BABY BASICS UK

Registered charity 1168099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BABY BASICS, BABY BASICS SHEFFIELD

Baby Basics works with midwives, health visitors and other agencies to provide essential items such as equipment, clothing and toiletries to families in need for their babies and young children. Baby Basics also works with community groups around the UK to train and equip them to run similar schemes for their communities.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £56,737 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £297,303 to £240,566. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £54,251, which falls within the trustees' stated policy range of £30,000 to £85,000. The charity continues to operate with a network of 53 centres and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Baby Basics UK (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).

• Inthallo — “Present grant funders Inthallo” (source page)
• The Society of the Holy Child Jesus — “The Society of the Holy Child Jesus” (source page)
• The Story of Christmas Appeal — “The Story of Christmas Appeal” (source page)
• The May Hearnshaw Charitable Trust — “The May Hearnshaw Charitable Trust” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Previous funders National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Lisbeth Hookchair
• Brian Wilson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Heledd Fflur Iago · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penelope Anne Borkett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shona Elizabeth Penfold

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 BABY BANK NETWORK.

• BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k
• LEEDS BABY BANK income £305k
• BABIES IN BUSCOT SUPPORT income £112k
• BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK income £237k
• THE BABY BANK income £169k
• TEN LITTLE TOES BABY BANK income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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