Amy Wootton ChaSrperson ol Trustees
BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st 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:
- 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 proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Advanced Accountancy (Midlands) Ltd 4 Darwin House The Innovation Centre Pensnett Kingswinford West Midlands DY6 7YB
Date : 26/9/25
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Brierley Hill BabyBank
Receipts and Payments Account
For the period from 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
| Unrestricted | Designated | Restricted | Total | Prior year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | funds | funds | total funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Receipts | |||||
| Donations and legacies | 46,443.53 | 6,387.00 | 2,600.00 | 55,430.53 | 36,201.37 |
| Income from charitable | |||||
| activities | 6,500.40 | 108,665.50 | 48,741.50 | 163,907.40 | 107,721.95 |
| Other trading activities | 13,222.17 | - | - | 13,222.17 | 3,298.93 |
| Other income | 459.00 | - | 3,660.00 | 4,119.00 | 237.50 |
| Total Receipts |
66,625.10 | 115,052.50 | 55,001.50 | 236,679.10 | 147,459.75 |
| Payments | |||||
| Expenditure on charitable | |||||
| activities | 40,818.50 | 115,953.92 | 63,312.27 | 220,084.69 | 156,080.81 |
| Other expenditure | 619.91 | - | - | 619.91 | 2,697.89 |
| Total Payments |
41,438.41 | 115,953.92 | 63,312.27 | 220,704.60 | 158,778.70 |
| Excess of receipts over payments before transfer |
25,186.69 | (901.42) | (8,310.77) | 15,974.50 | (11,318.95) |
| Transfers: |
|||||
| Gross transfers between funds - in | 6,823.46 | 17,043.73 | 9,155.46 | 33,022.65 | 8,405.06 |
| Gross transfers between funds - out | (18,302.94) | (6,573.04) | (8,146.67) | (33,022.65) | (8,405.06) |
| Excess of receipts over payments before other gains | 13,707.21 | 9,569.27 | (7,301.98) | 15,974.50 | (11,318.95) |
| Loan Repayment |
(5,000.00) | ||||
| Reconciliation of funds | |||||
| Excess of receipts over payments at beginning of the year | 26,859.54 | 110.09 | 9,159.78 | 36,129.41 | 52,448.36 |
| Excess of receipts over payments for the year | 40,566.75 | 9,679.36 | 1,857.80 | 52,103.91 | 36,129.41 |
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Brierley Hill BabyBank
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As at: 31 March 2025
| General (Unrestricted) |
Designated | Restricted | Total | Last year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Cash Funds | |||||
| Cash at Bank and In Hand | 40,566.75 | 9,679.36 | 1,857.80 | 52,103.91 | 36,129.41 |
| Total | 40,566.75 | 9,679.36 | 1,857.80 | 52,103.91 | 36,129.41 |
| Current Assets | |||||
| Premises Deposit Held | 10,350.00 | - | - | 10,350.00 | 10,350.00 |
| Gift Aid Recoverable | - | - | - | - | 459.00 |
| Total | 10,350.00 | - | - | 10,350.00 | 10,809.00 |
| Assets Retained for Charity's Own Use | |||||
| Motor Vehicle (net | |||||
| book value) | 11,250.00 | - | - | 11,250.00 | 4,000.00 |
| Total | 11,250.00 | - | - | 11,250.00 | 4,000.00 |
| Net total assets |
62,166.75 | 9,679.36 | 1,857.80 | 73,703.91 | 50,938.41 |
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Brierley Hill BabyBank
Fund movement summary
Selected period: 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
| Fund Fund balances Incoming Outgoing Transfers brought forward Resources Resources |
Fund balances Carried forward |
|---|---|
| £ £ £ £ |
£ |
| Unrestricted General - General Fund 26,859.54 66,625.10 41,438.41 (11,479.48) |
40,566.75 |
| Sub-totals 26,859.54 66,625.10 41,438.41 (11,479.48) |
40,566.75 |
| Designated BCFB - Black Country Food Bank - 500.00 500.76 0.76 CLENT Card Machine - CLENT SCIENCE CARD M/C - 575.00 575.00 - Clent Salaries - Clent Science Designated Salaries 110.09 - - (110.09) HMRC Provision - HMRC Provision - - - 2,500.00 HSF5 Delivery - HSF5 Delivery - 500.00 153.04 (346.96) HSF5 Essential - HSF5 Essential - 34,500.00 34,998.53 498.53 HSF6 - Delivery - HSF6 - Delivery - 1,000.00 158.07 (841.93) HSF6 - Essentials - HSF6 - Essentials - 29,000.00 29,900.79 900.79 MASONIC - MASONIC Salaries - 2,800.00 2,112.01 (687.99) MHT - Salaries - Magdalen Hospital Trust - 700.00 - (700.00) Reaching Communities YR3 RENT - 11,639.00 14,201.82 - Reaching Communities YR3 SALARIES - - 29,226.50 19,484.32 - SALARIES - Salaries - Designated - 1,612.00 13,869.58 12,257.58 SPEEDO MICK - SPEEDO MICK Salaries - 3,000.00 - (3,000.00) Sub-totals 110.09 115,052.50 115,953.92 10,470.69 |
- - - 2,500.00 - - - - - - (2,562.82) 9,742.18 - - |
| 9,679.36 | |
| Restricted ASDA Vol - ASDA Col Fund Volunteer Expenses 104.19 - 105.46 1.27 FEEDGEN - Feed General - 100.00 101.69 1.69 P2P Material & Equipment - Dudley CVS - 233.00 1,145.09 912.09 P2P TAXI's - Dudley CVS - 2,625.00 742.29 (1,882.71) P2P Use of SENSORY ROOM - Dudley CVS - - 693.00 - (693.00) P2P WAGES - DudleyCVS - 832.00 520.00 (312.00) Reaching Communities 9,055.59 44,258.50 49,697.74 (1,758.55) New Van Fund - 6,260.00 11,000.00 4,740.00 Sub-totals 9,159.78 55,001.50 63,312.27 1,008.79 |
- - - - - - 1,857.80 - |
| 1,857.80 | |
| Totals 36,129.41 236,679.10 220,704.60 (0.00) |
52,103.91 |
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Brierley Hill Babybank
Fund movement summary
| Fund movement summary | |
|---|---|
| Selected period: 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 | |
| Fund Fund balances Incoming Outgoing Transfers brought forward Resources Resources |
Fund balances Carried forward |
| £ £ £ £ |
£ |
| Unrestricted General - General Fund 15,715.40 37,746.75 33,381.97 6,779.36 |
26,859.54 |
| Sub-totals 15,715.40 37,746.75 33,381.97 6,779.36 |
26,859.54 |
| Designated ASDA Refreshments - ASDA Refreshments 117.63 - 131.26 13.63 Clent - FNP - Clent Science - FNP Cot Fund - 1,000.00 957.66 (42.34) Clent - PA Salary Fund - Clent Science - 4,000.00 3,960.00 (40.00) Clent Driver Driver Salary Fund 4,064.01 - 4,099.89 35.88 Clent Salaries - Clent Science Designated Salaries - 5,000.00 4,368.91 (521.00) Clent Science Fund 11,051.05 - 11,108.63 57.58 |
- - - - 110.09 - |
| Sub-totals 15,232.69 10,000.00 24,626.35 (496.25) |
110.09 |
| Restricted ASDA Essentials - ASDA Col Fund Essential Items - 550.00 548.87 (1.13) ASDA Utilities - ASDA Col Fund Rent & Utilites - 630.00 677.16 47.16 ASDA Vol - ASDA Col Fund Volunteer Expenses - 342.00 237.81 - DCVS -1001 DAYS - DCVS - 1001 DAYS 7,000.00 - - (7,000.00) Eveson - Training - Eveson Trust - Training 454.40 - 620.00 165.60 FEED - Baby Milk Fund - 250.00 251.75 1.75 GrowingDudley - DudleyCVS -Growing Up In Dudley - 1,000.00 1,001.37 1.37 HofE Salaries - HofEng Propeties - Salaries Grant 1/8/2024 - 2,500.00 3,030.00 530.00 LA Household Support - Dudley MBC Household Support (LA) - 9,000.00 9,005.03 5.03 Mazars - Mazars - 500.00 466.47 (33.53) Pram Fund - Dudley CVS Pram Fund - 10,000.00 9,874.00 (126.00) PSC Defib - Pedmore Sports Defib - 1,238.00 1,294.80 56.80 PSC FA - Pedmore Sports First Aid - 612.00 595.00 (17.00) Reaching Communities - Reaching Communities - Lottery 12,045.87 67,341.00 70,271.16 (60.12) Sir John - Sir John Middlemore - 1,750.00 1,750.94 0.94 Turner Trust - Turner Trust Core Costs 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 - Warmth Fund - DudleyCVS -Winter Warmth - 4,000.00 4,146.02 146.02 Sub-totals 21,500.27 99,713.00 105,770.38 (6,283.11) |
- - 104.19 - - - - - - - - - - 9,055.59 - - - |
| 9,159.78 | |
| Totals 52,448.36 147,459.75 163,778.70 - |
36,129.41 |
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BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK
NOTES TO THE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
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Trustees' Remuneration and Benefits
No remuneration or other benefits were paid to Trustees during the year (2024: £NIL )
| Staff Costs Salaries and Wages NI Costs Pension Costs |
2025 2024 £ £ 88,428 74,755 785 501 1,561 1,373 |
|---|---|
| 90,775 76,630 |
The average number of employees during the year was 5 (2024: 4)
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Related Party Transactions
Former Trustee, Tracey Tromans, is also a director of First Space 4 Finance Hub LTD First Space 4 Finance were paid £256 (2024 £1,807) for accountancy services provided
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Brierley Hill BabyBank
Analysis of income and expenditure
Selected period: 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
| Total General Designated Restricted This year Last year |
|
|---|---|
| Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 1000 - Fundraising 1200 - Donations Donations and legacies Totals Income from charitable activities 1100 - Grants 1300 - Weigh In 1400 - Events Income from charitable activities Totals Other trading activities 1502 - Sensory Room Other trading activities Totals Other Income 1600 - Gift Aid 1650 - Miscellaneous Other income Totals Income and endowments: Grand totals |
£ £ £ £ £ 26,119.41 - - 26,119.41 14,867.50 20,324.12 6,387.00 2,600.00 29,311.12 21,333.87 |
| 46,443.53 6,387.00 2,600.00 55,430.53 36,201.37 |
|
| 5,042.00 108,665.50 48,741.50 162,449.00 106,213.00 1,458.40 - - 1,458.40 1,043.95 - - - - 465.00 |
|
| 6,500.40 108,665.50 48,741.50 163,907.40 107,721.95 |
|
| 13,222.17 - - 13,222.17 3,298.93 |
|
| 13,222.17 - - 13,222.17 3,298.93 |
|
| 459.00 - - 459.00 237.50 - - 3,660.00 3,660.00 - |
|
| 459.00 - 3,660.00 4,119.00 237.50 |
|
| 66,625.10 115,052.50 55,001.50 236,679.10 147,459.75 |
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| Expenditure on: Expenditure on charitable activities 2000 - Rent & Service Charges 2010 - Repairs & Maintenance 2100 - Utilities 2200 - Telephone & Broadband 2350 - Motoring Expenses 2351 - Van Fuel 2400 - Insurance 2500 - Office Supplies & Sundries 2505 - Volunteer Expenses & Refreshments 2510 - Advertising & Promotion 2550 - Misc Other 2551 - Client Support |
- 14,201.82 13,881.10 28,082.92 25,902.24 1,764.76 - - 1,764.76 1,401.08 6,133.12 - - 6,133.12 6,270.93 1,237.67 - - 1,237.67 1,100.69 3,176.95 - 11,000.00 14,176.95 1,056.46 268.23 245.62 - 513.85 616.80 3,825.76 65.49 - 3,891.25 2,561.44 1,654.10 - - 1,654.10 1,158.70 301.52 - 105.46 406.98 623.39 603.60 - - 603.60 399.00 (12.47) 530.00 - 517.53 116.33 103.10 - 742.29 845.39 3,617.18 |
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| 2554 - Sensory Room Mtls & Equip | 165.16 | - | 1,145.09 | 1,310.25 | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2562 - DBS checks & Safeguarding | - | - | - | - | 50.25 |
| 2600 - Office Furniture & Equipment | 441.83 | - | - | 441.83 | 2,451.09 |
| 2650 - Licenses & Subscriptions | 808.43 | 45.00 | - | 853.43 | 1,019.55 |
| 2700 - Stock & Essential Items | 1,082.10 | 65,400.08 | 101.69 | 66,583.87 | 29,882.95 |
| 2800 - Events | 45.00 | - | - | 45.00 | 88.00 |
| 2850 - Training & Staff Costs | 247.32 | - | - | 247.32 | 1,135.00 |
| 3000 - Gross Pay | 18,187.10 | 33,904.57 | 36,336.64 | 88,428.31 | 74,755.45 |
| 3010 - Employers' NI | - | 785.16 | - | 785.16 | 501.16 |
| 3020 - Employers' Pension | 785.22 | 776.18 | - | 1,561.40 | 1,373.12 |
| Expenditure on charitable activities Totals | 40,818.50 | 115,953.92 | 63,312.27 | 220,084.69 | 156,080.81 |
| Other expenditure | |||||
| 2560 - Professional Fees | 269.91 | - | - | 269.91 | 2,347.89 |
| 2561 - Independent Examiner | 350.00 | - | - | 350.00 | 350.00 |
| Other expenditure Totals | 619.91 | - | - | 619.91 | 2,697.89 |
| Expenditure Grand totals | 41,438.41 | 115,953.92 | 63,312.27 | 220,704.60 | 158,778.70 |
Expenditure Grand totals
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