TWINS TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1076478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAMBA, TWINS & MULTIPLE BIRTHS ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC041055 (OSCR)

The following principal activities and services contribute to the achievement of our objectives; the provision of a telephone helpline, practical help in the home, classes, publications, clinical research, quarterly magazine, website, campaigning on issues that impact on the multiple birth community, specialist support groups, events, and links with local clubs and related organisations.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING PERSONS ENGAGED IN MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL OR WELFARE PROFESSIONS, ABOUT THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE BIRTHS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE, WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF TWINS AND HIGHER MULTIPLES; (B) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF TWINS AND HIGHER MULTIPLES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS;(C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH (BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL) OF THE PARENTS OF TWINS OR HIGHER MULTIPLES, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE HEALTH OF WOMEN WHO ARE EXPECTING MULTIPLE BIRTHS OR WHO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO TWINS OR HIGHER MULTIPLES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £54,100 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £1,306,098. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £365,813, which equates to approximately 4.1 months of operating costs, exceeding the policy target of four months. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Twins Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Berney-Edwardschair
• Andrew French
• Anita Dolores Jewitt
• Bartholomew Terence Quinton Smith
• Dominic John Cashman
• Dr Sarah Jones
• Dr Surabhi Nanda
• Katherine Laura Rathbone
• Katherine Riches
• Rajmeet Kaur Bhatti
• Rebecca Jane Butler

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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