MOTHERS FOR MOTHERS

Registered charity 1185281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Since 1981 Mothers for Mothers has supported families affected by perinatal mental illness, offering support to women and birthing people during pregnancy and until their youngest child attends school through our support services, across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR MOTHERS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE CARE OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER OR MENTAL ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THEIR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN, SPOUSES, PARTNERS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION AND CARE IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER OR MENTAL ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH.

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

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

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £44,174, while the trustees have amended their reserves policy to target six months' budgeted operating costs, currently held as a designated fund of £280,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £45,931 for the year, supported by cash reserves of £496,202, indicating strong liquidity despite reliance on statutory funding.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Clark Willmott Life — “Huge thank you to @clarkewillmottlife for their generous donation of £500 towards our REACH Appeal.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 14.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bryony Strachanchair
• Claire Storey
• Dr Caroline Scrase
• Dr Christy Burden
• Dr Havra Adamali
• Elizabeth Joan Scourse
• Kelly Jane Anne Avis-Hay
• Kym Birtwell-Thompson
• Laura Kathleen Ward
• Melanie Lloyd

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

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 MOTHERS2MOTHERS (UK) LIMITED.

• MOTHERS2MOTHERS (UK) LIMITED income £3.6m
• MOTHER TO MOTHER LIMITED income £274k
• BECOMING FAMILIES income £77k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF BLACKBURN BRANCH) income £154k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION (LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN BRANCH) income £61k
• THE MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESE OF PETERBOROUGH income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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