Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

Future income +5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

BABY BANK NETWORK EXETER

Baby Bank Network Exeter works to help alleviate child poverty in homes within a 30 mile radius of Exeter; to support families in need at times of financial and emotional stress.The organisation serves to bring together health care professionals, charities, local businesses and members of the public to address the relief of poverty at a local level.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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	£20,843	£8,719	£12,124	18
31/03/22	£9,165	£7,906	£1,259	10
31/03/21	£12,985	£11,432	£1,553	6
31/03/20	£25,531	£14,280	£11,251	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.babybankexeter.com

admin@babybankexeter.com

07954998067

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
18 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Bank Exeter
£10,000	26/05/2023	This project will offer pre-loved baby essentials to vulnerable families in the community to ensure the basic needs of their young children are met. It will recruit a service manager to recruit more ....more This project will offer pre-loved baby essentials to vulnerable families in the community to ensure the basic needs of their young children are met. It will recruit a service manager to recruit more volunteers and sign up more referral partners to have a wider geographical reach. It will support those on low income fleeing domestic violence homelessness resettlement and those who are unemployed.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Emergency response
£1,000	21/05/2020	Grant to Baby Bank Network Exeter
National Lottery Community Fund - Pre-loved Distribution
£10,000	22/03/2019 12	The funding will be used to recruit a coordinator to manage volunteers who help support the baby bank service. The project aims to increase capacity to provide used baby essentials for families on ....more The funding will be used to recruit a coordinator to manage volunteers who help support the baby bank service. The project aims to increase capacity to provide used baby essentials for families on low incomes.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA FULFORD Appointed: 2018

MELANIE SMITH Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN BUCKELL Appointed: 2022

VICTORIA JANE ANDREW Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/11/2018, number: 1180848

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

St Thomas
EXETER
EX4 1LU

Objectives

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.

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