BABY BANK NETWORK EXETER

Registered charity 1180848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Baby Bank Network Exeter works to help alleviate child poverty in homes within a 30 mile radius of Exeter; to support families in need at times of financial and emotional stress.The organisation serves to bring together health care professionals, charities, local businesses and members of the public to address the relief of poverty at a local level.

Objects

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.

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

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

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £31,444 at the end of the period, held to cover 12-18 months of operational costs. The trustees identify the main financial risk as the loss of funding from local businesses, grants, and reduced donations. Despite rising costs and growing demand, the charity reports a net increase in cash funds for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Fulford
• Melanie Smith
• Stephen Buckell
• Victoria Jane Andrew

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• EXETER FOOD BANK income £173k
• BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k
• E5 BABY AND CHILDREN BANK income £88k
• BICESTER BABY BANK AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES income £31k
• LEEDS BABY BANK income £305k

Side by side with its peers

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