NEIGHBOURHOOD DOULAS CIO

Registered charity 1206223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEIGHBOURHOOD DOULAS CIC

We provide free doula support to those that have no birth partner and one or more of the following factors: perinatal mental health, speaks English as a second language or from a racially marginalised community.Our key objectives are to identify and engage with the most at-risk pregnant women and new parents and provide them with a high standard of emotional and practical support.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN DURING PREGNANCY, THROUGH LABOUR, BIRTH AND EARLY PARENTING WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN GREATER LONDON COMMUNITIES, THROUGH A) PROVIDING TRAINED BIRTH COMPANIONS WHO OFFER PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND EVIDENCE-BASED CHILDBIRTH INFORMATION;B) IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,637 for the year, with total unrestricted funds standing at £24,718. This level of unrestricted reserves is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining between three and twelve months of core operational costs. The charity's total funds increased to £83,897, supported by £164,282 in income primarily from grants and donations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Neighbourhood Doulas (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Yasmin Autwalchair
• Martina Manakova
• Mitchelle Ajida

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPTIONS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTRE CIO.

• OPTIONS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTRE CIO income £54k
• BIRTH COMPANIONS income £1.2m
• BECOMING FAMILIES income £77k
• CHILDREN'S DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE (CIO) income £29k
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k
• MENFULNESS CIO income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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