PREGNANCY SICKNESS SUPPORT

Registered charity 1094788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q25110512 · Wikipedia · also registered in Scotland as SC050343 (OSCR)

Information and support for those experiencing pregnancy sickness and their carers

Objects

(1) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH REGARDS TO SICKNESS IN PREGNANCY.(2) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY GIVING ADVISORY OR OTHER SERVICES TO THOSE WHO NEED SUPPORT DUE TO SICKNESS IN PREGNANCY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£284k

Latest spending

£290k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,702 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £284,140 and charitable expenditure of £289,842. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £275,148, which is equivalent to six months of recurring expenditure. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be healthy and sufficient to maintain activities in the event of a significant drop in funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £275k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Paying staff
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 263
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 150
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 132
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pregnancy Sickness Support (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£654k

Total spending

£354k

Cost of raising funds

£25k

Reserves (reported)

£263k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr SHAZIA ZAFARchair
CAROLINE JANE REYNER
Dr MARGARET O'HARA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£284k	£290k
31/12/2024	£220k	£324k
31/12/2023	£654k	£354k
31/12/2022	£177k	£224k
31/12/2021	£169k	£113k

Common questions

Is PREGNANCY SICKNESS SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,702 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £284,140 and charitable expenditure of £289,842. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £275,148, which is equivalent to six months of recurring expenditure. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be healthy and sufficient to maintain activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PREGNANCY SICKNESS SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PREGNANCY SICKNESS SUPPORT as a grant recipient include BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, CHK Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£40k
CHK Foundation	FY2024	£10k
ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	Unverified read£4k

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

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/12/2022	£399k	Continuation of support
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/12/2019	£248k	Volunteer Support Network

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.3m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£682k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£50k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK.

PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK income £101k
FULL FACT income £3.1m
THE ECTOPIC PREGNANCY TRUST income £247k
PREGNANCY CRISIS HELPLINE income £41k
THE MISCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION income £588k
SUPPORTING LIVES income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PREGNANCY SICKNESS SUPPORT	£284k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FULL FACT FY2025	£3.1m	£110,000 - £119,999	9	above	—	no doubt
THE ECTOPIC PREGNANCY TRUST FY2025	£247k	—	0	below	7.0%	no doubt
PREGNANCY CRISIS HELPLINE FY2025	£41k	£25,478	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MISCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION FY2026	£588k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.