BLUEBELL CARE TRUST

Registered charity 1136818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUEBELL NURSES

To promote and protect the mental wellbeing of mothers and families affected by antenatal and post-natal depression and associated mental health concerns through the provision of therapeutic groups and one to one support in the home, practical support, befriending, providing information and raising awareness of mental health concerns with the wider public and media.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY POST-NATAL OR ANTE-NATAL DEPRESSION OR OTHER ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND ADVICE AND BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF POST-NATAL AND ANTE-NATAL DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£602k
Latest spending
£655k
Registered
2010

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £201,343 — contracts £201,343 (4); 33% of the £602,143 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £125,017 — contracts £125,017 (4); 19% of the £651,025 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2020

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £82,107 — contracts £82,107 (3); 20% of the £401,745 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

3 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£602k
Total spending
£655k
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024——
31/03/2023——
31/03/2022£602k£655k
31/03/2021£651k£556k

Common questions

Who funds BLUEBELL CARE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLUEBELL CARE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY, QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2022£6k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2023£5kUnrestricted Fund Grant
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k2 grants totalling

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2023£196kBluebell - Here For All
Sport England23/06/2021£7kTGC CF Feel good fitness!
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2018£10kLittle Bluebell
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2015£165kBluebell Place
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2013£190kMums Comfort Zone - a support group and one to one buddy