THE LILY MAE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1149341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trustees consider that support to parents, their families and friends who have suffered a stillbirth, neonatal death, miscarriage or medical termination.and the dissemination of information and lessons learned to the rest of the Country to be of public benefit and our main focus for activities

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £308,826, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy of holding 6-9 months of running costs. The filing confirms that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Lily-Mae Foundation handed funds to keep supporting bereaved parents solihullobserver.co.uk · 16/03/2021

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Lily Mae Foundation (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).

• Auris Ear Care — “We collaborated with Auris Ear Care to make our next event memorable and fun for our guests. Thank you for the support and we look forward t…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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: 19.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEOFFREY HEAPSchair
• Abbigail Wickens
• David Slann
• Gillian Marie Rudd
• Jack Taylor
• Nicholas Roper
• Rebecca Rainer
• Simon Rainer

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Northern Ireland · Solihull · Telford & Wrekin · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AMELIA-MAE FOUNDATION.

• THE AMELIA-MAE FOUNDATION income £116k
• THE LILY FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• LUNA'S FUND income £133k
• THE MOTHER AND CHILD FOUNDATION LIMITED income £101k
• THE MATHERS FOUNDATION income £165k
• THE LAWS FOUNDATION income £240k

Side by side with its peers

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