## **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 N/A **Charity's principal address** 19-21 Westgate Heckmondwike West Yorkshire **Postcode WF16 0HE** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**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**| |---|---|---| ||N/A|| |||| |||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |**N/A**||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| N/A ## **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 March **2012** **TAR** 2 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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 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| March **2012** **TAR** 4 - 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** March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **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)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Georgina Lucy Surtees|| ||Head Trustee|| ||28/01/25|| March **2012** **TAR** 6 |**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**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/01/2025 1 |**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**
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OK
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**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**belongs**
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**Amount due**
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Current Liabilities
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Print Name
Georg-Ann Walker|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Georg-Ann Walker|24/01/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 24/01/2025 2 ##