2024-01-01-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 2023 Period start date To 2024 Period end date: 1 Jan 2024

Charity name: Bethel Baby Bank

Charity registration number:1196120

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardships of children aged between 2 and 10 in the Dudley Borough area of West Midlands.
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	We provide free items like pre loved clothes, toys, bedding, toiletries, and books improving the well being of children. These items come from other people who do not need them, so we collect donations of items from homes for those who call us to collect children items, these are given to those who need them.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have regard to guidance issued.

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SORP reference Not applicable Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Not applicable Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment none Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers

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	We have managed to collect a lot of donations from the families, and these donations have been provided to the families of those who are in need. The donations we received are many toys, bedding, clothes, and books. We have passed these to the families who needed them. The number of people who needed help increased in the last year, but we have managed to meet the demand effectively. We have a lot of items stored waiting to be given to those who need them. We had families directed to us to get help with items for children in need. The only challenge we have is the storage of those items donated. We need a free premise where families can drop unwanted items and those who need can also pick what they need.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	n/a
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	n/a
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	n/a
Other		n/a

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	n/a
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	n/a
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	n/a
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
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	n/a

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	We do not have any funds or fundraising
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	n/a
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The only challenge we have is the storage of those items donated. We need a free premise where families can drop unwanted items and those who need can also pick what they need.
Other		n/a

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		Collects donations of children items and give to those in need of them.
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust deed/Constitution of a charitable incorporated organisation whose only voting members are its charitable trustees.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	unincorporeted
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	Appointed by the chair

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about : N/A

You maychoose to include furt	her statements	where relevant about: N/A
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	Bethel Baby Bank
Other name the charity uses	n/a
Registered charity number	1196120
Charity’s principal address	6 seaford street, stoke on trent, ST4 2EU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	RubyGreen		Appointed 10 Jan 2024
	Betty Chinemhute		Appointed on 21 November 2022
	Julie Chamboko		Appointed on 21 November 2022

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name Ruby Green

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
No properties owned by this charity

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A 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) N/A

Type of adviser Name Address	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 N/A
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Other optional information

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Green Full name(s) Ruby Green Position (eg Secretary, chair Chair, etc) Date 30/11/2024