CWTCH BABY BANK

Registered charity 1166744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cwtch Baby Bank provides essential baby equipment, clothing, toys and toiletries for newborn babies up to 24 months old. We recycle good quality donations and redistribute them through the referral agents from Health , Social care and other relevant support agencies. This ensures all the donations received go directly to the people who need it.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£60k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity was in credit at the end of the financial year with total funds of £82,949. Reserves are held to ensure viability for at least six months to cover rent and wages for three part-time staff. The charity relies on volunteers and received donations, grants, and fundraising income to support its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £83k)
The charity endeavours to keep money as reserves to cover activities for at least six months.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£76k£60k
31/03/2024£81k£43k
31/03/2023£54k£50k
31/03/2022£33k£48k
31/03/2021£79k£57k

Common questions

Is CWTCH BABY BANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity was in credit at the end of the financial year with total funds of £82,949. Reserves are held to ensure viability for at least six months to cover rent and wages for three part-time staff. The charity relies on volunteers and received donations, grants, and fundraising income to support its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CWTCH BABY BANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CWTCH BABY BANK as a grant recipient include BGF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BGF FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kCommunity Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£11kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2022£76kUKP Cost of Living - Cwtch Baby Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Employing a Distribution Centre Manager for Cwtch Baby Bank