BABYZONE

Registered charity 1198316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC054355 (OSCR)

Babyzone provides a safe, warm, clean space for parents to play with their babies and toddlers. We provide high quality activities that are fun, engaging and, importantly, evidence based for early years families. Parents come to chat, play, sing and read with their babies and toddlers - which we know is key to closing the early years attainment gap.

Objects

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, AND TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF, PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN, AND CHILDREN THEMSELVES AGED BETWEEN 0 TO 5 IN ENGLAND AND WALES USING A BARRIERLESS APPROACH (AS DEFINED BELOW) TO ALLOW ALL FAMILIES TO ACCESS A STRUCTURED OFFER THAT ENABLES THEM TO BETTER ENGAGE IN THEIR CHILDREN?S EARLIEST EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT; THE BENEFIT OF WHICH IS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BABIES THAT WILL RECEIVE EARLY ENGAGEMENT FROM THEIR CARERS WHICH EVIDENCE TELLS US WILL LEAD TO INCREASED EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF VITAL SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS AND CONSEQUENTIAL REDUCTION IN THE ATTAINMENT GAP; AND (2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY UTILISING A BARRIERLESS APPROACH (AS DEFINED BELOW) TO DELIVER OBJECT 3(1), WITH THE AIM OF (I) DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF THE BARRIERLESS APPROACH IN REACHING THE PREVIOUSLY UNSUPPORTED FAMILIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES THE MOST, (II) PUTTING ACCESSIBILITY AND THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AT THE HEART OF THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES AND (III) SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMMES THAT FAIL TO REACH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEIR SERVICES ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF USING A BARRIERLESS APPROACH; THE BENEFIT OF WHICH IS (A) INCREASED ENGAGEMENT FROM THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SERVICES THE MOST, (B) LESS WASTE OF FUNDS AS THE PROGRAMMES WILL HAVE INCREASED PARTICIPATION AND (C) A MORE ENGAGED AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. A 'BARRIERLESS APPROACH' MEANS REMOVING ALL THE BARRIERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM JOINING OR PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMMES; INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, HAVING NO (I) BOOKING SYSTEM, (II) SET TIMETABLES, (III) SIGN IN PROCESS, (IV) FEES AND (V) RULES WHICH COULD RESULT IN PEOPLE BEING TURNED AWAY. THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE NO BARRIERS AT ALL - THE DOORS ARE OPEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IN, SIMULTANEOUS CLASSES RUN ALL THE TIME BABYZONE IS OPEN, YOU CAN NEVER BE LATE, AND YOU CAN JOIN AND LEAVE THE CLASSES WHENEVER YOU NEED OR WANT TO.newText The objects of the CIO are: 1) to advance the education of, and to develop the capacity and skills of, parents and carers of children, and children themselves aged between 0 to 5 in England and Wales using an accessible approach to allow all families to access a structured offer that enables them to better engage in their children?s earliest education and development; the benefit of which is an increase in the number of babies that will receive early engagement from their carers which evidence tells us will lead to increased emotional resilience, the development of vital speech and language skills and consequential reduction in the attainment gap; and 2) to promote social inclusion and equality and diversity by utilising an accessible approach to deliver object 3(1), with the aim of (i) demonstrating the value of the accessible approach in reaching the previously unsupported families that would benefit from the services the most, (ii) putting accessibility and the needs of families at the heart of the provision of the services and (iii) sharing knowledge with other social programmes that fail to reach the people who need their services about the benefits of using an accessible approach.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £149,907 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £119,875. The trustees' report notes a risk that the charity may not raise sufficient income to continue services beyond the 2025/26 financial year, but the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern exist.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Babyzone (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Lancashire Foundation — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy Lancashire Foundation Funding and support for communities across Lancashire, providing money and volunt…” (source page)
• Marsden Building Society — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy Marsden Building Society A mutual society providing savings and mortgages while supporting local commun…” (source page)
• John Holford Charity — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy John Holford Charity Grants and support for people in hardship, providing money, items, or services to …” (source page)
• Brian Mercer Trust — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy Brian Mercer Trust Supporting interventions to reduce human suffering, encourage emerging visual artist…” (source page)
• Lancashire Women — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy Lancashire Women Supports marginalised women and girls to overcome barriers, funding projects that impr…” (source page)
• Community Foundation for Lancashire — “Advocacy, Funding & Philanthropy Community Foundation for Lancashire Grant-making and support organisation that strengthens communities …” (source page)

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Stuart Mindenhallchair
• Jyoti Cushion
• Lara Legassick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Cary-Elwes
• Patrick Radcliffe · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Hesz

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 KIDS ZONE (HACKNEY).

• KIDS ZONE (HACKNEY) income £658k
• THE BABY BANK income £191k
• BABY BASICS UK income £798k
• ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP income £188k
• KIDS SPACE income £81k
• BEIGHTON BIZZY BEE PLAYGROUPS LIMITED income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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