## **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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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**| **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|**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
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**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
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**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**
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**adviser**
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**adviser**
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Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**|||| ||**N/A**||| ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **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