MADDIE'S MIRACLE

Registered charity 1181584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maddie's Miracle activities are to provide services of breastfeeding, perinatal and antenatal education, guidance and support to women and families around the UK, particularly those who are vulnerable, isolated, disabled or in areas of deprivation where no support services exist. Maddie's Miracle also advocates to dispel stigma and discrimination surrounding breastfeeding.

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF MADDIEÆS MIRACLE, AND OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED, IS TO: 1. ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN, FAMILIES AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN BREASTFEEDING AND ITS RELATED FACTORS; AND 2. PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WOMEN THROUGH THE ANTENATAL, CHILDBIRTH, POSTNATAL AND BREASTFEEDING STAGES OF MOTHERHOOD. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT; AND THROUGH EDUCATION.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £5,072 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £15,545. The trustees note that the charity currently has no reserves due to prior financial challenges and aims to rebuild them to cover six months of operating costs. The organization relies on donations and grants for income and utilizes volunteers and subcontractors rather than paid employees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £16k)
“At present date the charity does not have reserves due to having used these funds during a financially challenging period in early 2025. Trustees are working towards being in a position where we achieve a minimum of 6 month’s operating costs as our reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received £1,877 for work on charitable activities.
“One (2024: One) trustee has been paid a total of £1,877 (2024: £5,207) for their work on the charitable activities and not for their role as a trustee.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee paid for charitable activities
“One (2024: One) trustee has been paid a total of £1,877 (2024: £5,207) for their work on the charitable activities and not for their role as a trustee.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£61k£56k
31/12/2024£64k£67k
31/12/2023£46k£65k
31/12/2022£60k£38k
31/12/2021£27k£21k

Common questions

Is MADDIE'S MIRACLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £5,072 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £15,545. The trustees note that the charity currently has no reserves due to prior financial challenges and aims to rebuild them to cover six months of operating costs. The organization relies on donations and grants for income and utilizes volunteers and subcontractors rather than paid employees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MADDIE'S MIRACLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MADDIE'S MIRACLE as a grant recipient include THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, PEGASUS, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2025£20kBreastfeeding Support + Maternal Mental Health Connecting Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund10/04/2024£20kBreastfeeding and Perinatal Support - Connecting Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2022£10kBreastfeeding Support in Cambridgeshire Fens
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2021£10kWales Breastfeeding + Perinatal Support
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kBreastfeeding & Maternal Health Support
UK government24/06/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2019£10kThe Breastfeeding Bus (Mobile Clinic)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MADDIE'S MIRACLE£61k—0below—no doubt
MIRACLES FY2024£351k—0unclear—no doubt
MIRACLE CENTRE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (UK) FY2025£299k——unclear—no doubt
MAKING MIRACLES FY2025£301k—0unclear—no doubt
MIRACLE'S MISSION FY2025£166k—0unclear16.4%no doubt
WORLDWIDE MIRACLE OUTREACH FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt

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