THE HUMAN MILK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DONOR MILK FOUNDATION

The Human Milk Foundation provides screened donor milk to babies in hospital or the community, where breastfeeding is impossible or taking time to establish. The HMF also makes grants available for research and educational purposes, and develops programmes of education related to disseminating the science of human milk.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £6,206 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £518,240 and expenditure of £512,034. The trustees report that reserves were maintained at an average of 2-3 months of budgeted cash flows, meeting their stated policy target. The charity confirms it is a going concern with adequate resources to operate for at least the next 12 months.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Human Milk 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).

• Norfolk County Council — “The hub opening was made possible with funding from Norfolk County Council through Start for Life” (source page)
• HEFCW Research Wales Innovation Funding — “We are grateful to HEFCW Research Wales Innovation Funding and UKRI for supporting this event and painting series.” (source page)
• UKRI — “We are grateful to HEFCW Research Wales Innovation Funding and UKRI for supporting this event and painting series.” (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 ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Gemma Partridge
• Emma Pickett
• Julie Roff
• Simon Morley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tina Lesley Crombie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 BARHAM BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION.

• BARHAM BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION income £173k
• HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION income £4.8m
• THE MILK AND HONEY TRUST income £346k
• ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS income £108k
• BABIES IN BUSCOT SUPPORT income £112k
• Human Health Education and Research Foundation income £250k

Side by side with its peers

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