Registered charity (CIO) · Romsey
Baby Necessities Southampton
- 5 trustees
- Income £169k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.babynecessities.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£169k£161k
- 2024£161k£143k
- 2023£132k£108k
Earlier years
- 2022£70k£67k
- 2021£55k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN SOUTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING DONATED CHILDREN'S CLOTHES AND BASIC ESSENTIAL ITEMS.
Grants received
7 grants · £279,465 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £239,615 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £16,850 (2 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £12,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £1,000
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
Board analysis
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
- Christopher Hey since 2022
- Gary Essery since 2023
- Imogen Hooton since 2022
- Rachael Reynolds since 2023
- Sofie Bennett since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Gary Essery since 2023
- Imogen Hooton since 2022
- Rachael Reynolds since 2023
- Sofie Bennett since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Christopher Hey since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193806
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Mar 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01794 765240 · Info@babynecessities.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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