BABY BOX ISLE OF WIGHT

Registered charity 1193830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VENTNOR COMMUNITY FOODBANK, Ventnor Community Pantry

Providing families and individuals in need with food, clothing, nappies and other essentials.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGH UNDERTAKING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO MITIGATE THESE

Area of benefit: THE ISLE OF WIGHT

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received a substantial Lottery grant in 2024, which allowed it to extend services and improve premises. The charity reports that it is reliant upon unrestricted funds and community support to meet running costs, noting that without these funds it would be 'truly lost'.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Carmichael · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joyce Mary Milford
• Mark Hammond Chiverton
• STEPHEN BRETT MILFORD BAHONSCPFA

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Common questions

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 BABY NECESSITIES SOUTHAMPTON.

• BABY NECESSITIES SOUTHAMPTON income £169k
• AID BOX COMMUNITY income £386k
• ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £712k
• BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k
• SHOWERBOX CIO income £134k
• GRACE CHURCH ISLE OF WIGHT income £140k

Side by side with its peers

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