Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

LITTLE STARS BABY BANK

Little Stars Baby Bank's sole purpose is to help families in need within Shropshire, by providing pre-loved donations of essential baby/children items such as clothing; moses baskets and nappies, as well as products needed for mother after giving birth. Monetary donations go towards brand new items that cannot be donated.We give this support to help give their child have the best start in life

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
31/12/23	£75	£67	£7	n/a
31/12/22	£79	£42	£38	n/a
31/12/21	£38	£15	£24	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.littlestarscharity.org

enquiries@littlestarscharity.org

07865708964

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Shropshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

Postcode Local Trust	£24,952
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,981
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,024

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,500	30/10/2023	Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Stars Community Hubs
£10,000	25/11/2022	The funding will be used to provide community hubs to support families with babies facing economic challenges aiming to bring people together and help them reach their potential.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Stars Baby Bank
£1,024	22/10/2022	We would like to engage a project coordinator to help professionalise our approach, which will ultimately lead Little Stars to be able to benefit more vulnerable families across Shropshire.
Postcode Local Trust - Little Stars School Uniform Project
£24,952	27/09/2022	Funding helped ensure that children had access to good quality pre-loved school uniforms so that they could fully participate in school.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Vulnerable Families through the Growth of Little Stars Baby Bank
£9,981	27/05/2021	The funding will be used to employ a project coordinator and purchase essential items for the baby bank to expand their provision the items will include baby cots gates and mattresses. The project aims to improve their provision by expanding on what ....more The funding will be used to employ a project coordinator and purchase essential items for the baby bank to expand their provision the items will include baby cots gates and mattresses. The project aims to improve their provision by expanding on what they currently offer to be able to help more families that are on low income and those who are facing financial hardship ensuring that babies and children are provided with essential items.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ALEXANDER GARMSTON (Chair) Appointed: 2022

ANNE BEESTON Appointed: 2024

CHRISTIANNE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023

DOROTA KORTAS Appointed: 2022

SADIE BATES Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2020, number: 1191130

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
Investment
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Little Stars
c/o Aico
Maesbury Road
OSWESTRY
Shropshire
SY10 8NR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN SHROPSHIRE BY PROVIDING PRE-LOVED DONATIONS TO SUCH PERSONS WITH ESSENTIAL BABY/CHILDREN ITEMS AS WELL AS PRODUCTS NEEDED FOR THE MOTHER AFTER GIVING BIRTH WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

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