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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BABY UMBRELLA

Baby Umbrella is an award-winning small charity offering breastfeeding and early parenting support to families in West Kent. Our vision is for every family in West Kent to have access to skilled and compassionate support during their parenting journey. We are here to listen, support and empower parents to make the decisions that feel right for them and their babies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • 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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/08/23£108£86£23n/a
31/08/22£86£68£18n/a
31/08/21£37£19£18n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

babyumbrella.org.uk

info@babyumbrella.org.uk

07972000057

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Postcode Society Trust£19,479
National Lottery Community Fund£9,996
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 30/04/2024
towards core funding to support family wellbeing activities over the next 12 months
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Baby Umbrella
£5,000 11/12/2023
12
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Postcode Society Trust - Baby Umbrella parenting support service
£19,479 27/07/2022
Funding from Postcode Society Trust funded the cost for Baby Umbrella to reach 541 families with feeding, sleep, and mental health support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building breastfeeding support capacity after Covid19
£9,996 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to run their breastfeeding support groups for local families. The project aims to build the group's capacity in order to improve access to support for parents and boost their confidence.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMY CLARE TIPPEN-SMITH Appointed: 2024
  • CATHERINE MARY HARDWICK Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA LOUISE SAUNDERS Appointed: 2020
  • JAIME CHERYL ELOISE LANGFORD PHIPPS Appointed: 2024
  • KATHERINE JANE BARNES Appointed: 2024
  • MARISSA KATHERINE CONWAY Appointed: 2024
  • NICOLA KIRKWOOD Appointed: 2020
  • REBECCA MARGARET O'DWYER Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2020, number: 1190745
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

51 THE AVENUE
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
TN2 3FJ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY PROVIDING EASILY ACCESSIBLE SKILLED SUPPORT FOR POSTNATAL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IN AND AROUND WEST KENT.1) BY PROVIDING OPEN ACCESS COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH SKILLED, NON-JUDGEMENTAL PROFESSIONALS (INCLUDING LACTATION CONSULTANTS AND BREASTFEEDING COUNSELLORS) AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT BREASTFEEDING AND PARENTING, REDUCE POSTNATAL SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND IMPROVE POSTNATAL MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING;2) BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, BUILDING EXPERTISE WITHIN THE SECTOR AND SUPPORTING PARENTS TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE AND RETURN TO WORK;3) BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NHS, LOCAL AUTHORITY, THIRD SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR SERVICES TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF PARENT-CENTRED RESPONSIVE CARE;4) BY INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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