Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

HARTLEPOOL BABY BANK

Hartlepool Baby Bank provides good quality new and used equipment to families with young children or pregnant women across Hartlepool and the surrounding area.We aim to provide maternity items, clothing, safe sleeping spaces and hygiene products whilst offering support, advice and signposting.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been 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:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
28/02/23		£29,208	£19,957	£9,251	12
28/02/22		£26,528	£20,492	£6,036	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.hartlepoolbabybank.co.uk

babybankhartlepool@gmail.com

07717337719

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hartlepool,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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	£57,439
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£16,200
County Durham Community Foundation	£250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hartlepool Baby Bank provides
£57,439	21/06/2023	This funding will be used to employ two part-time workers to support a volunteer-led service and ensure ongoing provision of a Baby Bank and peer-to-peer support for disadvantaged individuals and ....more This funding will be used to employ two part-time workers to support a volunteer-led service and ensure ongoing provision of a Baby Bank and peer-to-peer support for disadvantaged individuals and families in Hartlepoo who are pregnant or have children aged under 2 years. The project aims to prevent and relieve poverty among socially and/or economically disadvantaged individuals and families who are unable to provide basic equipment consumables clothing and toys for babies and children.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Hartlepool Baby Bank
£16,200	26/01/2023	50% of rent and utilities over 3-years for a baby bank operating in Hartlepool, Tees Valley.
County Durham Community Foundation - Hartlepool Baby Bank
£250	13/05/2022	To support the work of the charity.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

GUADALUPE DEL CARMEN LAINEZ ALVAREZ Appointed: 2023

EMILIE DE BRUIJN (Chair) Appointed: 2020

SARAH LOUISE HART Appointed: 2020

SARAH LOUISE LAVENDER Appointed: 2022

SOPHIE GREGSON Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2020, number: 1191460

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

29 SEDGEWICK CLOSE
HARTLEPOOL
TS24 9EU

Objectives

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN HARTLEPOOL WHO ARE PREGNANT OR HAVE CHILDREN AGED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, UNDER 2 YEARS AND ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC EQUIPMENT, CONSUMABLES, CLOTHING AND TOYS FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH NEW AND RECYCLED ITEMS FREE OF CHARGE, OFFERING A LOAN SERVICE FOR CHILDCARE EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE AND SIGNPOSTING SERVICE WHERE THEY MAY ACCESS PEER TO PEER SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FROM EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM WITH NEEDS ARISING FROM THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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