Sunshine Baby Bank

Analysis

Sunshine Baby Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12593856). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Sunshine Baby Bank reported income of £36k and spending of £54k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £64k to £36k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sunshine Baby Bank sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charles Newman Memorial Fund (£36k), Watford Health Trust (£36k) and Tunbridge Wells and District Samaritans (£36k).