Friends of the Baby Unit Fund

Analysis

Friends of the Baby Unit Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of the Baby Unit Fund reported income of £41k and spending of £29k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £41k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of the Baby Unit Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingswinford Community Association (£41k), Moroccan Children's Trust (£41k) and George Temperance Trust (£40k).