Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

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:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£421£385£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£470£519£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£205£209£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£141£137£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£124£71£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£41£42£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£72£29£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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 WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
The Jerusalem Trust£30,000
Essex Community Foundation£6,650
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Billericay Baby Basics
£6,650 03/08/2023
to employ a Project Co-ordinator for one day per week to help meet the need of increased demands on their service supporting new and pregnant mothers with new-born essentials across the borough of Basildon
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£30,000 30/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission
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 that offer baby supplies to local communities ....more
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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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.
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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

  • BRIAN WILSON Appointed: 2022
  • DR HELEDD FFLUR IAGO Appointed: 2023
  • DR KERRY MONTGOMERY Appointed: 2020
  • FIONA MACRAE FAIRLIE Appointed: 2018
  • PENELOPE ANNE BORKETT Appointed: 2020
  • SUSAN LISBETH HOOK (Chair) Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2016, number: 1168099
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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