Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK

The prevention or relief of poverty in Brierley Hill and the surrounding areas by providing essential items, resources and support to families with young children and/or to charities or other organisations who also work to prevent or relieve poverty amongst families. We provide items from 25 weeks pregnancy up to age 2 through referral services requests
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£147£159£-11n/a
31/03/23£122£120£2n/a
31/03/22£95£63£32n/a
31/03/21£51£33£18n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.brierleyhillbabybank.co.uk

brierleyhillbabybank@gmail.com

07930073077

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dudley, Sandwell,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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£253,811
Heart Of England Community Foundation£15,000
Masonic Trust£8,400
DCMS£6,467
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£8,400 14/05/2024
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£750 31/10/2022
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Futures
£216,413 20/10/2022
This funding will support Brierley Hill Babybank to continue its Family Futures project expanding their wrap around support with families removing them from immediate crisis towards improvement in their lives and the lives of their children. BHB ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Securing our future
£10,000 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to cover the cost of the lease for the baby bank service. The project aims to continue support disadvantaged families by providing essential items and support sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brierley Hill Babybank Reusable Nappy Library
£9,968 19/11/2021
This group will use the funding to run a pilot project to encourage parents of newborn babies to transition from disposable to reuseable nappies and help them make their own climate change action plan to reduce their carbon footprint.
National Lottery Community Fund - Toddling on - face to face support for young parents
£4,940 08/09/2021
This funding will support the expansion of a local service – the demand for which has grown exponentially in recent months - that provides new parents with basic essentials and goods such as nappies clothing furniture and food. It is hoped the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting young parents
£2,490 02/08/2021
This funding will support face to face activities for new parents. The project will offer a safe informal environment to meet other new parents and learn parenting skills. This group has been set up to reduce isolation in a response to feedback ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Brierley Hill Babybank
£5,000 24/03/2021
To fund a new staff member in order to continue to provide baby packs for families in need in Dudley
National Lottery Community Fund - Brierley Hill Babybank
£10,000 12/01/2021
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The funding will be used to cover the running costs of the Babybank service and continue providing baby items to disadvantaged families. The project aims to support their basic needs and reduce the negative impact of the pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,467 28/07/2020
"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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Brierley Hill Babybank
£10,000 04/06/2020
5
Grant to Brierley Hill Babybank
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AMY WOOTTON Appointed: 2023
  • CLAIRE FRANKLIN Appointed: 2024
  • JANES CHESTERMAN Appointed: 2024
  • LYNNE HINTON Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/11/2019, number: 1186640
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Brierley Hill Babybank
8 Darwin House
Second Avenue
KINGSWINFORD
West Midlands
DY6 7YB

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BRIERLEY HILL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ITEMS, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND/OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO ALSO WORK TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST FAMILIES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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