BABY UMBRELLA
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Baby Umbrella is an award-winning small charity offering breastfeeding and early parenting support to families in West Kent. Our vision is for every family in West Kent to have access to skilled and compassionate support during their parenting journey. We are here to listen, support and empower parents to make the decisions that feel right for them and their babies.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025
Total income includes £12,402 from 4 government grant(s)
People
7 Trustee(s)
44 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Kent
Governance
- 06 August 2020: CIO registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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
7 Trustee(s)
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| Amy Catherine Semple | Trustee | 23 March 2026 |
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| Karen Hickson-Smith | Trustee | 24 April 2025 |
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| Amy Clare Tippen-Smith | Trustee | 18 October 2024 |
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| Rebecca Margaret O'Dwyer | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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| Catherine Mary Hardwick | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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| Jaime Cheryl Eloise Langford Phipps | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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| Marissa Katherine Conway | Trustee | 25 March 2024 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | 31/08/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £36.61k | £86.44k | £108.20k | £131.61k | £115.71k | |
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Total expenditure | £18.67k | £68.14k | £85.61k | £113.63k | £142.12k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £4.31k | £11.69k | £2.88k | £18.48k | £12.40k |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 August 2025 | 06 May 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2025 | 06 May 2026 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2024 | 23 April 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2024 | 23 April 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2023 | 17 May 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 17 May 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 08 June 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 08 June 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 27 January 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 27 January 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |