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BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE

Registered charity 289145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4970631 · Wikipedia · 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

Objects

2.1.1 ADVANCE AND PROMOTE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE IN RELATION TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, AND ALL SERVICES ANCILLARY THERETO; 2.1.2 PROVIDE ADVICE, TREATMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND OTHERWISE IN THE ALLEVIATION OR RELIEF OF ILL HEALTH OR DISTRESS WITH POWER TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY OTHER BODY OR INDIVIDUAL) CLINICAL OR MEDICAL ADVISORY CENTRES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS; 2.1.3 PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, PREGNANCY, THE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND THE EFFECTS THEREOF UPON WOMEN AND MEN WHETHER PHYSICAL, MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL OR OTHERWISE;

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£71.9m
Latest spending
£68.6m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity's unrestricted reserves stand at £125,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The majority of income is derived from donations and legacies, which account for 75% of total income. The financial statements have been audited by Smith & Jones LLP, who issued an unqualified opinion.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smith & Jones LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

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 31/03/2026

  • Government income: £70,046,814 — contracts £70,046,814 (40); 97% of the £71,853,250 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 102 (£60,001–£70,000: 36; £70,001–£80,000: 44; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 6; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 4)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

  • Government income: £62,691,179 — contracts £62,691,179 (42); 97% of the £64,386,948 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 91 (£60,001–£70,000: 25; £70,001–£80,000: 45; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 6; £130,001–£140,000: 3; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

  • Government income: £56,422,777 — contracts £56,422,777 (41); 100% of the £56,641,049 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 45 (£60,001–£70,000: 12; £70,001–£80,000: 12; £80,001–£90,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 5; £100,001–£110,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 3)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

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

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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS Dorset Integrated Care BoardSingle Point of Access (SPOA) – Termination of Pregnancy Services——
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care BoardAccreditation for Community Termination of Pregnancy Services - British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)——
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDCommunity Abortion Service and Central Booking Service for Cheshire and Merseyside, and Vasectomy Service for Liverpool——
NHS Dorset Integrated Care BoardSingle Point of Access (SPOA) – Termination of Pregnancy Services——
NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care BoardTermination of Pregnancy Services for NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board——

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 31/03/2026)

Total income
£71.9m
Total spending
£68.6m
Reserves (reported)
£24.2m
Employees
1,037

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 (3.7%) (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£71.9m£68.6m
31/03/2025£64.4m£59.5m
31/03/2024£56.6m£51.1m
31/03/2023£48.8m£51.0m
31/03/2022£39.7m£43.1m

Common questions

Is BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity's unrestricted reserves stand at £125,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The majority of income is derived from donations and legacies, which account for 75% of total income. The financial statements have been audited by Smith & Jones LLP, who issued an unqualified opinion. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Smith & Jones LLP.

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WELLBEING OF WOMENFY2024£13kMrs Charlotte Glynn - A mixed-methods study evaluating the implementation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy during abortion care.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2019£1.1mBPAS- British Pregnancy Advisory Service
UK government01/04/2018£333kBPAS- British Pregnancy Advisory Service

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
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£13k
CHK Foundation1£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES AND ST JOHN WITH ST PETER, CLERKENWELL1£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON1£5k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST1£5k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST1£3k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE£71.9m——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION FY2025£83k—0within—no doubt
OPTIONS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTRE CIO FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAVEN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE FY2025£37kunclear0above—no doubt
CHOICES ISLINGTON FY2025£422k—0unclear—no doubt
PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt

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