Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 8

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 3

BABY GODIVA

Working mainly with health and social care professionals in Coventry and Warwickshire to identify babies in need, we seek to help socially and/or economically disadvantaged families and mothers unable to provide basic equipment, consumables, food and clothing for their babies from birth to around twelve months by supplying them with appropriate donated or purchased items free of charge.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers 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
The Board is predominantly 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
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/05/23		£17,850	£21,589	£-3,739	8
31/05/22		£33,866	£32,523	£1,343	8
31/05/21		£16,544	£14,266	£2,278	5
31/05/20	*	£5,074	£3,571	£1,503	5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.babygodiva.org

BabyGodiva@yahoo.com

07875000342

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Coventry City, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£29,997
The Clothworkers Foundation	£7,500
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£5,000
The Foyle Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Godiva - Coventry's Baby Bank
£10,000	29/06/2023	The funding will be used to purchase storage and baby consumables for the baby bank. The project aims to meet the increase in demand for many baby products for people who can not afford to access ....more The funding will be used to purchase storage and baby consumables for the baby bank. The project aims to meet the increase in demand for many baby products for people who can not afford to access these items.
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Godiva
£10,000	17/06/2022	The funding will be used to pay for consumables storage units and a parking space for the organisation's vehicle for the next year of the organisation's baby bank. This will enable the group to ....more The funding will be used to pay for consumables storage units and a parking space for the organisation's vehicle for the next year of the organisation's baby bank. This will enable the group to continue to provide families in poverty with the vital items they need for their babies aged 0-24 months across Coventry and Warwickshire. These include essentials such as nappies wipes formula mile cots pushchairs and clothes and many pre-loved items. The project is an expansion of a project we funded in June 2021. The project will allow more effective organisation and access to equipment in sometimes emergency circumstances.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£2,000	16/09/2021	as a general donation to support the baby bank in yearend May 2022 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Baby Godiva
£7,500	05/08/2021	purchase vehicle for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Coventry
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Godiva
£9,997	27/05/2021	The funding will be used purchase a storage unit and secure parking to enable the expansion of support with essential items for families of young babies and toddlers across Coventry and Warwickshire ....more The funding will be used purchase a storage unit and secure parking to enable the expansion of support with essential items for families of young babies and toddlers across Coventry and Warwickshire . The project will allow more effective organisation and access to equipment in sometimes emergency circumstances.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Baby Godiva
£5,000	22/03/2021	in order to continue to provide essential items for babies that are becoming increasing difficult to afford due to the impact of the pandemic; those on furlough or having recently lost their job as ....more in order to continue to provide essential items for babies that are becoming increasing difficult to afford due to the impact of the pandemic; those on furlough or having recently lost their job as well as those in poverty across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENJAMIN EDGAR Appointed: 2019

EILEEN MCCABE Appointed: 2019

ISABELLE EDGAR - MCCABE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

LAURA FELICITY GRAY Appointed: 2020

NAOMI LOUISE PERKINS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2019, number: 1186073

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 6 days late,

Main office

25 ANNE CRESCENT
COVENTRY
CV3 3GX

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AMONG SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC EQUIPMENT, CONSUMABLES, FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR BABIES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE AGED UNDER 12 MONTHS, BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH SUCH ITEMS FREE OF CHARGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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