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.

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Latest income
£104k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: three and six months’ equivalent of fixed and variable costs (held: £56k)
“The level of unrestricted reserves that Baby Bank Network wishes to attain is currently expressed as between three and six months’ equivalent of fixed and variable costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£104k£115k
31/03/2024£136k£106k
31/03/2023£96k£67k
31/03/2022£66k£59k
31/03/2021£70k£49k

Common questions

Is BABY BANK NETWORK financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BABY BANK NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BABY BANK NETWORK as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY, SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NORTHWICK TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£47kMajor Grant
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITYFY2024£41k
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITYFY2025£41krelief of young people
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITYFY2023£39k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kMajor Grant
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2023£10kBaby Bank Network Community Hubs
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2018£10kBaby Bank Network Development Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BABY BANK NETWORK£104k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BABY BANK FY2024£169k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS BABY BANK FY2025£305k—0above—no doubt
LITTLE STARS BABY BANK FY2025£210k—0unclear—no doubt
TEN LITTLE TOES BABY BANK FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
BABY BASICS UK FY2025£798k—0unclear—no doubt

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