BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1120531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote perinatal mental healthTo promote and support research into prevention and treatment of post natal post traumatic stress disorderTo promote mental and physical health around childbirth

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF POST NATAL POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND OTHER PERSONS TRAUMATISED BY CHILDBIRTH BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE.TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION OF POST NATAL POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF IT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased to £45,777, exceeding the previous year's £25,925, while the trustees recommend maintaining 8-12 months of core reserves. The charity reported a net income surplus of £19,852 for the year, driven largely by £65,015 in trusted legal partner fees. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06215916 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birth Trauma Association (BTA) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Light Fund — “We bsite made possible by funding from The Light Fund , and d esigned by Studio Nowhere .” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GRAHAM, Susan Rachel — director, appointed 10/03/2026on trustee list
• DOSHANI, Anjum Abdul Gafar — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• DHAUN, Neha — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
• VANDORE-MACKAY, Sara Elizabeth — director, appointed 31/07/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Christine, Dr — director, appointed 19/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anjum Abdul Gafar Doshani
• Dr Christine Margaret Jones
• Neha Dhaun
• Sara Elizabeth Vandore-Mackay
• Susan Rachel Graham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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