BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE
Registered charity 289145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B P A S, BPAS
Supporting reproductive choice by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to prevent or end unwanted pregnancy with contraception or by abortion
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4.9m in 2024/25, returning to a healthy financial position after previous challenges. The trustees report that the organization is meeting its reserves policy, holding £20.6m in total funds against a requirement of £15.0m, and maintaining adequate liquidity. The going concern assessment confirms no material uncertainties, supported by a forecast surplus for the coming year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: NHS contracts (99% of income)
“99.4% of the treatments provided were funded by the NHS.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of total expenditure (held: £20.6m)
“The current reserve policy was approved in March 2025 which is to hold at least 3 months’ worth of expenditure in total funds and at least 2 months’ worth of expenditure in working capital/ liquid assets.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dr E. Dorman, a trustee, received remuneration for services as a surgeon.
“Dr E.Dorman is a trustee and also a doctor with practising privileges operating for BPAS on a daily rate, usually one day per week, he received £67,000 for his work as a surgeon and nothing for his work as a trustee”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BPAS - British Pregnancy Advisory Service (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Heidi Stewart — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (source)
- Dr Lucy Moore — Chair of Board of Trustees (source)
- Laura Clare — Chief Finance Officer (source)
- Dianne Brown — Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (source)
- Ingrid Granne — Chief Medical Officer (source)
- Adam Ward — Chief Technology Officer (source)
- Natalie Blunt — Chief Operating Officer (source)
- Katie Saxon — Chief Strategic Communications Officer (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- GEDDES, Catherine — director, appointed 04/07/2025on trustee list
- HILL, Ian Antony — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
- ATKINS, Julian Martin James — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
- DORMAN, Edgar Kennedy — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
- TURNER, Caroline — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
- JOHNSTON, Dawn Margaret — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
- KENNY, Siobhan Mary, Mrs. — director, appointed 11/02/2022on trustee list
- WALTON, Natasha — director, appointed 12/11/2021on trustee list
- COLBERT, Graham — director, appointed 12/11/2021on trustee list
- MCGUINNESS, Sheelagh, Dr — director, appointed 30/11/2019on trustee list
- MOORE, Lucy Ann, Dr — director, appointed 18/03/2017on trustee list
- WEBB, Kathryn Sarah — secretary, appointed 01/09/2025
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: British Pregnancy Advisory Service — Registered, 90 registered locations, 6 regulated activities, last inspected 08/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Trustpilot: British Pregnancy Advisory Service scores 2.9/5 from 17 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (8,407 likes) · instagram (12K followers) · linkedin (8,524 followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£20.6m
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- BPAS - Birmingham South: Requires improvement (20/09/2022) · CQC record
- BPAS - Doncaster: Requires improvement (16/06/2022) · CQC record
- BPAS - Norwich: Requires improvement (26/07/2022) · CQC record
- BPAS Reading: Requires improvement (20/04/2023) · CQC record
- BPAS - Finsbury Park: Good (10/03/2020) · CQC record
- BPAS - Birmingham Central: Good (13/10/2025) · CQC record
- BPAS - London East: Good (06/01/2023) · CQC record
- BPAS Healthcare: Good (08/10/2025) · CQC record
- BPAS - Nottingham West: Good (22/12/2025) · CQC record
- BPAS Northampton Central: Good (27/03/2023) · CQC record
- Lucy Moorechair
- Catherine Geddes
- Dawn Margaret Johnston
- Dr Caroline Turner
- Dr Edgar Kennedy Dorman
- Dr Sheelagh Mcguinness
- Graham Colbert · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ian Antony Hill
- Julian Martin James Atkins
- Natasha Walton
- Siobhan Kenny
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4.9m in 2024/25, returning to a healthy financial position after previous challenges. The trustees report that the organization is meeting its reserves policy, holding £20.6m in total funds against a requirement of £15.0m, and maintaining adequate liquidity. The going concern assessment confirms no material uncertainties, supported by a forecast surplus for the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Ltd.
Who funds BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE as a grant recipient include WELLBEING OF WOMEN.
Known funders
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