# WELLBEING OF WOMEN

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 239281
- **Other names:** BIRTHRIGHT, THE NATIONAL FUND FOR CHILDBIRTH RESEARCH, WELLBEING (THE HEALTH RESEARCH CHARITY FOR WOMEN AND BABIES)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 27, 1965
- **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=239281


## Contact

- **Address:** 10-18 Union Street, London
- **Postcode:** SE1 1SZ
- **Phone:** 0203 697 7000
- **Email:** hello@wellbeingofwomen.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** '4.1 TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF WOMEN AND BABIES AND TO PROMOTE AND TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH (WHETHER MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY: 4.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE SCIENCES OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS GENERALLY AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THEREIN; AND 4.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND RESEARCH WORK IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.

**Activities:** Wellbeing of Women is the charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies to make a difference to everybody's lives today and tomorrow.  * We provide information to raise awareness of health issues to keep women and babies well today.* We fund medical research and training grants, which have and will continue to develop better treatments and outcomes for tomorrow.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3193511 | £3422352 | £2084460 | 20 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2843257 | £2703334 | £2027347 | 17 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2572941 | £2516819 | £2219228 | 13 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2245010 | £1688443 | £2346460 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1336401 | £1814663 | £1573940 | 12 |



## Trustees

- DEBRA WHITE — appointed Feb. 14, 2013
- Dr Nighat Arif — appointed Oct. 21, 2025
- Indra Joshi — appointed July 13, 2023
- Jos Cleare — appointed July 13, 2023
- Karen Ann Green — appointed July 13, 2023
- Margaret Ruffin Horvath — appointed Jan. 18, 2019
- PHILIP ERIC RENE JANSEN — appointed June 22, 2011
- Professor Dame Lesley Regan — appointed Feb. 26, 2020
- Ranee Thakar MD FRCOG — appointed Oct. 5, 2021
- Sarah Pearce — appointed April 14, 2026