PEMBROKESHIRE BABY BANK

Registered charity 1195401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pembrokeshire Baby Bank aims to prevent or relieve poverty in Pembrokeshire by providing essential items of baby clothing and equipment to parents and families in need with young children. To collaborate with other charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty for families.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PEMBROKESHIRE BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ITEMS OF BABY CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FOR FAMILIES.NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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

Registered contact address: Pembrokeshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £47,836 and restricted funds of £500 at the end of the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 27/10/2023, 119 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Pembrokeshire County Council — “We are delighted to announce we have received £20,000 cost of living support funding from Pembrokeshire County Council.” (source page)
• National Lottery — “We have been awarded £9,900 from the National Lottery. This is amazing news and will help us massively with our new premises – thank you.” (source page)
• Puffin Insurance — “A very big thank you to Puffin Insurance who once again donated a very generous amount to the Baby Bank.” (source page)
• Valero Pembroke Refinery — “Valero Pembroke Refinery – £20,000” (source page)
• South Hook LNG — “South Hook LNG – £5,000 ” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sonya Bridgeschair
• NAOMI REES
• Timothy John Lester

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

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BABY BANK.

• THE BABY BANK income £191k
• E5 BABY AND CHILDREN BANK income £88k
• BRADFORD BABYBANK income £223k
• BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k
• BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK income £237k
• TINY HANDS BABY BANK YORKSHIRE income £36k

Side by side with its peers

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