BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Registered charity 1199712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BAPM's mission is to improve standards of perinatal care by supporting all those involved in perinatal care to optimise their skills and knowledge, deliver and share high quality safe and innovative practice, undertake research, and promote the needs of babies and their families.

Objects

(A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS THROUGH IMPROVING THE STANDARDS OF PERINATAL CARE BY SUPPORTING ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN PERINATAL CARE TO OPTIMISE THEIR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, DELIVER AND SHARE HIGH QUALITY, SAFE AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICE, UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF BABIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.(B) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PERINATAL PAEDIATRICS.

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

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

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£357k
Latest spending
£355k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,479 for the year, with total incoming resources of £356,670 against total expenditure of £355,191. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £188,339 are adequate to meet unforeseen contingencies and planned developmental activities, exceeding the stated policy target of nine months' expenditure (£166,500).

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Events and conferences (52% of income)
“Income from events and conferences amounted to £124,637.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: nine months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £188k)
“BAPM aims to have sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide an uninterrupted service to members for 9 months without income (estimated in 2024/25 to be £166,500).” — page 6
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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £8,000 — contracts £8,000 (1); 2% of the £426,594 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 150

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 09/05/2024, 99 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Association of Perinatal Medicine (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£357k£355k
31/03/2024£427k£409k
31/03/2023£355k£73k

Common questions

Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PERINATAL MEDICINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £1,479 for the year, with total incoming resources of £356,670 against total expenditure of £355,191. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £188,339 are adequate to meet unforeseen contingencies and planned developmental activities, exceeding the stated policy target of nine months' expenditure (£166,500). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PRS MEMBERS' FUND1£64k
LSEG Foundation1£17k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PERINATAL MEDICINE£357k——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINE FY2025£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF GYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGISTS FY2026£833k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION FY2025£85kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
BRITISH MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE SOCIETY FY2025£362k—0unclear—no doubt
MATERNAL AID ASSOCIATION FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt

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