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Birth Companions

Birth Companions LTD, Birth Companions

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1120934
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 21, 2007
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice Natonally In England And Wales.

Address

Address
Office 118
372 Old Street
London
EC1V 9LT

Activities

We support women experiencing severe disadvantages in the period before, during and after the birth of their babies. We run groups and give one to one support to women in four prisons and in the community in London. We have a national remit to improve the experiences and care of women facing health and social inequalities in the perinatal period through training, research and influencing change.

Objects: (1) 'TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEW MOTHERS WHO EXPERIENCE SEVERE AND MULTIPLE HEALTH AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES BY THE PROVISION OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT DURING PREGNANCY, LABOUR, CHILDBIRTH AND THE POST-NATAL PERIOD.'In these objects “pregnant women and new mothers who experience severe and multiple health and social inequalities” shall be defined as pregnant women and new mothers in need by reason of their health, disability, financial hardship or social or economic circumstances.(2) ADVANCE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR THE BENEFICIAL CLASS IN MATERNITY CHILDBIRTH AND PARENTING.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £829,433 £726,976 £694,487 15
March 31, 2024 £603,775 £643,594 £592,030 16
March 31, 2023 £548,699 £588,547 £631,849 11
March 31, 2022 £591,589 £470,097 £671,697 10
March 31, 2021 £610,826 £420,687 £550,205 8

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sally Anne Matthews (Chair) Feb. 21, 2018
Anne Stephens March 12, 2014
Chloe Geoghegan March 25, 2026
Diana Jane Parkinson
Jennifer Kerr-Davis Feb. 27, 2019
Julie Juliff June 10, 2020
Klare Emma Meyer June 15, 2022
Lydia Fowles March 13, 2024
Tuesdae Moncrieffe March 10, 2021