## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 24/11/2020 Period start date To 31/12/2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: E5 Baby and Children Bank**
## **Charity registration number: 1192509**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 The objects of the CIO are the
purposes of the charity prevention or relief of poverty and the
as set out in its relief of those in need because of
governing document financial hardship or other
disadvantage in particular through
the provision of clothing, food and
other support and assistance to
pregnant women, babies, children and
their caregivers.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The E5 Baby and Children Bank
1.19
activities in relation to provides families in Hackney and
those purposes for the surrounding boroughs with essential
public benefit, in items, all sourced from community
particular, the activities, donations. These donations can be in
projects or services the form of physical pre-loved
identified in the donations or donation of funds or
accounts. purchase of new items from indiith
clean clothes, toys, nappies, and
other essentials. We offer a friendly,
non-discriminatory service to all
families in need of our assistance.
The Baby bank receives donations of
baby and children’s pre-loved clothes,
toys, and other essential items from
supporters in the surrounding area.
The team of volunteers then sorts
these donations and packs them into
age-appropriate clothing and toy
packs. This enables the baby bank to
be able to provide families referred to
the service items they need for their
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children. The team of volunteer
drivers help ensure large bulky items
such as cots reach families in need.
The families accessing the baby bank
face numerous hardships; women
fleeing domestic violence who have to
relocate at short notice leaving all
their belonging behind, refugee
families, single parent working
families on low incomes simply
unable to meet the cost of necessities
for their children, mothers about to
give birth who have no clothes or
equipment for their baby and
unemployed or homeless parents or
those who are in debt or who are
coping with substance misuse. The
needs of some of the families are
extensive and multi-faceted; our
approach is to try and personalise the
service as much as we can to meet
the specific needs of our families. The
following organisations are examples
of those that refer families to the E5
Baby Bank: The Children's Society,
Bump Buddies; Hackney Playbus;
Care for Calais; The Round Chapel
Families Project; Hackney Children
Centres; Hackney Migrant Centre;
Hackney DWP; Barnados; Food Banks;
Domestic Violence Prevention;
Akwahbah Centre; Homerton Hospital
Maternity Ward & Hackney
Community Nurses, Hestia, Muslim
Aid Group; Social Workers from
Hackney; Refugee Centres; Family
Action Support Group, Shoreditch
Trust, Peabody Trust, Parental
Substance Misuse.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees, in making decisions
whether the trustees concerning the Baby bank’s activities,
have had regard to the have had due regard to the
guidance issued by the commission’s public benefit guidance
Charity Commission on when exercising any powers or duties
public benefit to which the guidance is relevant
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference
n/a
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
n/a
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
Over 2020, the baby bank was run
solely by a diverse set of volunteers
from across Hackney and the
Para 1.38
surrounding boroughs. The volunteer
Contribution made by
group alone has brought the
volunteers
community together across age (Duke
of Edinburgh students right through to
our knitters in a retirement home),
ethnicity, socio-economic group, etc.
The second facet of bringing
communities together is through
interactions with baby bank service
users. The baby bank has hosted a
zoom session with a children’s
entertainer and hosted an end of
summer fun day/play street for users,
in an aim to tackle isolation. A
community garden is planned for the
baby bank’s long term premises. The
toy packs we provide to children
accessing our service have proven
extremely popular. These are put
together from donations into age-
appropriate packs from baby right
through to teen. The importance of
age-appropriate toys, activities and
books cannot be underestimated for
the development of children at every
age.
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Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Over the calendar year 2020, the E5
Baby bank supported 1,189 families,
including 2,202 children. The
following items were provided to our
service users:
Summary of the main
2,166 clothing packs
achievements of the
charity, identifying the Para 1.20
1,077 packs of nappies
difference the charity’s
work has made to the 237 cots
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any 1,276 children’s coats
wider benefits to society
1,703 toy and activity packs
as a whole.
1,197 hygiene kits
325 buggies
133 moses baskets
1,045 pairs of children’s shoes
In addition, the baby bank worked
with the Local Buyers Club Stoke
Newington on the Winter Toy Appeal
2021 to ensure no child referred to us
went without a Christmas gift this
year.
The baby bank also ran a campaign to
gather and distribute donations to
arriving Afghan refugees during the
year.
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Achievements against
objectives set Para 1.41
Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set Para 1.41
Investment performance
against objectives Para 1.41
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 As at the year end the E5 Baby Bank’s
financial position at the financial position consisted of cash of
end of the period £54,546.19.
The baby bank’s income has
consisted solely of donations and
grants to date.
The funds are part ringfenced for the
charity’s first hire, which will take
place in 2022, and the project to
create the baby bank’s own dedicated
premises. Unrestricted funds will be
utilised for purchasing items where
donations fall short of demand, such
as nappies, wipes, formula,
lightweight strollers. Please refer to
the accounts for further detail.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 The charitable reserve was created in
the policy for holding 2020 given this was the first financial
reserves stating why year of the charity’s operation. This
they are held amount was deemed suitable by the
trustees based on average monthly
cost of essential items (nappies,
wipes, soap, toothpaste etc) if the
charity was to be unable to meet
demand through donations. The
reserve amount is reviewed by the
trustees for suitability and will be
increased if deemed necessary.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £500
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 n/a
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 n/a
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal sources of funds
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(including any
fundraising) Para 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy Para 1.46
adopted
A description of the
principal risks facing the Para 1.46
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Apart from the first charity trustees,
methods including every trustee must be appointed by a
details of any
resolution passed at a properly
constitutional provisions
convened meeting of the charity
e.g. election to post or
trustees.
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
In selecting individuals for
one or more trustees
appointment as charity trustees, the
charity
trustees must have regard to the
skills, knowledge and experience
needed
for the effective administration of the
CIO.
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees Para 1.51
The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network Para 1.51
with which the charity
works
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Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name E5 Baby and Children Bank
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1192509
number
Charity’s principal Clapton Community 7 [th] Day Adventist Church
address
26 Chelmer Road
E9 6AY
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) enti
whole year
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(if
any)
1 Beautine Wester
2 Esther Bolter
3 Lisa Giffen
4 Sarah Mitchell
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee**|**name**
**Dates**|**acted**|**if**|**not**|**for**|
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements n/a for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of Name Address
adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Lisa Giffen
Full name(s) Sarah Mitchell
Position (eg Finance Trustee Trustee
Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Date
22/03/2022
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**N 1**
**Charity Name E5 Baby and Children Bank**
## **Receipts and payments acco**
24/11/2020
**For the period** 24/11/2020 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Unrestricted chartiable donation or grant 30,108 - -
Portacabin Project Crowdfunder 12,600 -
Afghan Appeal donations via Justgiving 18,154 -
Leathersellers grant - ringfenced for portacabin project 2,347 -
Hackney Communities Grant - ringfenced for activity packs - 2,476 -
Winter Toy Appeal Grant - ringfenced for Winter Toy Appeal - 5,723 -
National Lottery Grant - Ringfenced for hire - 9,753 -
Baby Broadway Gospel Concert - ringfenced for music lessons for babyb - 500 -
30,108 51,553 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total receipts 30,108 51,553 -
A3 Payments
Cost of Supplies - Nappies, Wipes, Formula etc 6,340 - -
Portacabin project spend - 412 -
Afghan Apeal Spend 9,238 -
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Leathersellers grant spend - - -
Hackney Communities Grant 40 2,476 -
Winter Toy Appeal spend - 5,486 -
National Lottery Grant spend - - -
Baby Broadway funds spend 250
Logistics - transport of stock to and from arch etc 331 -
Insurance 144
Bank charges & Fees 80
- - -
Sub total 6,935 17,862 -
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A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - -
Total payments 6,935 17,862 -
Net of receipts/(payments)
23,173 33,691 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - -
Cash funds this year end 23,173 33,691 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**B1 Cash funds**
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||Cash at bank|**to nearest £**
**23,173**
**-**
**-**|
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## **B2 Other monetary assets**
_**Total cash funds**_ **23,173** (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK **Unrestricted funds**
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**Fund to which asset belongs**
## **Details**
## **B3 Investment assets**
## **Details**
**Fund to which asset belongs**
## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
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## **Details**
**Fund to which liability relates**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature Print N
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## **ounts CC16a**
31/12/2021
## **Total funds**
## **Last year**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
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30,108 -
12,600 -
18,154 -
2,347 -
2,476 -
5,723 -
9,753 -
500 -
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81,661
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5,486 -
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331 -
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**to nearest £**
**33,691**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**33,691**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**Endowment**
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the**
**period ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**|Charity Name
E5 Baby and Children Bank|Charity Name
E5 Baby and Children Bank|Charity Name
E5 Baby and Children Bank|
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||31 December 2021|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1192509|
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||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended**31/12/2021**.
As the charity's trustees, 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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: Name:** Robert Couser **Relevant professional** ACA - ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Date:** 13/05/2022
**Address:** Couser Accountants Limited, 162 Kingsquarter, Maidenhead, SL6 1AW
**Oct 2018**
**IER**
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018**
**IER**
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