Baby Basics UK

Registered charity 1168099 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Susan Lisbeth Hook Chair since 2022
Brian Wilson since 2022
Dr Heledd Fflur Iago since 2023
Penelope Anne Borkett since 2020
Shona Elizabeth Penfold since 2026

3.4y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Penelope Anne Borkett since 2020

9.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Susan Lisbeth Hook Chair since 2022
Shona Elizabeth Penfold since 2026

Portfolio (3)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Education/training 4Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£798k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

12 from 8 in 2024

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

BEN's Centre for Vulnerable People (Sheffield) 1 shared trustee
The PCC of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST John the Baptist Owlerton Sheffield 1 shared trustee
Totley Rise Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
Gwreiddiau 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Friends of Yeshivas Brisk Similar size; both Poverty relief
Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.baby-basics.org.uk
Email	info@baby-basics.org.uk
Phone	01142787262
Address	Baby Basics, Suite 1, Albion House, Savile Street, SHEFFIELD, S4 7UD

Finances

£798,105 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£204,807	£209,182
2022	£469,950	£519,398
2023	£421,237	£384,802
2024	£619,979	£472,593
2025	£798,105	£854,842

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING CLOTHING, TOILETRIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR BABIES, CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATION WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING ON-GOING TRAINING, GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION TO TEAMS RUNNING LOCALISED BABY BASICS PROJECTS.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Jul 2016

Trustees (5)

5trustees

69median age

1aged 70+

Susan Lisbeth Hook Chair since 2022
Brian Wilsonage band 70-74 since 2022
Dr Heledd Fflur Iago since 2023
Penelope Anne Borkettage band 65-69 since 2020
Shona Elizabeth Penfold since 2026

Connected charities (4)

Gwreiddiau 1 shared trustee
Totley Rise Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
BEN's Centre for Vulnerable People (Sheffield) 1 shared trustee
The PCC of the Ecclesiatical Parish of ST John the Baptist Owlerton Sheffield 1 shared trustee

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