BABYZONE

Charity number: 1198316
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£508,621

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Donations and legacies £508.62k
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £0
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£550,154

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £550.15k
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £0
Charitable expenditure £550.15k

People

10 Employee(s)

6 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 March 2022: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Charles Stuart Mindenhall Chair 11 February 2022
None on record
Patrick Radcliffe Trustee 13 June 2023
THE PEEL INSTITUTE COMPANY
Received: On time
OCTOPUS COMMUNITY NETWORK
Received: On time
Sarah Hesz Trustee 02 December 2022
None on record
Lucy Cary-Elwes Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Jyoti Cushion Trustee 11 February 2022
None on record
Lara Legassick Trustee 11 February 2022
THE CHALCOT FOUNDATION
Received: On time
ON THE EDGE CONSERVATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £328.54k £508.62k
Total expenditure £252.04k £550.15k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £508.62k
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0
Income - Endowments N/A £0
Income - Investment N/A £0
Income - Other N/A £0
Income - Legacies N/A £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £550.15k
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0
Expenditure - Governance N/A £0
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0
Expenditure - Other N/A £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets N/A £18.76k
Long-term investments N/A £0
Other assets N/A £160.21k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability N/A £0
Total liabilities N/A £144.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On Time
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Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Mar 2022

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.

Contact information

Address:
SCALE SPACE
58 WOOD LANE
LONDON
Phone:
02039769990
Email:
hello@babyzone.org.uk
Website:

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