## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 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
has supported over 6750 families including
over 12,800 children.
The Hackney Children and Baby Bank
provides families in need living in Hackney
and surrounding boroughs with much-
needed items. We provide clothes and
shoes, nappies, buggies, Moses baskets
and bedding, toys and books, toiletries and
other essentials, 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.
We offer a
friendly, inclusive service to our families| |||and work closely with local agencies to
signpost other services. We organise
events, support and information sessions
for parents and parties and outings for the
children we support.
The families accessing the Baby Bank face
a wide range of hardships.
• women fleeing domestic violence who
have to move at short notice, leaving
all their belongings behind
• refugee families who have uprooted their
lives
• survivors of trafficking and modern day
slavery
• single parent working families on low
incomes
• mothers about to give birth with no
clothes or equipment for their baby
• mothers with multiple pregnancies
• unemployed or homeless parents and
those struggling with their mental
health
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.| |---|---|---| |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 The Baby Bank continues to be a charity run by the local community, for the local community. The organisation has three Para 1.38 paid members of staff and a significant part Contribution made by of their roles are liaising with volunteers. 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|Since its establishment in June 2020,the
baby bank has supported 6,750 families
including over 12,800 children. From
inception to Dec25 the baby bank has
distributed 12,240 clothing packs, 10,386
toy packs, 6,615 packs of nappies, 1,609
moses baskets & cots, 10,051 hygiene kits,
1,724 buggies and much more.
The baby bank has also:
●
provided school shoes, backpacks
and stationery
●
organised parties for our children
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Provided hundreds of toys for
Hackney Winter Toy Appeal
●
provided
budgeting
and
employability skills sessions for
service users
●
raised funds to employ paid staff
●
won a Mayor of Hackney’s Civic
Award (2021)
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run health and wellness classes for
women
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provided laptops for parents
returning to study
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extended our network of referrers to
reach a wider group of families|| |---|---|---|---| **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** |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
£101,173
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. 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 remains unchanged
in 2025. The purpose for holding reserves
is to ensure the charity can meet financial
demands associated with employee
salaries and rent and to ensure that there is
a reasonable buffer to allow the charity to
adapt to any changes in financing .
The
reserve amount is reviewed by the trustees
for suitability and will be increased if
deemed necessary.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£25,000| |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
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |||| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |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
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Therese Watmough|||| ||Frances Oyineze|||| ||Elena Strbac|||| ||Bola Ibilola|||| ||Jessica Boardman|||| ||Jennifer Morgan|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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 for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ||**Type of adviser**
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Full name(s) Sarah Mitchell
Julia Thackray
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Date 25/03/2026
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**Charity Name Hackney Children and Baby Bank** **No (if any) 1192509** ## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** Period start date Period end date **To** 1/1/2025 31/12/2025 **For the period from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **Endowment Total funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** ||
**A1 Receipts**|
**A1 Receipts**||||
**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**||||**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||grant|||||**53,925**||||**-**||||**-**||||**53,925**|| ||premises costs|||||||||**20,000**||||||||**20,000**|| ||Winter Appeal|||||**-**||||**5,000**||||||||**5,000**|| ||Restricted grants|||||**-**||||**5,085**||||||||**5,085**|| ||Winter Warmer Appeal 2025|||||**-**||||**3,045**||||||||**3,045**|| ||Back to School Appeal 2025|||||**-**||||**490**||||||||**490**|| ||for wages and salaries|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||ringfenced for wages and salaries|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||ringfenced forpremisesproject|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||wages and salaries|||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||Bank interest|||||**232**||||**-**||||**-**||||**232**|| |||||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||||**54,157**
||||**33,620**||||**-**||||**87,777**|| ||||||||||||||||||||| ||**(see table).**||||||||||||||||||| |||||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**_Sub total_**|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||| |||**_Total receipts_ **||||**54,157**||||**33,620**||||**-**||||**87,777**|| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Winter Appeal 2024 Expense|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||Back to School 2024 Expense|||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||Winter Appeal 2025 Expense|||**-**||||**2,999**||||||||**2,999**|| ||Back to School 2025 Expense|||**-**||||**555**||||||||**555**|| ||Restrictedgrant spend
Premises costs
~~Spend on Fixtures & Fittings fr~~
~~premises - Shelving etc~~|||**-**
**100**
**23,251**||||**8,445**
**-**
**20,000**||||**-**
**-**||||**8,445**
**100**
**43,251**|| ||Fundraisingcosts
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pp|p||**1,864**||||||||||||**1,864**|| ||Formula etc|||**9,678**||||||||||||**9,678**|| ||Event costs|||**626**||||||||||||**626**|| ||Insurance|||**432**||||||||||||**432**|| ||Bank charges & Fees|||**66**||||||||||||**66**|| ||Payroll|||**-**||||**41,251**||||||||**41,251**|| ||Independent examiner fee|||**300**||||||||||||**300**|| ||Online fees - domain name|etc
g||**451**||||||||||||**451**|| ||system fee|||**975**||||||||||||**975**|| ||Employee expenses|||**690**||||**-**||||**-**||||**690**|| ||misc expenses|||**3,454**||||**-**||||**-**||||**3,454**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||**_Sub total_ **||**41,887**||||**73,250**||||**-**||||**115,137**|| ||||||||||||||||||| ||**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||| |||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| 06/05/2026 1 |**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 41,887**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 12,270**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**- 1,709**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**84,533**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 95,094**|**-**| |---|---| ||**- 39,630**| ||**1,709**| ||**44,000**| ||**6,079**| 06/05/2026 2 |**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 £**
**96,095**
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**96,095**
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**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Cost(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Cost(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Amount due**| |||~~**li bili**~~
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~~**l)**~~| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| 06/05/2026 3 Signed by one or two trustees on |Signature|Print Name| |---|---| ||Sarah Mitchell| ||Julia Thackray| ||| 06/05/2026 4 ## **CC16a** **Last year to the nearest £** **32,331** **24,000 20,000 42,347 12,438 200** **131,316** **-** ## **131,316** **1,844 737 18,199 13,539 182 16,942 533 399 60 37,031 300 239 953 869 482 - - - 92,309** 06/05/2026 5 **92,309 39,007 - 89,526 128,533** 06/05/2026 6 ## **Endowment** ## **to nearest £** **-** ## OK ## **Endowment funds** ## **to nearest £** **-** **Current value** ~~**(optional)**~~ **-** **Current value** ~~**(optional)**~~ ## **When due** ~~**( i l)**~~ 06/05/2026 7 Date of ~~approval~~ 18/3/2026 29/04/2026 06/05/2026 8 ## **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 **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2025 **ended Set out on pages** 1-2 **Charity no** 1192509 **(if any)** (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 year ended **31 / 12 / 2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the **basis of report** 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 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 (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 13/05/2026 **Signed: Name:** Robert Couser **Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Couser Accountants Limited, 162 Kingsquarter, Maidenhead, SL6 1AW **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**