BRADFORD BABYBANK

Registered charity 1197531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty in the Bradford area by providing essential items of baby clothing and equipment to parents and families in need, and collaborating with other organisations or projects working to prevent or relieve poverty for families.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE BRADFORD AREA BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ITEMS OF BABY CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED, AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR PROJECTS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FOR FAMILIES.

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

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

Latest income

£169k

Latest spending

£240k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £70,569 for the period ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £21,141. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,241, while the charity aims to maintain reserves between three and six months of annual operating costs in the short term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months annual operating costs (held: £11k)

“The Trustees are developing a specific reserves policy but in the short-term the Charity aims to maintain reserves at a level of between three and six months annual operating costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Three trustees received £30,575 in total for providing Administration Support.

“Three trustees received £30,575 in total (2023: One trustee received £4,225) for providing Administration Support.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Administration Support costs paid to trustees

“Three trustees received £30,575 in total (2023: One trustee received £4,225) for providing Administration Support. There are no other related party transactions in the period that require disclosure”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Victoria Jubbchair
Andrea Halligan
Daljit Kaur
Danuta Petrie
Emma Clarke
Linda Hodgson
Rachel Louise Allinson
Ruth Marie Harker

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£169k	£240k
31/12/2023	£185k	£123k
31/12/2022	£63k	£41k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD BABYBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £70,569 for the period ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £21,141. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,241, while the charity aims to maintain reserves between three and six months of annual operating costs in the short term. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/10/2024	£56k	Bradford Baby Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/12/2022	£10k	Bradford Baby Bank - Cost of living support project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	4	£8k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£157k
The Keith Howard Foundation	2	£130k
THE TOY TRUST	2	£8k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	2	£4k
CLARA E BURGESS CHARITY	1	£120k
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£68k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK.

BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK income £186k
LEEDS BABY BANK income £305k
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS income £268k
THE BABY BANK income £169k
BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK income £237k
BABY BANK NETWORK income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRADFORD BABYBANK	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEEDS BABY BANK FY2025	£305k	—	above	—	no doubt
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS FY2025	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BABY BANK FY2024	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIERLEY HILL BABYBANK FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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