2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 06 04 2023 To 05 04 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Rainbow Baby Bank

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1187710

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Charity's principal address 19-21 Westgate Heckmondwike West Yorkshire Postcode WF16 0HE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Georgina Lucy Surtees	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Georg-Ann Walker	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Amel Bashford	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Foundation Model Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection method is via the Trustees 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

The prevention or relief of poverty in Kirklees and the surrounding areas by providing: items to families in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty

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Rainbow Baby Bank provide disadvantaged families and mothers to be with essential baby equipment, nappies, toiletries, clothing upto 2 years, baby food and infant formula via external agency referral only.

Our service users are families experiencing poverty, domestic violence, asylum seekers, unemployment, housing issues, imprisonment and human trafficking/sexual exploitation.

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 baby bank covers the whole of Kirklees which is an area of 408km2. A recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that 35% of children are living in poverty in Kirklees and 12% of the communities are classed as being in the most deprived in England.

We are the only baby bank, in Kirklees, to offer a delivery service. We have a full-time driver who does our deliveries, it also means we can offer a collection service for any donations. Our external agencies have said how vital our delivery service is to them and their service users.

Alongside referrals for individuals, we also proudly support 5 domestic violence refuges in Dewsbury and Huddersfield.

We also support Palm Cove Society and Ashiana. Both organisations offer support to vulnerable refugees, victims of human trafficking, modern slavery, forced marriage and honour-based violence. In addition, we also support HMP New Hall Prison Mother & Baby Unit.

We have a small Community Hub situated within the baby bank offering signposting, discrete collections, drop-in sessions run by outside agencies and community groups. Our hub is also a Safe Place.

Next door to the baby bank is our charity shop. This is in the heart of our community.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

		In April 2023, we took the difficult decision to stop our clothing provision to children over the age of 5. In March 2024, we stopped our clothing provision to children over the age/size 18-24 months. We felt this was in the best interests of the charity enabling us to
		concentrate solely on babies and very young children.
		During the financial year Apr 23-24, we received 1,179 referrals.
		This was an increase of 10.4% compared to the same period in
		22-23. This increase would have been significantly higher had we
		continued to provide older children’s clothing. 34% of the families
		helped were referred via health visitors.
		We saw another increase in the different external agencies using
		and knowing about our service. This has included safeguarding
		leads from schools and the International New Arrivals Team, who
		are part of our local council.
		In May 23, we had to purchase a newer van. It was not financially
		viable to try and maintain our older van. A newer van meant
		increased fuel economy and less maintenance costs.
		We employ a full-time driver as 95% of our referrals are delivered
		direct to our service user’s homes. We cover approx. 7,000 miles
		every year. We were fortunate to receive funding from the
		Postcode Lottery to cover our driver’s salary.
		Our internal database has been updated again. We still have the
		facility to know immediately the number of beneficiaries, areas of
		delivery, external agencies supported, we now have the facility to
		know the number of children we have helped, how many are
		referrals for newborns and the number of nappies each family
		have received. We are extremely proud of our evaluation
		reporting.
		Our charity shop continues to help us to be more sustainable and
		promotes a circular fashion economy. The opening of our
		dedicated children’s section upstairs has proved to be extremely
		popular especially with families experiencing working poverty who
		may be unable to access our service. Our shop is a vital source of
		self funding and is a vital connection to the local community.
		Since we opened our Community Hub in January 2023, we
		continue to offer this space for free to any organisation or
		community group. We have welcomed private sessions with DWP
		to help people experiencing anxiety or isolation. As our space is
		small and inviting, participants felt more at ease in neutral,
		welcoming surroundings. We have had open sessions with
		Community Plus, a local service that aims to help people to live
		healthier, happier lives and feel more able to look after
		themselves. Fresh Futures who came in to advise families about
		Healthy Start & Maternity Befrienders – part of the NHS advising
		expectant mothers who are new to our country. We were also
		involved in an Easter Egg Hunt with Brighter Grays – a local
		charity helping bereaved children.
		Our number of volunteers has increased. This is due to the
		increase in referrals and greater footfall in our charity shop. We
		also continue to welcome volunteers from local schools who are
		working towards their Duke of Edinburgh award.
		We are proud of our involvement with local schools. We visit the
		schools, explain about the baby bank and how they can help us.
		We have welcomed class visits where the children are always
		excited to bring in their donated items. The children are very
		enthusiastic and ask some very good questions.
		Our head trustee is an MSc in Nutrition with Public Health
		Management. Her main research was done around the benefits of

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• Section D Achievements and performance baby lead weaning and the different weaning styles. She compared the cost of providing a week’s worth of baby homemade meals against the cost of providing a week’s worth of baby pre-made jars. The cost saving was approx. £30 a week! Based on this evidence, we now provide every family, with a child of weaning age, with a brand-new hand blender. We are extremely proud of this as our findings have shown that families requiring the assistance of a baby bank, usually require the assistance of a food bank.

• We were delighted to receive three years funding from The National Lottery Community fund to over our rent and the salary for our Baby Bank Manager

• We also now have an off-site storage area. This was offered by a local garage at a hugely discounted rate for the space available. We can now store more items and are able to respond to crisis situations quickly and efficiently.

• We are extremely fortunate to be well supported by two local mattress manufacturers who provide some of our cot & cot bed mattresses free of charge.

• In summary, 23-24 has been a challenging but rewarding year. Regrettably we were unable to commit to attending fundraising events due unfortunate circumstances out of our control.

Section E Financial review

We should always have, in reserve, enough to cover rent, utilities and Brief statement of the one month’s wages/sessional rates. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially Zero in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to 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.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Georgina Lucy Surtees
	Head Trustee
	28/01/25

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Rainbow Baby Bank			1187710
Receipts andpayments accounts					CC16a
For the period from	06/04/2023	To	05/04/2024

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £		Restricted funds to the nearest £		Endowment funds to the nearest £		Total funds to the nearest £		Last year to the nearest £
Trade Sales	49,191		-		-		49,191		59,208
Funding	53,265		-		-		53,265		71,042
Donations/Fundraising	19,014		-		-		19,014		10,113
Weigh Ins	8,754		-		-		8,754		12,517
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	130,224		-		-		130,224		152,880
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
Vehicle Loan	17,000
Sub total	17,000								-
Total receipts A3 Payments
									152,880
Purchases(or COGS)	8,842		-		-		8,842		22,336
Direct Costs	35,089		-		-		35,089		35,757
Accountancy	705		-		-		705		708
Bank Interest	227		-		-		227		409
Card Machine Fees	475		-		-		475		437
Cleaning	3		-		-		3		155
Council Tax	1,509		-		-		1,509		-
Equipment	-		-		-		-		2,956
Insurance	2,900		-		-		2,900		2,816
Light & Heat	2,524		-		-		2,524		1,913
Printing, postage & stationary	64		-		-		64		1,442
Professional Fees	471		-		-		471		1,363
Repairs & maintenance	-		-		-		-		3,660
Rent	12,667		-		-		12,667		12,999
Stall Hire	92		-		-		92		60
Telecommunications	797		-		-		797		809
Water Rates	437		-		-		437		315
Vehicle fuel & runningcosts	2,930		-		-		2,930		6,106
Office andgeneral expenses	151		-		-		151		590
Training	-		-		-		-		90
Travel expenses	-		-		-		-		339
Employerpension contributions	1,187		-		-		1,187		290
Vehiclepurchase	20,995		-		-		20,995		-
Wages	58,811		-		-		58,811		39,394
PAYEpayments	4,178		-		-		4,178		3,119
**Sub total **	155,054		-		-		155,054		138,063
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Vehicle loan repayments	3,550
**Sub total **	3,550
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
									138,063
	- 11,379								14,817
	-								-
	14,817								-
	3,438								3,021

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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
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds	Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank Cash at hand Details Details Vehicles Details Vehicle Loan Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,446 - 992 - - - 3,438 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Tangible Assets - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Current Liabilities - - - - - Print Name Georg-Ann Walker	Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
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			-
			-
			-
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional)
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			When due (optional)
			Date of approval
		Georg-Ann Walker	24/01/2025

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