# BATTERSEA BEFRIENDING NETWORK (BBN)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1194593
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 26, 2021
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1194593


## Contact

- **Address:** ALL SAINTS CHURCH, 100 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW11 4BD
- **Phone:** 02089475788
- **Email:** info@batterseabefriendingnetwork.org.uk
- **Website:** www.batterseabefriendingnetwork.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH IN THE BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH WHO ARE, OR ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: A) THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING SERVICE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST SUCH PERSONS. B) ENABLING SUCH INDIVIDUALS TO BE MORE CONFIDENT IN ACCESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. C) RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO BE BEFRIENDERS, DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEFRIENDER’S ROLE AND LIMITATIONS, PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. D) ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIP WORKING WITH OTHER MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE A QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR SERVICE USERS.

**Activities:** Battersea Befriending Network (BBN) offers one-to-one befriending to individuals who have experience of mental ill-health in the Borough of Wandsworth who are, or are at risk of becoming, socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of their mental ill-health.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Wandsworth



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £15681 | £25093 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £21124 | £21092 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £31206 | £15249 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £10680 | £9891 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SARAH RACKHAM** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Catherine Woolf — appointed June 18, 2025
- Elisabeth Jeffries — appointed Feb. 24, 2021
- Helen Winifred Trout — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Mary Elisabeth Green — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Mercy Methu — appointed Nov. 6, 2024
- Noel Forrest — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Peter Edward Wright — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Peter Hartley Wolstenholme
- Richard Stanley Trout — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Victoria Milner BSc, MSc — appointed Feb. 24, 2021