BICESTER BABY BANK AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES

Registered charity 1185987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a charity supporting the families of 0-5's in Bicester and Surrounding Villages.We support by redistributing clothing and equipment in good condition from other families to families in need.Referrals are given out to us by health professionals, charities, schools and any agency that knows of a family in need. We fundraise also in order to top up stocks and rent a base for our stocks.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, PRINCIPALLY AGED 0 TO 5, AND PREGNANT WOMEN, IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WITHIN THE BICESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY: A) PROVIDING ESSENTIAL CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS FOR CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 5 YEARS AND PREGNANT WOMEN. B) PROVIDING INFORMATION ON LOCAL AGENCIES, CHARITIES OR GROUPS WHO MAY OFFER FURTHER SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £27,047 at the end of the period, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover at least six months' rent for storage facilities. The charity's primary funding sources were grants from local organisations, with total unrestricted income of £20,176 and total expenditure of £9,780 for the year.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Claire Clackchair
• Claire Andrea Garner
• Katherine Lucy Peterson
• Sophie Elizabeth Thomson

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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