Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

LEEDS BABY BANK

Leeds Baby Bank gives support to families in crisis in the Leeds area by providing emergency baby essentials, food, clothing and baby equipment. All funds raised from the night will go directly into help children aged 0-5 years old.

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
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£214,908	£171,648	£43,260	150
31/03/22	£142,269	£133,352	£8,917	50
31/03/21	£141,648	£91,729	£49,919	25
31/03/20	£22,590	£18,383	£4,207	18
31/03/19	£23,977	£14,024	£9,953	16

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

leedsbabybank.org

admin@leedsbabybank.org

07922 420977

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Leeds Community Foundation	£55,511
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,933
DCMS	£9,141
Sir George Martin Trust	£6,000
Masonic Trust	£4,404
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£4,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,572
CAF	£2,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - No Child Goes WIthout
£3,240	30/10/2023	Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£3,000	20/06/2023	Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£3,000	15/03/2023	Capital and core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Baby Bank
£20,000	14/03/2023	Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000	28/02/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Leeds Baby Bank Outreach
£1,352	03/02/2023	To purchase baby food for an outreach programme which provides resources to 2 deprived areas in Leeds once a week. This would help around 416 children over 4 months.
National Lottery Community Fund - No Child Goes Without
£9,933	25/11/2022	The funding will be used to recruit a project worker to support referrals and families increase volunteers and provide warm bedding for children over the winter months. The project aims to respond ....more The funding will be used to recruit a project worker to support referrals and families increase volunteers and provide warm bedding for children over the winter months. The project aims to respond to the increased demand for their service in response to the rising cost-of-living and child poverty.
Cheshire Community Foundation - No Child Goes Without
£2,000	22/11/2022	No Child Goes Without
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£4,000	11/11/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Leeds Community Foundation - Retaining key staff team to deliver Leeds Bank in 2022
£20,000	01/03/2022	This funding will enable to retain key staff members and continue delivering a service to hundreds of families per month.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,404	06/12/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Leeds Community Foundation - Safe Sleeping and Wellbeing Crisis Support
£4,270	01/11/2021	We have a vision to purchase, put together, and distribute Safe Sleeping and Wellbeing bundles for the most vulnerable families in Leeds including a bed, mattress, and support children and parents ....more We have a vision to purchase, put together, and distribute Safe Sleeping and Wellbeing bundles for the most vulnerable families in Leeds including a bed, mattress, and support children and parents via a wellbeing pack and follow up call.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£3,572	23/10/2021	We want to buy transport so we can provide more families in need with vital items to give their babies the best start in life.
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Baby Bank - Van Purchase Contribution
£2,000	16/12/2020 0	Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,141	25/08/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£2,400	09/06/2020	Grant to Leeds Baby Bank to support the organisation through COVID19
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
£6,000	14/04/2020	Grant to Leeds Baby Bank
Leeds Community Foundation - Coordinator
£7,000	06/06/2018 12	A paid person will manage the running of the referrals going out to families in need, support the volunteers and support management with the running of the charity on a day to day basis.

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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

NABERAY MABINTY TIGIDANKE MCGUFFIE Appointed: 2023

CHANTAL NOGBOU (Chair) Appointed: 2017

EMMA KATHRYN GLEDHILL Appointed: 2022

FAYE LOUISE FREEMAN Appointed: 2017

LAURA BENNETT Appointed: 2022

MATHEW WILLIAM DEERING Appointed: 2023

RACHEL ELISABETH ROBINSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2018, number: 1179029

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
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

UPPER BALCONY
4
5 and 6 ST. JOHNS CENTRE
LEEDS

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, PRINCIPALLY AGED 0 TO 4, AND PREGNANT WOMEN, IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WITHIN THE LEEDS AREA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY:A) PROVIDING ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS FOR CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 4 AND PREGNANT WOMEN.B) PROVIDING SUPPORT THROUGH GROUPS, DROP INS, EVENTS AND PROJECTS BENEFITING THE WIDER FAMILY.C) PROVIDING INFORMATION ON LOCAL AGENCIES, CHARITIES OR GROUPS WHO MAY OFFER FURTHER SUPPORT.

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