Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 17
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Future income +5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY

The Happy Baby Community provides practical and emotional support to new and expectant mums who have fled from traffickers or violence, and have sought international protection in the UK for themselves and their babies
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/12/23£793£720£73£8£280£2263.85210
31/12/22£379£452£-73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£483£421£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£344£198£146n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£156£76£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 11.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 6 years

happybabycommunity.org.uk

hello@happybabycommunity.org.uk

07712647282

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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£494,624
City Bridge Trust£216,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation£127,250
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£124,632
Smallwood Trust£109,662
BBC Children in Need£98,947
DCMS£86,355
Rosa UK£74,662
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£124,632 17/04/2024
24
Supporting four London Hubs that provide a lifeline and safe community for vulnerable pregnant women, mothers and their babies seeking asylum in the UK.
Smallwood Trust - Protecting frontline services for women 18+
£60,000 28/09/2023
36
Frontline organisations led by women, to protect essential services for women most impacted by the cost-of-living-crisis.
KPMG Foundation - Every Child Can Thrive
£65,000 05/07/2023
Supporting women fleeing violence and trafficking, pregnant or with babies. This research in collaboartion with UCL will address serious and urgent concerns about enabling these babies and young children to thrive, considering their asylum ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£75,000 05/07/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Happy Baby Community
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Happy Baby Community
£20,000 04/07/2023
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Happy Baby Community provides support to pregnant women and women with young children who are seeking asylum throughout the UK.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£30,000 03/07/2023
HBC provides social, emotional and practical support to pregnant women and their children who have fled war, violence and traffickers and are seeking safety in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Surrey and Sussex Happy Baby Community
£484,958 13/04/2023
Funding will be used to continue providing support for pregnant women or those with babies who have fled from violence or traffickers and are seeking international protection in the UK. The project aims to empower and support vulnerable women and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Happy Baby Community (HBC)
£181,000 01/02/2023
36
£181,000 (£60,000, £60,000, £61,000) towards a full-time Welfare and Education Manager to build the capacity of the organisation and to train and manage a community of volunteers to provide welfare and educational support. Funds include costs to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Happy Baby Community
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Rosa UK - SWU-HBC-2022
£25,000 27/10/2022
£25,000 has been awarded to HBC to invest in up-skilling the staff team, and the development and delivery of a comprehensive outreach strategy.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£2,600 19/10/2022
Towards cost of living crisis
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£40,000 28/07/2022
Towards impact development project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Happy Baby Community
£98,447 03/02/2022
This project will provide face-to-face groups and a virtual community to reach and support children and families that have been affected by trafficking. The activities will increase feelings of safety, improve confidence and skills and reduce ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Happy Baby Community (HBC)
£15,000 07/10/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Happy Baby Community support pregnant women and women with young children who are seeking asylum in the UK through health and well-being activities, training, advocacy services, and providing opportunities to meet ....more
Smallwood Trust - Improving the financial resilience, mental health and wellbeing of women 18+.
£49,662 12/07/2021
£49,662 has been awarded to Happy Baby Community for an employability project supporting asylum-seeking women who have fled violence, abuse or trafficking and who are pregnant or have small children. The project will work in London and support ....more
Rosa UK - WTF-HBC-2021
£49,662 12/07/2021
£49,662 has been awarded to Happy Baby Community for an employability project supporting asylum-seeking women who have fled violence, abuse or trafficking and who are pregnant or have small children. The project will work in London and support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Combating Data Poverty
£9,666 19/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to provide phones and a support network for women from Black Asian and Ethnic Minority communities who are survivors of trafficking war and violence. The project aims to sustain and improve mental well-being and reduce ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Happy Baby Community
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Happy Baby Community, awarded under the Foundation's Trafficking and Modern Slavery funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£27,351 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Happy Baby Community
£19,500 30/09/2020
5
To further develop, adapt and expand Happy Baby’s English Programme classes making them available online
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£59,004 17/07/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Happy Baby Community (HBC)
£35,500 19/06/2020
£35,500 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
London Catalyst - Happy Baby Community (HBC) - 1
£5,000 06/02/2020
West London Happy Baby Community
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • ANDRENA WINIFRED MARY CUMELLA Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID NOBLE Appointed: 2024
  • KATHERINE LETLEY Appointed: 2024
  • OUAFIA IBRIR Appointed: 2023
  • PENELOPE HELEN FARRAR Appointed: 2023
  • SABRINA SIMONE BALS (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH ELIZABETH HUGHES Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2019, number: 1181633
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Anslems Mission Hall
11 Sancroft Street
London
Se11 5UG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1. TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND WOMEN AND GIRLS, WHO HAVE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 YEARS, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, TORTURE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSE2. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER FORMS OF RELIEF FOR REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION, IN PARTICULAR MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE, BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE, BASIC SKILLS AND AN ABILITY TO MAKE AN IMPACT UPON THEIR OWN LIVES AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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