Sefton Baby Baskets Charity No. 1199971 Report and Accounts for the year ended 31rt December 2024 P4e.' I The Hoaril presentlheir Report and Attountsfof the yè¥ ended31° December 2024. REPORT OF THE BOARD The Charlty 5efton Baby Oaske*swa5 I￿Orp￿ed by 3Trust Deed on 5" AuBUgt 2022. Trtsst address.. Wton Baby Baskets. 27 bonryiw A¥tnue. Crosby, li¥érpDoI L23 Thj. Trusi Opera￿￿ address". St Edmunds Pre$Wery, 62 (hford Road, Waterloo. Lfj4Ypool L22 8QF. Sefton Baby Baskets Is a volunteer.bed thbrity aims io support p￿gnant women and tamllies acr MWS￿lde by 8iftln8 3 Mos* basket filled wkth essentSal mother aThd baby sypplles to Ihoge who are stru￿1n&t0 provldethese Items lor themsew. As poverty and unemploymtnl Increases. mahy tamllbEs need help toéase thellnèhdal trtwden of preparlng fol a ba￿'S aryfjval. We Passionate￿ ￿lie* thak rw baby ￿)I[1d 80 ￿th￿t thè eSSen￿al Items to be lept wam, dtan and iomfDrtabk, and every mother 5houkJ have e¥wythiTy need5 for a COMIDrtab￿ and healthy pre8nan¢y, atKI iransition into m(trtherhood. The coni¥nu ofour ba* l)askeu are brandnew or In frwhlv laundered second hand condltion. All mattresses ènd ioiletrles are brand new. In yrtnership with a lo￿1 frtrie55 provi4er 5BB also support M*llbelnR touyses for exp¢d8rt •nd new rnothets. The acth11t￿S olthe Trust ¥ècarrled out bythe btsard mtmbèrs al￿ bxal vttluntetrs. The baskets af* istributed to our dient5 via a network of referrol ￿rtners. The t¥Jsine55 01th2Tru5t isconducted at Ix-onnuol TN5tee Meetiry and ad-hoc xtiwttes obYrWhètsApp. Th• The folknwln8 havebeen members of the Board durfwthe year ended Jlst De￿rntser 2024'.- GIIKan Ruane. thali Lauren Ruane- V*e-Chalr Naomi chand￿r- secretary Fer8us se3ve￿- Treasurer •r8 8urtofi-Tfu$tee Emma Hed*- Trustèé RKhel Brov4TrFinnls- Trustee Nlcola Thomas- Twu5t¢e Accounts Examlner J8ne Lee P¥8e'. 2 ANNUAL REVIEW FROM THE CHAIR 2024 2024 was another year ofBrowth fof Sefton Baskets. We helped 460 rnums. an Increase of 101 on 2023. This in(rease Could partlally be due to our increase in profile lall our social media followln8s grew) but I'd say it is far more Ilkely because of the dlfficult finandal sltuation5 people ale now fadn We have seen an increase in mums need1￿ more than lusta Moses bas*e¢ baby clothe5. bedding and toibetries. Ir is much mole regular nr)w for mums to need Items such a5 pram5, Steri115ers, baby bath5. mat5. etc. We have been able to meet these demands because ofthe 8￿al support we 8et from mums acro￿ Lryerphjol land often beyond) who donate all thelr baby Item5 to us. It's encoufa8lr8 10 See and hear thern say how muth they wantto help mums to be that are in need. we have alsts been very lucky to hwe been the benefftiaries from the mOn￿S raised byThe Anne Iliams golf day. This money has Wped us xhSeve ftnandal security and enable5 US to purchase item5 in bulk and m•ke savln8& Our volunteer base has remained stable and we are very fortunate that thls reMa￿able gri)up of women choose to help and support Baby Baskets. Unfortunately. the premises we moved into towards the end of 2023 haven't been as goc?n• 14 Fundrai R•fvTrJB t88 Note 3 760 Rol*￿ ••Nots4 330 330 Sub total(Gffjss incon78 for ARJ 53803 14,7$2 68.163 Page.. 4 A2 Asset and Investment sala, ••• lablo Sub totsl zaza Total T￿eIpts 6B,168 A3 Payments Rent 749 In8vontX 177 177 181 Supplw for baskets Ca*L4 ofI￿lIbe1yQ wurnes 11 Expenae8 (Seè Note Sl 687 Rofijnda and errfX8 Ise• Not•J 3 & 41 297 297 Sub tolal A4 A$set and investment purchases, Is&• tabl•) Shelvlng Sub total Total payments 33,822 Pa8e'. 5 Net of r•celpts/(payments) AS Transf•rs bgtW8en funds 1181 34,J43 14218 AS G¥•h funds la•t year Cash funds thls year end .197 inu*•) 24 067 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrictèd fund$ Rèstricted funds to n•llr¥#t£ EndowinÈnt fund$ to n•arn8t£ Calegorlety to n•8rn8t£ B1 Ca8h funda B•nk X1 Total cash ftinds 149rw aG¢>Mllsl} Unrostrlctod lund8 Rostri¢tsd funds EndoMffnoDt fund8 Detalls to nMvHt£ Page: 6 Futtd Eo whl¢h aisot b•longS ¢utrent value loption&ll Dotai15 ¢Mt loplloMJI Fund to whkh a98¢tbelon Fymitur CIKY•nt vAIu• loptlono11 Details sh￿VIr Cwt loptlonall B4 A88ets r•talnfrd for the charity'8 own use Fund to which l￿bIlIty relats¥ Amout7t du• lopdoD•i) Wh•n du• l0ptlon•ll Del8llJ B5 Uabllltles Slgned by one or h¥0 trusts¢$ o behaKof 811 the trustees Signature Print Name Dale of approv81 Gill Ruane Clara Burton PaBe'. 7 Nctestothe Accounts for the Year Ending 31" December 2024 Note I.. Durlng 2024 we rece￿ed the followlng restrlcted gr3nt: National Lottery Grant to fund our wellbelnB and rrtness courses for new rrK)theis In 2024 and 2025. Th15 amounted to £14,762. Note 2.. Durlng 2024 we rece￿ed non-resirfcted grants from Cocktfjln Weath A5$0clates, Sefton Enterprlse Grants and a Charities Trust award. Note 3.. Refunds were rece￿ed for on-llne 5uppty orders where nol all the requested good5 We￿ dellvered. We akn refvnded one person's fundralsln8 tKket Cost where ihey could not attend. Note 4.. There were some error5 wheie the SBB bank card was used to make 50rne none charfty related purchases. These payments were subsequentty paKI back to the ¢harlty a¢count. Note 5.. Expenses were prlmarlty spent on ourvolunteers who gwe up thelr tlme dttring the week to prepare the ￿kets. In 2024 the spend prImarI￿ Induded a Chrlstmas meal out forthe volunieets, summertOP5 for volunteer5 and the printing of flyers advertising our services. Note 6., Due to the roundlng of amount5 to the nearest pound the 1023.5 account flnal balance was £2 more than the actual balance ITr the bank. When that amount in 2024's a¢¢ounts the correct amount from the bank Is Included. Pa8e: 8 Report to the trustees of Sefton Baby Baskets on the accounts forihe year end1￿ 31st Decembey 2024 set out on page$4to 8. Asthe tharlties trusiees you are rewnslble for the preparaiion of the xCoUn￿ You cofts5d¢f that •n •udit Is not rt4uired lof this year lunder Sectlon 144121 of theCh*1de5 201112011 Acil •nd that an indEpendont eXaminat￿n is needed. Itls rny r•spordltrAtyto: examlne the a(rount5 ￿NIer sett￿Th 145 of th? 2001 Art, 2. 10 folltr* the wocedures lèid down in the Genèral DirertIo￿ &i%*n by the Chthty Commlslorws underSectloD 14515llbl of the 2011 Aci; and 3. 10 state whether partKular mattershave com* to my atterrtiw. 8wlsoflnd•wthrt Ilewt My examinatlon wa5 Carr￿ out In a￿Ord4￿ce wtth the fjeneral Dlrectlon5 glvÈn Oy the Charity Commlssioners. An examlnaiion Fnclude5 a revlew of tho accourt1￿ recwd5 kept * the charlly and the compartson olthe accounts presented with those record It alw SfieluOe$ eofisldèrati¢)o trf any unusual btems or dls¢loytos In the accourts and 5eeklrvaoxplanatlry from you a5 the trustees conc¢rnln8 any suth matters. The procedurés undertakn do prO￿de all the evidence thar would be re9uired in an èudii and. cortseque#V¥, I do not exyess an audlt oplnlon on the view 8iven by the accounts and thE report 15 limited 10 those matter5 set our in the statement bejow. In connectoon wilh my examlnatbon, no matter has come to my attefitlon: whlth glvo me reasonable ¢au5e to beI￿ve ihai In any materlal respertthe iequlr*m*nts'.. to keep accoundnR records in accordance vthh Sectbon 130 01 thè 2011 Art. and b. to preparÈ 4rcgunts whKh accord vAth the accounting records and ((Ynpty wrth ihe ac(oun#ng rEqulrerneni ofihe 2011 Att have rnt been met.. or 2. to ¥￿th. in my opinion, èttentlon should be ttr¥wn to enable o proper under5randlng of the accounts be read￿d. gned_ l£-10 . 2025 Jane Lee Pa8e: 9