BABY BANK NETWORK

Registered charity 1165381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing essential baby items (such as toys, clothing, cots) for families in need.

Objects

A) 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; ANDB) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OF WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WHO ARE MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO PREGNANCY, BIRTH, POST-NATAL HEALTH AND BREAST FEEDING.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £104,054 in receipts against £115,407 in expenditure for the period. The trustees report that the charity holds £118,848 in total funds, comprising £56,216 in unrestricted reserves and £62,632 in restricted funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Baby Bank Network (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Hughes Price Walker (HPW) — “At Hughes Price Walker (HPW) we want to support small local charities through fundraising and raising awareness. We have a charity of the ye…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Housemanchair
• Anna Zawada
• Cristiana Ruocco
• EVA MARIA ANNETTE FERNANDES BA DIP CIM
• Federica Foti
• Gemma Rudrum
• Morena Staiano
• Olivia Lawson
• Stephanie King

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BABY BANK.

• THE BABY BANK income £191k
• BABY NECESSITIES SOUTHAMPTON income £169k
• BRADFORD BABYBANK income £223k
• TIPPYTOES BABYBANK income £49k
• SUNSHINE BABY BANK income £36k
• E5 BABY AND CHILDREN BANK income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.