RAINBOW BABY BANK

Registered charity 1187710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rainbow Baby Bank works towards the prevention or relief of poverty in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. By providing items to Families, Mothers to be, other Charities & Organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. The Charity distributes clothing, equipment and essential items to disadvantaged families. Also running a community hub offering help, signposting & group sessions.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KIRKLEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING: ITEMS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received funding from the Wharfedale Foundation to cover driver costs and a three-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund for rent and the Baby Bank Manager's salary. The trustees report that the charity continued to deliver services effectively despite unforeseen personal circumstances affecting fundraising attendance.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RAINBOW BABY BANK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Georgina Lucy Surteeschair
• Amel Bashford
• Georg-Ann Walker

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 £169k
• LEEDS BABY BANK income £305k
• BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k
• BRADFORD BABYBANK income £169k
• CHASING RAINBOWS income £224k
• LITTLE STARS BABY BANK income £210k

Side by side with its peers

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