Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BABY BANK NETWORK

Providing essential baby items (such as toys, clothing, cots) for families in need.
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 over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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
31/03/23£96£67£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£66£59£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£70£49£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£61£50£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£38£34£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£41£20£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£36£24£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.babybanknetwork.com

info@babybanknetwork.com

01173293160

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
Quartet Community Foundation£21,699
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£20,000
The Fore£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,760
Masonic Trust£5,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Bank Network Community Hubs
£9,760 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to set up a Baby Bank Network of Community Hubs where pre loved baby and childrens items will be distributed to families in need. The funding will enable the organisation to meet demand for their service which has increased ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Baby Bank Network
£2,000 24/02/2023
As directed by the donor towards Baby Bank Network's work collecting baby clothes, toiletries, equipment, cots, prams and toys that are pre-loved, and passing them on to families in need.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Baby Bank Network
£4,958 20/12/2022
Towards a drop-in community cafe pilot in Bedminster.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Baby Bank Network
£10,000 18/03/2022
12
To recruit a Fundraising & Communications Coordinator that will develop the organisation’s ability to grow and diversity its sources of income and improve awareness of the organisation.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Baby Bank Network
£20,000 27/01/2022
50% of salary over 2-years for a warehouse manager to collect baby clothing, equipment and toys and pass them on to families in need in Bristol.
The Fore - Grant to Baby Bank Network Bristol
£15,000 01/12/2020
36
Baby Bank Network alleviate poverty in Bristol by redistributing 'pre-loved' baby and children's items to disadvantaged families. In 2020 the organisation distributed 13,000 items to almost 4,000 families - many of whom had little or no income, were ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,900 14/10/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Baby Bank Network
£4,741 21/05/2020
Towards offering essential baby items to the most vulnerable families who need the items urgently and immediately to get them through this crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Bank Network Development Project
£9,600 20/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide baby items to vulnerable families. The project aims to offer resources to alleviate issues at the earliest stage.
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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

  • ANNA ZAWADA Appointed: 2021
  • CRISTIANA RUOCCO Appointed: 2023
  • EVA MARIA ANNETTE FERNANDES BA DIP CIM Appointed: 2016
  • MORENA STAIANO Appointed: 2019
  • OLIVIA LAWSON Appointed: 2024
  • ROSANNA JAMES (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • STEPHANIE KING Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2016, number: 1165381
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
Main office

Ground Floor
Unit 5
Stoke View Business Park
Stoke View Road
Bristol
BS16 3AE

Objectives

A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND/OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO ALSO WORK TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN; ANDB) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OF WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WHO ARE MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO PREGNANCY, BIRTH, POST-NATAL HEALTH AND BREAST FEEDING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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