LITTLE VILLAGE

Registered charity 1169735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Little Village makes a big difference to families with babies and young children living in poverty across London. Via our network of baby banks we pass on loved goods from one family to another (clothes, toys and equipment). Families either visit a Little Village hub, or items are packed with care and delivered to their home. We also connect families into a wider network of support.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £430,452, driven by a shortfall in monetary income and increased staff costs. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1.5 million remain, which cover approximately 4.8 months of budgeted costs, and the charity is operating on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Third Sector Accountancy Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Village (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Olivia Gillanchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clare Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacqueline Penalver
• Kate Husselbee
• Lillian Shaw
• Marcia Louise Holmes
• Matthew Chisiambi
• Rachel Polnay
• Simon Langford

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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 LITTLE VILLAGE LEARNERS AND FUN TRACK.

• LITTLE VILLAGE LEARNERS AND FUN TRACK income £322k
• THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE income £4.8m
• LITTLE STARS BABY BANK income £210k
• LITTLE LIVES UK income £1.5m
• TEN LITTLE TOES BABY BANK income £206k
• THE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL, LITTLE EATON income £116k

Side by side with its peers

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