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2023-04-04-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT

For the period 1[st] April 2020 till 31[st] March 2021

of THE OXFORD BABY BANK

COWLEY ROAD METHODIST CHURCH , COWLEY ROAD OXFORD OX4 1BN

Charity trustees who have managed the charity for this period:

Dr Emily MacKeith General Practitioner CHAIR AND ORGANISATION OF DONATION DAYS 8 Highfield Avenue Headington Oxford OX3 7LR emilystjohnwright@hotmail.com

Caroline Barry Consultant Clinical Psychologist SECRETARY AND FUND RAISING 7 Northmoor Road Oxford OX2 6UW cm.barry@yahoo.co.uk

Suzanne Lingard Senior Social Worker PROFESSIONAL LIAISON 27 Witney Road Eynsham OXON OX29 4PH

suzannelingard@btinternet.com

Emma Poynton Teacher TREASURER 48 Quarry Road Headington Oxford OX3 8NX

emmakingston@aol.com

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MISSION STATEMENT

The objective of the Oxford Baby Bank is to help to alleviate poverty amongst families who are struggling to cope with the cost of raising babies and toddlers. The service we provide is available to residents of Oxford and surrounding villages and small towns, including Witney, Abingdon and Wallingford. A secondary object is to promote waste reduction, as the vast majority of what we give away is recycled. We do provide new mattresses, nappies and some other consumables, which we purchase to give away, but the bulk of the clothing and equipment that we give to families who need it has been collected.

We aim to achieve our objective by collecting clothing and equipment from families who have finished with it and distributing it free of charge to women who are in substantial need of material help in caring for their babies and toddlers. These resources are stored at our base, so that we are in a position to supply responsively and in

emergencies. Recipients are referred by community midwives, health visitors, social workers, GPs, women’s refuges etc. In this way, we identify those in need of support. During the pandemic, we have moved to a model of distribution that depends primarily on the referring professionals picking up from us, or our dropping of to the recipients. This has in fact worked very well and we have realised that this is much more effective way of operating. Whilst in principle it would be desirable to invite our recipients in, in practice, it is clear that for the majority, making a trip across the city is prohibitive.

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It remains at the heart of our enterprise that we want to facilitate the work of front-line staff in carrying out their work with families in need. We can provide quick responses to circumstances where there is a practical requirement and have been able to support discharge from hospital the same day, as we have stored and free resources. We also know from some of the professionals that we work with that their being able to arrive with ‘gifts’ often helps build relationships and trust.

COLLECTIONS

This past year has been a difficult one for collections. In the past, we have relied on schools and other institutions to allow us to organise donation days on their premises, but with social distancing and the effective closure of schools to all but the most essential of visitors, this has not been possible. The Windmill School, Headington, has continued to find an informal way to help. Other networks have also proved invaluable. Our thanks to Anna Carhart-Harris and the Botley Mums network and Laura Middleton and the Phil and Jim’s parent groups. As the situation relaxes, we hope to be able to resume bigger collection drives and indeed some are in the pipeline.

We are enduringly grateful to the skilled knitters of Shared Knitting in Headington who have been knitting us cardigans and blankets, as have the generous knitters of the Methodist Church network, in particular the prolific Laura Mayo.

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STORAGE

We started out our formal journey in a tiny storage room at the Methodist Church in the Cowley Road, which we rented in October 2019. We soon outgrew this (baby equipment is very bulky) and just before lockdown in March last year moved to a significantly bigger room within the church, which we hope will suffice for the time being. Initially, it was uncertain how we were going to function during lockdown and at first we gave a significant portion of our newborn baby clothes to the

delivery suite at the John Radcliffe Hospital. We also gave away what nappies we had (as there was an initial shortage due to stockpiling) to Homestart. But we quickly decided that with precautions and a new way of operating, we could function

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perfectly well during lockdown and that it was necessary that we should.

As rent is our most significant expense, we have decided to keep quite close control on inventory and to maintain only small stocks of buggies, cots etc. We have no need to build an equipment mountain, which costs us money to store, so we will not always accept equipment offered to us. From a safety point of view, we are also only going to invite donations of pieces of equipment that are 5 years old or less.

PUBLICITY

Our main aim has been to network with frontline staff to ensure that they know that they can call on us and that we will respond quickly and reliably in a way that supports them and their clients. Certainly awareness of our function and ability to react quickly is growing.

STRUCTURE

The Oxford Baby Bank is governed by a constitution. New trustees are appointed by the committee of trustees. The current committee of trustees will be in place for the next two years at least.

Last summer we applied for Charitable Status as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). This is a designation reserved for small charities with an annual income of less than £12,000. Our charity number, of which we are very proud, is 1190257.

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The trustees run the Baby Bank on a day to day basis as volunteers. Sometimes, they are joined on appointment days and collection days by other volunteers, who lend a practical hand. All trustees are DBS checked and other volunteers are always teamed up with them.

ACHIEVEMENTS

For the calendar year 2020, we helped 102 families with significant supplies of clothing and equipment. At the time of writing (4[th] May), we have already helped 53 families this year, so the rate of referrals is climbing steeply. It is difficult to estimate the average value of goods received by an individual family, but we keep records of what is given, so that at some point we can carry out an exercise to try to value the average basket of goods.

The response from families who have received donations has been very positive, as has that of the professionals who have referred or been part of our distribution network:

“ Thank you ever so much. I’m so grateful for your help. If ever in the future I have something for children I want to donate, I will definitely be willing to help and support the baby bank “ SH referred by community midwife

“Thank you for all the amazing clothes and the cot. You are marvellous” LF health visitor

“That’s so amazing. Thank you so so much. I bet she was so thankful.” HM community midwife

“That would be amazing. Yes please. We are a little short of clothes which aren’t blue, but any clothes will do! I am so grateful to you.” HO delivery suite co-ordinator and consultant midwife John Radcliffe Hospital.

In addition to helping specific referred families, we have distributed goods through Homestart and the Blackbird Leas Community Centre.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

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Over the past year we have been grateful to the following for financial help:

We have prepared annual accounts for the financial year April 2020 to April 2021 and our financial status is healthy. We were very concerned not to move into larger premises without ensuring that we had sufficient reserves, as this is by far the biggest financial commitment for us. Currently we have sufficient reserves to meet our outgoings for 18 months. We intend to apply to all the above for on-going assistance. We are also looking to apply for a grant specifically to buy items which have safety/health implications eg. stair-gates, mattresses, sterilisers etc. The Covid grant from the OCF has been spent on consumables,

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mainly nappies to ease the financial burden of families hit financially by the pandemic.

HOW EXPENDITURE HAS SUPPORTED THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY

Our main expenditure is on rent for our base at the Methodist Church in the Botley Road. We have also had to equip this space with heavy- duty warehouse storage systems.

DECLARATION:

The trustees of the Oxford Baby Bank declare this to be a full, transparent and accurate account of our first year’s activities.

Signatories:

Emily MacKeith

Caroline Barry

Emma Poynton

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Suzanne Lingard

Oxford Baby Bank: Accounting period 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023

Oxford Baby Bank: Accounting period 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023 Oxford Baby Bank: Accounting period 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023 Oxford Baby Bank: Accounting period 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023
SUMMARY
TOTALS
INCOME IN PERIOD
5320.19
EXPENSES IN PERIOD
7662.1
BALANCE
-2341.91
BALANCE as at 6 APR 2022
12289.94
BALANCE as at 5 APR 2023
9953.03
INCOME
Date
Type
Person or Group
Amount paid in
19-Apr-22 VIS
eBay O*17-08378-71 LONDON
REFUND
12.99
19-Sep-22 CR
WILLIAM ROWA H T DONATION HT
Hamilton Trust
500
07-Oct-22 CR
BARRY IC & CM PP FROM CARRIE
REFUNDED FOR MISTAKEN PURCHASES
38.2
15-Nov-22 CR
CAF2211102500CF
19
05-Dec-22 CR
CHQ IN AT 403534
DORIS FIELD TRUST
750
22-Dec-22 CR
J A PYE SETTMT YY DONATION PYE
PYE FOUNDATION
2000
20-Jan-23 CR
CHQ IN AT 403534
The Parochial Charities of St Clement
2000
TOTAL
5320.19
EXPENSES
Date
Payment Type
SUPPLIER
ITEM DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT PAID
10-Apr-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19MAR2022
Bank charge
5
12-Apr-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
250
28-Apr-22 VIS
KELKOPLANT NEWRY
Bedding
32.01
03-May-22 )))
TESCO STORES 4480 BICESTER
Bedding and towels
47.5
11-May-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19APR2022
Bank charge
5
12-May-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
250
13-May-22 VIS
eBay O15-08618-86 LONDON
Harnesses
7.9
17-May-22 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Clothing
33
07-Jun-22 VIS
eBay O27-08711-97 LONDON
Mattress cover
6.8
08-Jun-22 VIS ALDI 77 775 OXFORD Children's clothing, nappies 67.04
10-Jun-22 DR TOTAL CHARGES TO 19MAY2022 Bank charge 5
13-Jun-22 SO COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK Rent 250
13-Jun-22 VIS ARGOS LTD INTERNET Pushchairs 180
15-Jun-22 ))) TESCO STORES 4480 BICESTER Bedding, children's clothing 50.5
11-Jul-22 DR TOTAL CHARGES TO 19JUN2022 Bank charge 5
11-Jul-22 VIS ALDI 77 775 OXFORD Shoes, nappies, bedding 44.97
12-Jul-22 SO COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK Rent 250
14-Jul-22 ))) DUNELM LTD OXFORD Bedding 52.8
21-Jul-22 VIS WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM 03456 049 049 Cot mattresses 125
21-Jul-22 VIS WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM 03456 049 049 Bedding 60
22-Jul-22 ))) RYMAN 1172 OXFORD Stationery 14.37
25-Jul-22 ))) FTC OXFORD, GB147 OXFORD Children's toys 18
26-Jul-22 VIS WWW.BABYANDCHILDST INTERNET Pushchairs 109.78
28-Jul-22 VIS eBay O*08-08913-42 LONDON Stairgates 124.95
03-Aug-22 VIS ARGOS LTD INTERNET Pushchairs and safety gates 307.95
03-Aug-22 VIS ARGOS LTD INTERNET Cot mattresses 185
04-Aug-22 ))) ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD Children's clothing 22.5
09-Aug-22 ))) HOME BARGAINS OXFORD Baby baths and bedding 30.24
09-Aug-22 ))) ALDI 77 775 OXFORD Nappies, toys 26.47
10-Aug-22 DR TOTAL CHARGES TO 19JUL2022 Bank charge 5
12-Aug-22 SO COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK Rent 250
05-Sep-22 ))) ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD Changing mats, towels, clothing 61
10-Sep-22 DR TOTAL CHARGES TO 19AUG2022 Bank charge 5
12-Sep-22 SO COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK Rent 250
15-Sep-22 VIS WWW.ONLINE4BABY.CO TWEEDALE WAY, Moses baskets 115.8
15-Sep-22 VIS MAMAS & PAPAS (DIG UK E-COMMERCE Pushchairs 209.97
29-Sep-22 VIS SP CLAIR DE LUNE MANCHESTER Bedding 49.92
11-Oct-22 DR TOTAL CHARGES TO 19SEP2022 Bank charge 5
12-Oct-22 SO COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK Rent 250
12-Oct-22 VIS DNH*GODADDY.COM EU GODADDY.COM Website 115.06
13-Oct-22 VIS ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD Children's clothing 100.5
25-Oct-22 ))) IKEA LTD 185 MILTO BLETCHLEY Changing mats, towels 39.5
27-Oct-22 VIS BMA VARSITY LTD OXFORD Keys for storage room 106.08
04-Nov-22 VIS
www.kiddies-kingdo Kirklees
Pushchairs
259.8
07-Nov-22 VIS
BOOTS UK ECOMM BEESTON
Pushchairs
105
09-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Coats and clothing
223.8
10-Nov-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19OCT2022
Bank charge
5
14-Nov-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
250
17-Nov-22 VIS
WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM 03456 049 049
Pushchairs
180
25-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA GEORGE COM LE LEEDS
Children's clothing
47.35
25-Nov-22 VIS
THE BLACK BOY OXFO OXFORD
AGM with trustees
148
11-Dec-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19NOV2022
Bank charge
5
12-Dec-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
22-Dec-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Baby clothing, sleepsuits
109
03-Jan-23 VIS
WWW.BABYANDCHILDST INTERNET
Pushchairs
178.96
03-Jan-23 )))
Hobbycraft Oxford
Wool
19
03-Jan-23 )))
DUNELM LTD OXFORD
Bedding
73.8
10-Jan-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19DEC2022
Bank charge
5.8
12-Jan-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
10-Feb-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19JAN2023
Bank charge
5
13-Feb-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
16-Feb-23 VIS
SMYTHS TOYS GALWAY
Cot bed
89.97
16-Feb-23 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
109
20-Feb-23 VIS
eBay O15-09719-49 LONDON
Office admin: ink cartridges
37.92
02-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
85.5
10-Mar-23 VIS
WWW.ARGOS.CO.UK MILTON KEYNES
Pushchairs
328.95
13-Mar-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19FEB2023
Bank charge
5.8
17-Mar-23 SO
COWLEY ROAD METHOD OXFORD BABY BANK Rent
262.5
29-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Clothing and bedding
92
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O12-09878-91 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
18.34
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O*12-09878-93 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
53
31-Mar-23 )))
TESCO STORES 4480 BICESTER
Clothingand bedding
46.5		 04-Nov-22 VIS
www.kiddies-kingdo Kirklees
Pushchairs
259.8
07-Nov-22 VIS
BOOTS UK ECOMM BEESTON
Pushchairs
105
09-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Coats and clothing
223.8
10-Nov-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19OCT2022
Bank charge
5
14-Nov-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
250
17-Nov-22 VIS
WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM 03456 049 049
Pushchairs
180
25-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA GEORGE COM LE LEEDS
Children's clothing
47.35
25-Nov-22 VIS
THE BLACK BOY OXFO OXFORD
AGM with trustees
148
11-Dec-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19NOV2022
Bank charge
5
12-Dec-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
22-Dec-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Baby clothing, sleepsuits
109
03-Jan-23 VIS
WWW.BABYANDCHILDST INTERNET
Pushchairs
178.96
03-Jan-23 )))
Hobbycraft Oxford
Wool
19
03-Jan-23 )))
DUNELM LTD OXFORD
Bedding
73.8
10-Jan-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19DEC2022
Bank charge
5.8
12-Jan-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
10-Feb-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19JAN2023
Bank charge
5
13-Feb-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
16-Feb-23 VIS
SMYTHS TOYS GALWAY
Cot bed
89.97
16-Feb-23 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
109
20-Feb-23 VIS
eBay O15-09719-49 LONDON
Office admin: ink cartridges
37.92
02-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
85.5
10-Mar-23 VIS
WWW.ARGOS.CO.UK MILTON KEYNES
Pushchairs
328.95
13-Mar-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19FEB2023
Bank charge
5.8
17-Mar-23 SO
COWLEY ROAD METHOD OXFORD BABY BANK Rent
262.5
29-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Clothing and bedding
92
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O12-09878-91 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
18.34
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O*12-09878-93 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
53
31-Mar-23 )))
TESCO STORES 4480 BICESTER
Clothingand bedding
46.5		 04-Nov-22 VIS
www.kiddies-kingdo Kirklees
Pushchairs
259.8
07-Nov-22 VIS
BOOTS UK ECOMM BEESTON
Pushchairs
105
09-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Coats and clothing
223.8
10-Nov-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19OCT2022
Bank charge
5
14-Nov-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
250
17-Nov-22 VIS
WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM 03456 049 049
Pushchairs
180
25-Nov-22 VIS
ASDA GEORGE COM LE LEEDS
Children's clothing
47.35
25-Nov-22 VIS
THE BLACK BOY OXFO OXFORD
AGM with trustees
148
11-Dec-22 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19NOV2022
Bank charge
5
12-Dec-22 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
22-Dec-22 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Baby clothing, sleepsuits
109
03-Jan-23 VIS
WWW.BABYANDCHILDST INTERNET
Pushchairs
178.96
03-Jan-23 )))
Hobbycraft Oxford
Wool
19
03-Jan-23 )))
DUNELM LTD OXFORD
Bedding
73.8
10-Jan-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19DEC2022
Bank charge
5.8
12-Jan-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
10-Feb-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19JAN2023
Bank charge
5
13-Feb-23 SO
COWLEY METHODIST OXFORD BABY BANK
Rent
262.5
16-Feb-23 VIS
SMYTHS TOYS GALWAY
Cot bed
89.97
16-Feb-23 VIS
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
109
20-Feb-23 VIS
eBay O15-09719-49 LONDON
Office admin: ink cartridges
37.92
02-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Children's clothing
85.5
10-Mar-23 VIS
WWW.ARGOS.CO.UK MILTON KEYNES
Pushchairs
328.95
13-Mar-23 DR
TOTAL CHARGES TO 19FEB2023
Bank charge
5.8
17-Mar-23 SO
COWLEY ROAD METHOD OXFORD BABY BANK Rent
262.5
29-Mar-23 )))
ASDA STORE 4442 OXFORD
Clothing and bedding
92
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O12-09878-91 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
18.34
30-Mar-23 VIS
eBay O*12-09878-93 LONDON
Carrie mistaken purchase (refunded Nov
53
31-Mar-23 )))
TESCO STORES 4480 BICESTER
Clothingand bedding
46.5
TOTAL
7662.1