Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 11

BABY BASICS UK

Baby Basics works with midwives, health visitors and other agencies to provide essential items such as equipment, clothing and toiletries to families in need for their babies and young children. Baby Basics also works with community groups around the UK to train and equip them to run similar schemes for their communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£470	£519	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/21	£205	£209	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,200
31/08/20	£141	£137	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/19	£124	£71	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/08/18	£41	£42	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	20
31/08/17	£72	£29	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.baby-basics.org.uk

info@baby-basics.org.uk

01142787262

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Early years interventions

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£191,450
DCMS	£47,844
Co-Operative Group	£9,351
Rosa UK	£3,264

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Baby Basics Sheffield
£3,244	22/10/2022	We plan to continue to provide a service that improves mental wellbeing and reduces anxiety for families through the provision of essential supplies and equipment for children 0-5yrs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Baby Basics West Norfolk
£857	23/10/2021	Baby Basics West Norfolk will continue to provide for mums and their babies during times of crisis. Additional fundraising and donations will enable us to support these vulnerable families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Basics UK
£191,450	07/07/2021	The group will use the funding to cover core operation costs allocating the funding across 51 centres that are operated by grassroot community groups across England. The funding will support centres ....more The group will use the funding to cover core operation costs allocating the funding across 51 centres that are operated by grassroot community groups across England. The funding will support centres that offer baby supplies to local communities living in areas of England with high levels of poverty and deprivation. The funding will allow the group to continue its England wide Baby Basics Centres and provide people with online referrals guidance and training and volunteer support to its network.
Rosa UK - C19 r4-BABBAS-2021
£3,264	30/03/2021	£8,000 has been awarded to support core costs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£47,844	29/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Baby Basics
£5,250	15/11/2019	We supply essential baby and toddler items to vulnerable new mums and families who are unable to provide them for themselves.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Baby Basics
£250	17/07/2019	Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund used to purchase essential items such as nappies and baby wipes which were then donated to new parents.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

DR KERRY MONTGOMERY Appointed: 2020

FIONA MACRAE FAIRLIE Appointed: 2018

SUSAN LISBETH HOOK (Chair) Appointed: 2022

BRIAN WILSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: BEN'S CENTRE FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE (SHEFFIELD), THE PCC OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST OWLERTON SHEFFIELD,

DR HELEDD FFLUR IAGO Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: LLANW,

PENELOPE ANNE BORKETT Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: TOTLEY RISE METHODIST CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2016, number: 1168099

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

09/08/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE NINZE CHARITABLE TRUST
04/09/2023 - Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF FOLKESTONE BENEVOLENT FUND

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE NINZE CHARITABLE TRUST on 09/08/2023
Asset transfer in from INNER WHEEL CLUB OF FOLKESTONE BENEVOLENT FUND on 04/09/2023

Main office

267 Glossop Road
SHEFFIELD
S10 2HB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING CLOTHING, TOILETRIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR BABIES, CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATION WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING ON-GOING TRAINING, GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION TO TEAMS RUNNING LOCALISED BABY BASICS PROJECTS.

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