## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date** **Charity name: E5 Baby and Children Bank (Hackney Children and Baby Bank) Charity registration number: 1192509** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are the prevention
or relief of poverty and the relief of those in
need because of 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
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Since its establishment in June 2020, the
Hackney Children and Baby Bank has
grown from a small community initiative to
a successful local charity, which to date
supporting over 4140 families including
over 7832 children.
The Baby Bank provides families in
Hackney and surrounding boroughs with
essential items, all sourced from
community donations. These donations can
be in the form of physical pre-loved
donations or donation of funds or purchase
of new items from our wishlists, including
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 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 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,Social Action
for Health, Chobham Academy, City &
Hackney Perinatal Mental Health Team,
Cornerstone Baby bank, Early Help Family
Navigator Newham, Hackney Learning
Trust, Lawrence House Surgery.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees, in making decisions
concerning the Baby bank’s activities, have
had due regard to the commission’s public
benefit guidance when exercising any
powers or duties to which the guidance is
relevant| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference n/a Para 1.38 Policy on grant making n/a Para 1.38 |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Baby Bank continues to be a charity
run by the local community, for the local
community. The organisation has two paid
members of staff and a significant art of
their roles are liaising with volunteers.
Volunteers remain at the very heart of our
organisation and the service could not be
delivered without them. The volunteer
group alone has brought the community
together across age (Duke of Edinburgh
students right through to our knitters in a
retirement home), ethnicity, socio-economic
group, etc.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Over the calendar year 2023, the baby bank
has supported 1,452 families including
3,010 children. Demand increased over the
year with families supported up 16% on
2022 and children supported up 40%.
Monthly the baby bank has distributed an
average of 233 clothing packs, 115 packs of
nappies, 28 moses baskets and cots, 187
toy packs, 196 hygiene kits and 22 tins of
infant formula.
During the year we surveyed both our
referral partners and service users to
gauge the charity’s impact. Excerpts on the
following page.| Service User Surve Res onses 8ased on the itetn5 you received frotn the Hackney Baby Bank doyou agree 0rdisag￿e with the following statetnents". Dl¥tyw ￿ Neither4gree Str(￿￿￿￿9 JJJJJJ I *lthèiiwns | wuested Th• I￿￿￿Jer•ol 9wJqu?Iity ackney Baby Ba 5wer*4ny 4ue&knn& I H%KnèyBaby Thtrtems l I ittommtsr h?vebpen welul ￿ Hw¢kney B¥tyB¥nkto -5￿d￿Y￿1Y my How much diffeience has this support made to your household savings? 132 re$p¢n$e$ No saving IÈOI E11¢ £20 12.9% 19.7% £21 to £50 14.4% £51 10 £1(N) £101 to £2(￿j More than £2(M) 25.8% 1S.9% 11.4% Has the items you received from Hackney Baby Bank had a positive impact on the following: Imy confidence as a parent {or a parent lo bell D￿n1 Mp ￿￿￿ pDsiiiyfr lrnpxt As￿n￿c￿n￿ WSillV¢ Impxt Has the items you received from HaGkney Baby Bank had a positive impact on the following.. Ilncreased money available for other essentials such as foodl Hel Sotne positive irnpacl nifitan Posltlve irn A hug8 help Has the items you received from Hackney Baby Bank had a positive impact on the following.. IReduced stress levels by knowing support is availablel Dldn'i help Some po$llive Impa¢i H¥ipsd a tyil 11.3% Hign po$ilive Imp*¢i A significanlly PD511ive Impact A hvge help Help8d a lot ## **Referral Partner Survey Response excerpts:** _HCBB is without a doubt the best baby bank I’ve come across in my 4 years as a family support worker. They are swift, efficient, consistent and friendly. A lot of the mums we work with are vulnerable and we are anxious to refer them to services where they may not be looked after properly but every time they go to HCBB we get incredibly positive feedback. We aim to work in a trauma-informed way and so we try not to refer mums to services where they might be turned away and try to only refer to services where mums will have a dignified and respectful experience. This is HCBB!_ The Magpie Project. _I am very happy with the services provided by HCBB, they are making a huge difference in the women and children’s life’s, giving them independence and hope. Being able to use these services mean women and children don’t have to worry about clothing their children or the expenses it can cost to purchase new items like cots or prams. This gives women so much financial freedom meaning they don’t have to rely on perpetrators of abuse for their babies/children’s basic needs._ Hestia _All clients are very happy when they here they can get clothes for their baby/child at no cost. It takes away a concern from pregnant women who are worrying about how they will buy things for the baby. Mums of toddlers are also very happy to know they can get clothes especially when the season changes_ Shoreditch Trust _You will support families no matter what borough as long as they can get to you . Thank you for that as our families get moved to temporary accommodation all over the place and other boroughs do not offer this so it has been a lifeline for families_ _A parent who does not take her children out much because of her mental health said that the arts equipment and felt tips you gave her were what her daughter spends hours doing she loves drawing and creating so much and the donations you had given her gave her more opportunities for that at home ._ _I know lots of parents last year were grateful for toys around Christmas and birthdays as they were struggling to provide presents for their children_ _Thank you Baby Bank for all that you do . You always respond quickly and answer emails and support our families .We don't know what we would do without you ._ Early Years Community Worker (Hackney Play bus) _Hackney Baby Bank is an invaluable service. They provide essential items for the most vulnerable clients using our service. The difference that it makes to lives of families is incredible. Every client that I have referred to Hackney Baby Bank has been so grateful for the items received. Hackney Baby Bank are reliable and efficient, always fast to contact families for support. We are very lucky to work with Hackney Baby Bank and I am especially thankful that they continue to support families outside of Hackney as other boroughs do not have services like yours. Little Village often close their referrals early in the week and as I do not work on Mondays, this can be quite difficult for me to refer to them._ Interim Safeguarding Specialist Midwife |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |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||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|As at the year end the E5 Baby Bank’s
financial position consisted of cash of
£89,525.36
The baby bank’s income has consisted
solely of donations and grants to date.
The funds are part ringfenced for covering
the salary of the baby bank’s two grant
funded employees 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 the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charitable reserve was created in 2020
given this was the first financial year of the
charity’s operation. This 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 was
increased during 2023 in reflection of the
charities obligations with regards to
employee salaries and rent. The reserve
amount is reviewed by the trustees for
suitability and will be increased if deemed
necessary.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed by a
resolution passed at a properly convened
meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity
trustees must have regard to the skills,
knowledge and experience needed
for the effective administration of the CIO.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|E5 Baby and Children Bank| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Hackney Children and Baby Bank| |Registered charity number|1192509| |Charity’s principal address|174 Homerton High Street
London
E9 6AG| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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19|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Nam**
**e of**
**pers**
**on**
**(or**
**body**
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**entitl**
**ed to**
**appo**
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**trust**
**ee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Beautine Wester|||| ||Esther Bolter|||| ||Lisa Giffen|||| ||Sarah Mitchell|||| ||Elissa Gerrand||until 24/11/2023|| ||Samantha
Campbell||From 20/10/2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |20||||| – 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 whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ||**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ||||| ## **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.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**of the charity’s trustees**|| |---|---| ||| ||| |
Dayanthy Beautine Wester|Lisa Giffen| ||| |
Trustee|Trustee| |30/03/2024|| |30/03/2024|| **Charity Name E5 Baby and Children Bank** **No (if any) 1192509** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **To** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 ## **For the period from** ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**25,000**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**26,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,000**
**4,185**
**981**
**500**
**6,204**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,879**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,749**
**- 12,749**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**25,000**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**26,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,000**
**4,185**
**981**
**500**
**6,204**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,879**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,749**
**- 12,749**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**46,941**
**25,000**
**1,000**
**166**
**-**
**-**
**73,107**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,107**
**4,185**
**981**
**500**
**6,204**
**725**
**12,135**
**491**
**274**
**60**
**32,392**
**280**
**503**
**953**
**746**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,429**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,429**
**12,678**
**-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**46,941**|**-**| ||||||**25,000**|**-**| ||||||**1,000**|**-**| ||||||**166**|**-**| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**73,107**|**-**| |||||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**-**|**-**| |||||||| |||||**-**|**73,107**|**-**| |||||||| |||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,185**|| ||||||**981**|| ||||||**500**|| ||||||**6,204**|| ||||||**725**|| ||||||**12,135**|| ||||||**491**|**-**| ||||||**274**|**-**| ||||||**60**|**-**| ||||||**32,392**|| ||||||**280**|| ||||||**503**|| ||||||**953**|| ||||||**746**|| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**-**|**-**| ||||||**60,429**|**-**| |||||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|**-**| |||||||| |||||**-**|**60,429**|**-**| |||||||| |**25,427**||**- 12,749**||**-**|**12,678**|**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**57,281**||**19,567**||**-**||**76,848**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**82,708**||**6,818**||**-**||**89,526**||**-**| |**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**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**82,708**
**-**
**82,708**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**6,818**
**-**
**-**
**6,818**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** E5 Baby and Children Bank (Hackney Children and Baby Bank) **On accounts for the** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1192509 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended **31/12/2022** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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:** 15/03/2023 **Address:** Couser Accountants Limited, 162 Kingsquarter, Maidenhead, SL6 1AW **Oct 2018** **IER** 1 ## **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** 2