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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE BREASTFEEDING NETWORK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely 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 ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23 31/03/24
Charitable activities £909,871 £896,392 £996,570 £1,145,814 £1,464,517 £2,628,466
Donations & Legacies £9,162 £8,023 £11,669 £14,623 £11,755
Other Income £3,439 £478
Investment Income £1,633 £5,115 £5,461 £2,534 £1,159 £12,184
Total income £936,655 £923,253 £1,021,708 £1,164,707 £1,191,772 £1,484,526 £2,671,552
Charitable activities spending £1,070,971 £900,961 £994,064 £1,046,468 £1,354,025 £1,803,432
Fundraising costs 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Other spending
Total spending £1,092,514 £901,410 £994,685 £1,047,009 £1,177,601 £1,354,435 £1,803,737
Surplus/deficit -£155,859 £21,843 £27,023 £117,698 £14,171 £130,091 £867,815
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Established: 27 years

www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Other defined groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Breastfeeding Network Hampshire
£22,000 26/02/2023
Train local mums to become peer support volunteers
National Lottery Community Fund - The Breastfeeding Network Scottish Training
£9,998 07/07/2022
The group will use the funding to promote the positive health benefits of breastfeeding to new mothers through the establishment of a peer support group in the Stirling area.
National Lottery Community Fund - FaB Ayrshire Families : Group and 1:1 peer support for parents
£85,159 20/09/2021
This group will use the funding to continue delivering parenting infant feeding and mental health support to parents and families of young children in Kilwinning Saltcoats and Kilbirnie. Support will take the form of weekly peer support groups and ....more
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Breastfeeding Network Hampshire
£13,000 30/06/2021
Train local mums to become peer support volunteers
National Lottery Community Fund - Turning Point
£10,000 03/05/2018
12
The project will provide valuable support for breastfeeding mothers struggling to cope by recruiting and training locally based volunteer/mentors who can offer advice.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Breastfeeding Network Community Conference and gathering
£10,000 24/09/2014
12
Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (11)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Directors: 34-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 29/08/1997, number: SC027007
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/09/2007, number: SC330639
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 11126, Paisley, PA2 8YB

Objectives

The company's objects are: To inform, educate and support families in feeding and nurturing babies and young children. To enable communities to support breastfeeding through sharing information, training and volunteering. To contribute to evidence based policymaking for government, healthcare providers and educators. To promote the mental and physical wellbeing of mothers and babies through supporting breastfeeding

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving

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