Baby Unit Fund

Analysis

Baby Unit Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Baby Unit Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £61k, spending 461% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £13k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Baby Unit Fund sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brightonsoup (£13k), Rotary Club of Crewkerne District Trust (£13k) and Glanford and Lindsey Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£13k).