Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE BABY EQUIPMENT LOAN SERVICE AND TOY LIBRARY

The Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library(BELS & TL)is based in Wallsend,but covers all of North Tyneside and surrounding areas.BELS & TL hires essential baby equipment to families on benefits or low income.The Project runs a Toy Library where children can loan two toys or games each month for an annual fee of £7.00.Project Support Workers facilitate various groups in different venues.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£66	£81	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£49	£48	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£77	£54	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£53	£51	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£58	£49	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£49	£45	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4
31/03/17		£48	£43	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£44	£34	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£32	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£27	£30	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£24	£40	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£51	£54	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£43	£32	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£48	£70	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£55	£45	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£33	£51	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£71	£49	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£50	£41	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£43	£37	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£56	£41	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.belsnorthtyneside.org.uk

team@belsnorthtyneside.org.uk

01912635770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

North Tyneside,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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

BBC Children in Need	£30,500
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£22,373
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£10,652
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,500
Masonic Trust	£6,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,112
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library
£2,112	22/10/2022	We want to facilitate toddler groups and 'Stay & Play' sessions to support children, parents/carers and young people with increased mental health difficulties such as loneliness, worry and stress.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	22/07/2022	Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library
£9,500	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to fund a baby equipment toys & games library for children and families from low income backgrounds including those with additional needs. The project also hopes to ....more The funding will be used to fund a baby equipment toys & games library for children and families from low income backgrounds including those with additional needs. The project also hopes to expand their service to provide other outreach sessions with the aim to reduce isolation help families and children's development and promote the recycling of toys.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Baby Equipment Loan Service & Toy Library
£30,500	31/01/2022	This project will provide a toy library, toddler groups and stay and play sessions for children living in a deprived area. As a result, children will develop their life skills and abilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	09/07/2021	Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Baby Equipment Loans Service Howdon and Toy Library
£3,674	08/07/2021	Unrestricted funding to provide toys to disadvantaged children and young people in North Tyneside
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Baby Equipment Loans Service Howdon and Toy Library
£10,000	24/06/2021	The organisation's charitable purposes
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£6,000	24/02/2021	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Woodward Charitable Trust - The funding will go towards the Project’s core costs
£1,000	19/10/2020	Core costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs 2020 / 2021
£2,987	08/10/2020	core costs 2020 / 2021
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the charity's objects
£7,665	23/07/2020	the charity's objects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - The salary costs of a Project Support Worker, and some core costs
£8,699	04/07/2019	The salary costs of a Project Support Worker, and some core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Support Worker (10 hour) Salary
£8,926	12/07/2018 12	The funding will be used to hire a project support worker to help deliver their Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library. They will also provide information and activities for families in the ....more The funding will be used to hire a project support worker to help deliver their Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library. They will also provide information and activities for families in the area, promote child safety and develop parenting skills, and provide families with a support network to help reduce their isolation.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Salary for BELS Project Support Worker
£4,928	07/09/2017	Salary for BELS Project Support Worker
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Baby Equipment Loan Service & Toy Library
£108,816	09/02/2017 36	This project will deliver a baby equipment and toy loan service to children and families in North Tyneside. Targeted stay and play sessions will take place to support the development of social & ....more This project will deliver a baby equipment and toy loan service to children and families in North Tyneside. Targeted stay and play sessions will take place to support the development of social & emotional skills of children as well as play opportunities.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Salary for BELS Project Support Worker
£6,957	06/05/2016	Towards Salary for BELS Project Support Worker
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Baby Equipment Loan Service
£3,500	08/02/2016	Pushchairs and IT equipment for a charity in Tyne and Wear
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards equipment for the toy library
£1,000	01/02/2006	Towards equipment for the toy library

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

EMILY JANE O'HARE Appointed: 2021

SUSAN FRANCES DIXON (Chair) Appointed: 2021

ANGELA JANE WATON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Engineer

CAROL DENNISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Community + Youth Worker

JANICE CAROL SWINBURNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Community & Youth Worker

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2021, number: 1196768

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 19 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BABY EQUIPMENT LOAN SERVICE, HOWDON LTD on 04/07/2023

Main office

C/O Footprints Day Nursery
North Road
Wallsend
NE28 8RH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN NORTH TYNESIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ON CHILD SAFETY ISSUES AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND BY THE PROVISION OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT, TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISIONS OF ESSENTIAL BABY EQUIPMENT WITHIN NORTH TYNESIDE ANDTHE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THEDEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN NORTH TYNESIDE IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(B) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(C) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(D) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

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