ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS

Registered charity 1193445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABM

We train volunteers for the National Breastfeeding helpline, and support families across the UK, as well as via Webchat, Social Media messages and emails. This support can be accessed by anyone in the UK, of any background, 365 days a year. Some of our trained volunteers provide in-person support on a 1:1 basis and at groups.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN THROUGH EDUCATION IN THE TECHNIQUES OF BREASTFEEDING; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE CARE OF CHILDREN ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS, BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM, OF BREASTFEEDING.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in resources of £3,695 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £131,150. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £127,207 exceed their stated policy target of approximately £45,000, representing six months' average expenditure. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operation.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 29/01/2026, 363 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eleanor Campbellchair
• Caroline Frances Bolton
• Caroline May Moria Harrower
• Emily Georgina Johnson
• Hazra Aya
• Jessica Brown
• Lauren Pennington
• Leia Basko
• Lucy Webber
• Nadia Ali
• Sharon Breward

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE.

• CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE income £32k
• BREAST CANCER SUPPORT income £244k
• LOWESTOFT AND WAVENEY BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT income £62k
• BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER income £253k
• OXFORDSHIRE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT income £64k
• LEARNING WITH PARENTS income £901k

Side by side with its peers

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