THE NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST

Registered charity 801395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N C T, NCT · also registered in Scotland as SC041592 (OSCR)

We offer information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthoodWe aim to give every parent the chance to make informed choicesWe want to make sure that everyone in the UK, regardless of background or location, has access to our services and activitiesWe advocate on behalf of parents to make the UK more parent friendly by improving services and support for parents

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that NCT reported a net expenditure of £0.7m for the year ended March 2025, driven by a 20% fall in antenatal course income due to cost-of-living pressures and competition. Despite this deficit, the charity held £3.6m in free unrestricted reserves, which the trustees confirmed were in line with their revised reserves policy target of £3.2m. The Board assessed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and concluded that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• 'Here to support' - New parents take part in charity event to raise awareness of the National Childbirth Trust hartlepoolmail.co.uk · 16/04/2024
• The National Childbirth Trust charity is STILL trying to 'guilt trip' mothers into natural births dailymail.com · 10/04/2022
• Former head of National Childbirth Trust signs letter supporting charity using the word 'women' dailymail.com · 23/10/2021
• Preston mum revives local branch of the National Childbirth Trust blogpreston.co.uk · 02/07/2021
• Breastfeeding and the National Childbirth Trust theguardian.com · 25/04/2019
• National Childbirth Trust president quits in breastfeeding row theguardian.com · 20/04/2019
• President of the National Childbirth Trust resigns thirdsector.co.uk · 16/04/2019
• Prunella Briance, founder of the National Childbirth Trust independent.co.uk · 04/08/2017

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02370573
• Trading subsidiary: NCT TRADING LIMITED Companies House 02488491

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.

• SHARIFF, Salima Begum — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• SUNDARRAJ, Vikram — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
• CASSIDY, Colin James — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• DUFF, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• FIRTH, Keshia Mbeck — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• WARREN, Joelle Susan — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• HAYE, Julien Patrick Marie — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• PENCROSS, Mikayla — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Charles Austen — director, appointed 16/07/2022on trustee list
• BEVAN, Sherida Rose — director, appointed 16/11/2019on trustee list
• BROWN, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 04/11/2017on trustee list
• LAMBE, Elaine Sharon — director, appointed 04/11/2017on trustee list
• CONWAY, Christopher James — secretary, appointed 21/05/2025

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Austen Richardson
• Colin James Cassidy
• Elaine Sharon Lambe
• Elizabeth Anne Duff
• Joelle Warren
• Julien Haye
• Keshia Mbeck Firth
• Mikayla Pencross
• Salima Shariff
• Sarah Louise Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sherida Bevan
• Vikram Sundarraj

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIME NORFOLK.

• TIME NORFOLK income £227k
• BLISS -THE NATIONAL CHARITY FOR THE NEWBORN income £2.3m
• ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS income £108k
• MOTHER TO MOTHER LIMITED income £274k
• BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER income £253k
• NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU income £15.8m

Side by side with its peers

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