Registered charity (CIO) · London
Babyzone
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...
- 6 trustees
- Income £976k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Charles Stuart MindenhallChair · since 2022
- Jyoti CushionTrustee · since 2022
- Lara LegassickTrustee · since 2022
- Lucy Cary-ElwesTrustee · since 2022
- Patrick RadcliffeTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah HeszTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- The Chalcot Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Peel Institute Company · 1 shared trustee
- Octopus Community Network · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.babyzone.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£976k£826k
- 2024£509k£550k
- 2023£329k£252k
Charitable 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.
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Charles Stuart Mindenhall Chair since 2022
- Jyoti Cushion since 2022
- Lara Legassick since 2022
- Lucy Cary-Elwes since 2022
- Patrick Radcliffe since 2023
- Sarah Hesz since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Charles Stuart Mindenhall Chair since 2022
- Jyoti Cushion since 2022
- Lucy Cary-Elwes since 2022
- Sarah Hesz since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Lara Legassick since 2022
- Patrick Radcliffe since 2023
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
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.4 in 2023
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1198316
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Mar 2022 as amended on 17 Dec 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02039769990 · hello@babyzone.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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