The Baby Equipment Loan Service And Toy Library Registered Charity No. 1196768 Trustees. Report and Financial Statement for the period ended 31 March 25
The Baby Equipment Loan Service And Toy Library Name: The Baby Equipment Loan Service And Toy Library 1196768 Charty no: Structure: Unincorpjrated association govemed by a (strIU1J0n. Trustees.. Angela Waton Carol Dennison Janice Swinburne Charfotte Kennedy Susan Dixon Emily O'Hare Trustees are el8Cted by the membership at each Annual G8n8ral Meeting. Address.. Footprints Day Nursery & Chiklren's C8ntre North Road Walls8fKI NE28 8RH Bankers: The Cwrtive Bank PIC Independent Examiner: Mark Tl)omps(x) MA4T VODA Sprit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor. Walls8nd Community Hub & Library 16 The Forum Walls8nd NE28 8JR
The Baby Equlpment Loan Sorvice And Toy Library Revlew of acUvllkn and perfornMnc• Throughout the finanoal 1 April 2024 to 31 March 25 the Baby Equipment Loan SeNke and Toy Library (BELS & TLI has continued to provhde seM¢es to children. yjung people and farnilies in North TeSIde. Thi$ is the Projecvs 40 J*ar. From the beginning. as part of Rosehill Young Wom.$ Project through to charitable ststus in its own righL the BELS & TL has supFx)rted thousands of families wth baby and safety equipment. toys arml games, free grcwp sessions and supwl and advice on many issues. During the past r, h8V8 seen many more families t#yrtyvlry baby equipment and joining the Toy Library in order to keep Ih8ir costs down. They also tell us that they are happy to reuse and recycle to lessen the environmental impact. Baby equipment arKI toys loaned by mulbple families, reduces the w8St8 of purchasing and dealing with the packaging of iloms that may only be required for a short period of time. We ara alw seeing families borrowing low<osl paty pxks, induding Sarger toys, that can be loaned for various special events and dressing up outffts that can be used for one off events. The loyE and games purchased lor children with additional needs In mind has had a huge Impact upon the children who hav8 borrowed them and we hope lo furthor develop this ryange. During the 40 years of its existence, BELS & TL has been managed by a volunteer Management Commlttee. The staff and management have a wealth of 8xpenence gathéred over the years and updated with continuous professional development. Thore are h¥0 part time Prr4ect SupFtst Workers. In additic. Vduntsers aKI the slaff learn with the day-tTrday work of the Proiecl. Over the years. m8ny Vcknnteern have p18Jfjd a signrficant rcle In Project. Th88e dedicaled local individuals are driven to support our ccffimunty, and Ihrough their Involvement, they share and develop thelr knowledge and skls. We have three Desynated Safeguarding Officers. one of WI Is the Design81ed Saleguarding Lead. She 1$ a Trustee and ensures that all issues conceming the safety 8nd welfare of children and young peopbe and vulnerable adults who attend BELS & TL are prowrty deali with through policies, prwlures. administrative systems and training. Two new members of the Management Cmittee (0 recenty becoming a Trustael have experience of govemance and policies from their day jobs. We are now undertakirMJ a complete ovethaul of all policies. The Iwo Safeguarding Policies (Adults aThJ Children l Young People} are raVed every year. Othef polici85 have different timescales depending i)n their content. In the past two months. we have revlewed and ulated our Confidenliality and Data Protection P1¢Y and Equalty. Diversty and Indusion PrAiGy. The Whistleblowing Policy and Reffliitiment and Seleclion Policy are currently being reviewed. The BELS & TL ethos is that everyone we work wrth will be treated fairty and not subject to discrimination. We welcome the diversity of communities and organisations we engage with. All Oicies are read, understood and put into practice by Staff. Volunteers ar Management Commrttee. The policies are working documents and dictate our pyactice. Therefore. the contt we make our members wll b8 nor discrtmlnatory as 11 any conlxt wrth dients referr8d to us. Jthough we are a very small Team. we kr¥)w that we have a impad on the community we Sérve.
Thank you to the Trusts and FoundatiS have heltEd to make all the aty)ve aclivitses pOssi8- the Barbour Foundation, BBC Chiklren in Need. the Bemioa FoundatH)n. the Hadrian Trust, the Hospital of God. the Joicey Tnjst. the Sir James Knott Trust. the William Leech Charity, the R.W.Mann Trust, the Natnal Lottery, Awards for All England, North TP5de Fund, Prime Fund and the Winter Family Fund at the Community Foundation Te & Wear and Northumberland, the Shears Foundation and St. Hilda's Tnt. As amiays, our local land sometimes. not so th81 tmrt with a connecl¥MI community has helped to fund the services of BELS & TL. Thank you to Sean Farrell and to rnembers of Slimming World, Wallsend. Thank you also to everyone who donated toys aThJ equiwion( small sums of mcffw and to those donated their time. skills and knowledge. Flnancl¥l R•vlow The financial F4)Sition for the period shows nel incomiThJ funds of £53.930 and total outgoiThJ sources of £52.830. With a balance brought fopward fvJure of £41.858 Ihis18aves a canied fornvard figure of £42.958 01 this, £26,962 1$ restricted funds. and £12,(KXI is a reserve for contingencies as our reserve$ lcY below {s8e the notes to the acwints). aVIng £3,996 of unrestricted reserves. The Trusl8es consider the finarmial position of the charity lo be stable, but are constantly Iking for fvnding lo continue the service. Plan8 for th• Futur• - To celebrate our 40th birthday at our Annual General Meetiryj in November 2025. . To develop new Group Sessior6 in collaboration with partners in the Tyneside area. - To design new18aflets advertislng the services of BELS & TL. - To review and upmjate all current Pollcles. intrr*Jucing new Pdicl8$ vthere appropriate. - To conlinue to encourage the involvemenl of mcrfe Volunteers aTrJ Trusl8•s in the Project - To continue lo monitor the usage of th8 B8by Equipment Loan aspect of the ProAeci and to assess the Toy Libr8ry membership. iluding the Fwlarlty of the toy8 aThJ gam88 purchased for children v4ith addilional needs. - To continue to UFrfJato the BELS & TL website. The truslee$ I dire¢lors have considered the guanCe produc&J by th8 Charity Commission on the provision of public ben8frt arKI they ¢(fin that wblic boMfft has bgen pn)vided by the range of acllvit as descnbed above. Rlsks. roservm and Inv•sbn•nts The Trust8es aim to maintsin free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level equivalent to three months expenditure. This levd would allow the charity to c.U8 rts aclivities for a reasonable ptiriod In the event of a Sudden curtailment of fundirvj. This allow tirne for the thaiity to either obtain new lunding sour¢o$ or restructure its activrtias Tru•tso8' mponslblllllo• In r•latlon to th• flnancl•l stat•m•nts Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare finaal statements for each financial year which comply with the regulatbons set out in the Charitie$ Act 1993. The Trustees have elected to take advantag6 of the provisions that apply to small charities and have wepared a Receipts arKI Payments Account and ststement of Assels and Liabilrfies.
Independent Examln•rs R•port Rèport to the Irustees of The Baby Equipment Loan Service And Toy Library On accounts for the year ended 314Aar-25 Charlty no 1196768 Respectlve responslbllltles of trustéès and oxamlner The trustees of th8 organisation ar8 reSnSIble for the preparation of accounts: they C(Stder that an audtt not required for this year under section 144(21 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent Examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to • examine the accounts (urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act). . follow the procedures laid in th8 Genèral Directions given by the Charity CoMmisOn {under sectiijn 145(5){b) of th8 Act). and . state whether partiCAJlar matters have come to my attention. Basls of My examination was rrIed out in accordan General Directions Ind•p•ndent given by the Charity CommissTroners. An examination indudes a review •xamlnerfs of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the statement accounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration ol any unusual items or disclosures in the a¢¢ounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidenc8 that would be required in an audit. and consequenty I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Ind•pend•nt examlnorfs stal•ment In the coupJe of my èxamination, no matter has com8 to my attèntion: 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, th8 trustees have not m8t the requirem8nts to ensure that: • proper accounting records are kept (in ac<x)rdance section 130 of the Act)., and • accounts are prepared *thich agrèe 1th th8 accounting records and comply with the accounting wuirements of thè Act; or 2. to vthich, in my opinion. attention shoukl be drawn in order to enable proper understarmling of the accounts to b8 reached. Slgnod: Juty 8, 2025 Name: Address: Mark Thompson MAAT VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Aoor. Wall$K1 Communty Hub & Library 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
ststemont of Flnanclal A¢tlvltl•s for thè p8rv)d ended 31 March 2025 Unfestrictod Do•Ign•t R•strl¢tod Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 Total Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024 Ro¢olpts Donations and Legaues Donations - General Charitable Activities Olher Trading Activit Other 1,350 50,330 51.680 248 99 1.903 34.795 352 254 1.755 50 1,3 Total R•¢olpts 50,330 53,930 37,206 Payments Charitsble AcaMJes Other 42.668 52.628 202 56,124 26 202 Total Paym•nts 10,162 56,150 Sury)lus I dofi¢lt lor tho y••r 6.562 7.662 18,944 Transfer betsyeen Funds Funds at 1 Aprll 2024 10,558 12,1100 19,300 41,858 60,802 Funds at 31 M•r¢h 2025
The Baby Equipment Loan Service And Toy Library Balance Sheet 31-Mar-25 2025 2024 Flxed Assets Current assets Cash at Bank & in Hand Debtors & Prepayments 42.958 40,734 2.515 Total Cash 8alan 42,958 43,249 Curr•nt Llabllltle• Trade Credrtors 1.391 Not Current Ass•t• 42,958 41,858 Net Assets at 31 March 2025 Repros•ntad By Restricted Funds Designated Funds UnrestiGted Funds 26,962 12,000 3,996 19,31)0 12,000 10.558 The financial statements were approved by the follo*ing members of the Managemènt Cornmittee.. Signed....... Position... Signed. Date
The Baby Lo•n S•rvl¢• and Toy UlThy P4ot•• to th• accounts, 2025 1. Accounllng Pollcl•s wSth the Fknlnd RepNtw¥J StaTrJ8rd aFfAThbl8 in the UK Remjlk of Ir8lwbJ IFRS 1021 leffe¢tive l January 20151- Ch85 SORP IFRS 1021. the Slwwjwd aFf l) tr UK aThJ {FRS 1tr21. r•lovant accounlkng ncW81. Toy3 Baby EnI Offich Equiprnonl l Tru•t••• and StAff Tolal S• Cc4ts Av•ry rK) d $t•ff 33,428 . Co•ts of Iln•nd•l ••rvl¢ Fundlng unr•¥tCl•d S•8n Farrnl Sllmrritry E88y Fundraislng Talal Unr•lthd Fundlng 1S R••trl¢t•d Fundl 10.( HadrtBn Twsl Hospilal of Goj Jcty TNst SY JarrM Kncdl Trust Wi8ffj L88ch Charty 19.fAXI Shear5 Fc•JrbJa St HtlJa'$ Trust Total Re•tslci•d Fundlrw
Fund An•ly•l• IA•rch?5 BBC Chihyren in Need The FouTrJalni R W Mann Trust Ncrfth T18 F. the Prkn8 Fw¥J Ihe Fw FuTh18t the CcrnMJth Fwr¥lakn, 10,(XKI 10,C Bern0 Fourthlkn Hadrian TNst of God Joky TnJs¢ Str JwnBa Krb)tt Truoi WilkBrn L88ch Clwty Na11 Lottwy. Awwd• Ervxl Shoars FwrJ8th Sl Hlkdoj Tnmt 10.rK 9,011 3,934 19,C 14,017 Totsl 1•X) 26,962 Apr44 M•r45 D••lgn•t•d Fund• 12.1100 12,( ¢harW¥ R•s•rves Pc*y.