# THE BAKER'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 211307
- **Other names:** THE BBS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 20, 1965
- **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=211307


## Contact

- **Address:** 23 Bakers Lane, Epping
- **Postcode:** CM16 5DQ
- **Phone:** 01992575951
- **Email:** bbs@bakersbenevolent.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bakersbenevolent.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE FOR OUT DOOR ANNUITANTS AND A PENSION WITH ALMSHOUSE FOR OCCUPATION AND SUPPORT OF AGED, DECAYED MASTER BAKERS AND THEIR WIVES, ALSO WIDOWS DURING WIDOWHOOD, AND SINGLE WOMEN WHO HAVE CARRIED ON THE SAME BUSINESS ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT.

**Activities:** Provides Welfare and Care to the retired members, and their dependants, of the Baking Industry and its Allied Trades through provision of Sheltered Housing, Domiciliary Care and charitable grants and pensions.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £809933 | £687930 | £1899299 | 13 |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £912190 | £628219 | £1777296 | 13 |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £653880 | £589366 | £1493325 | 13 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £587351 | £551208 | £1428811 | 14 |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £599573 | £597097 | £1392668 | 13 |



## Trustees

- **CHRISTOPHER TOMKINS** (Chair)
- Adrian Charles Hume — appointed June 10, 2019
- CHRISTOPHER BEANEY
- David Hall — appointed Nov. 19, 2020
- Gillian Tomkins — appointed June 28, 2023
- PATRICK WILLIAM THOMAS WILKINS — appointed Aug. 4, 2021
- STEWART LESLIE BUTCHER — appointed June 18, 2025
- The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom — appointed Aug. 4, 2021