# BIRTH COMPANIONS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1120934
- **Other names:** BIRTH COMPANIONS LTD, BIRTH COMPANIONS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 21, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1120934


## Contact

- **Address:** Office 118, 372 Old Street, London
- **Postcode:** EC1V 9LT
- **Phone:** 020 7117 2824
- **Email:** info@birthcompanions.org.uk
- **Website:** www.birthcompanions.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATONALLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.




## 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

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £829433 | £726976 | £694487 | 15 |
| March 31, 2024 | £603775 | £643594 | £592030 | 16 |
| March 31, 2023 | £548699 | £588547 | £631849 | 11 |
| March 31, 2022 | £591589 | £470097 | £671697 | 10 |
| March 31, 2021 | £610826 | £420687 | £550205 | 8 |



## Trustees

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