BIRTHRIGHTS

Registered charity 1151152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of legal information and advice; policy work; campaigning; provision of education and training; empirical research, in each case relating to law surrounding childbirth and human rights. Birthrights will operate in England and Wales but work with organisations in other countries to share learning and experience.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are to promote the human rights of child-bearing women and people (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) in England and Wales by all or any of the following means: • Promoting awareness of the legal rights of child-bearing women and people during and connected to pregnancy, childbirth, the post-natal period (the 6 weeks subsequent to birth) and lactation;• Promoting respect for the legal rights of child-bearing women and people among healthcare organisations, medical and other professionals and in society at large;• Protecting the human rights of child-bearing women and people through the provision of legal information and advice and obtaining redress for victims of human rights abuse;• Campaigning in relation to human rights and related legal issues relating to child-bearing women and people;• Responding with technical advice to proposed legislation and policy affecting child-bearing women and people;• Providing technical advice to government and others on human rights and other legal and regulatory matters as they affect child-bearing women and people;• Contributing to the understanding and sound administration of human rights law as it affects child-bearing women and people, in particular, but not exclusively, through third-party interventions in legal cases;• Promoting the human rights and lawful treatment of child-bearing women and people by commissioning and conducting research;• Providing education and training to, among others, parents and parents-to-be, healthcare professionals and the public on human rights and the law as it affects child-bearing women and people.• Eliminating infringements of human rights of child-bearing women and people.• Other charitable activities that the trustees may from time to time determine to promote the human rights and legal status of childbearing women and people.(1) In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power to engage in political activity provided that the trustees are satisfied that the proposed activities will further the purposes of the charity to an extent justified by the resources committed and the activity is not the dominant means by which the CIO carries out its objects.(2) Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £66,691 in unrestricted reserves, which is below its stated policy target of three months of operating costs (£158,925). However, the trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with no material uncertainties, citing total reserves of £150,858 and confirmed future funding.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — “Trusts and Foundations Esmee Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
• Irwin Mitchell — “Corporate Partnerships Irwin Mitchell” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sonia Adesarachair
• Amelia Christie
• Dr Annabel Sowemimo
• Dr Ria May Clarke
• Elise Denis-Ramirez
• Naomi Allen
• Roisin Mulroney
• Tatheer Fatima

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIGHTS OF WOMEN INCORPORATED.

• RIGHTS OF WOMEN INCORPORATED income £1.2m
• FRG LTD income £2.3m
• BIRTH COMPANIONS income £1.2m
• PROJECT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CHILDREN AS BRITISH CITIZENS income £192k
• CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST income £994k
• BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION income £85k

Side by side with its peers

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