FROME BIRTH TALK

Registered charity 1175641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Frome Birth Talk provides a free counselling service for pregnant and parents in Frome, Westbury, Warminster and the surrounding area. We also offer two free weekly drop-in groups and occasional wellbeing events. All our activities are designed to promote positive perinatal mental health and bring people together to combat loneliness and isolation.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PREGNANT PEOPLE AND NEW PARENTS IN FROME AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE COUNSELLING SERVICE AND WELLBEING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

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: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £109,355 in income against £80,270 in expenditure, resulting in a surplus. The trustees report holding £32,601 in unrestricted reserves, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£20,067).

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Laura Alexanderchair
• Aaron Calver · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bridie Martin-West
• Daisy Harvey
• Gail Norris
• George McKenzie
• Holly Brown
• Natalie Aspinall
• Rebecka Mau

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

Operates in: Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION.

• BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION income £85k
• PREGNANCY EXPECTATIONS TRAUMA AND LOSS SOCIETY income £919k
• BECOMING FAMILIES income £77k
• PREGNANCY CRISIS CARE (PLYMOUTH & SE CORNWALL) income £100k
• WEST YORKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION COUNCIL LIMITED income £205k
• OPTIONS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTRE CIO income £54k

Side by side with its peers

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