BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 803743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B I C A, BICA

Charity to support Fertility counsellors and promote Fertility counselling

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO INFERTILITY COUNSELLING AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £163,997, which the trustees describe as equivalent to 6–12 months of operating costs to ensure financial stability. The charity reported a net surplus of £28,008 for the period, with total receipts of £83,029 against total payments of £55,021.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6–12 months of operating costs (reserves figure: £164k)

“BICA holds reserves equivalent to 6–12 months of operating costs to ensure financial stability.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Volunteers: 10
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Volunteers: 10
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Pericleous-Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Spencer
Deborah Howe
Victoria Parkin

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£83k	£55k
31/03/2024	£63k	£61k
31/03/2023	£55k	£30k
31/03/2022	£53k	£20k
31/03/2021	£43k	£13k

Common questions

Is BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £163,997, which the trustees describe as equivalent to 6–12 months of operating costs to ensure financial stability. The charity reported a net surplus of £28,008 for the period, with total receipts of £83,029 against total payments of £55,021. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
WELLBEING OF WOMEN	1	£13k
CHK Foundation	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE.

BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE income £71.9m
PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK income £101k
FERTILITY NETWORK UK income £496k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY income £15.3m
THE FERTILITY FOUNDATION income £92k
THE HAVEN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE income £37k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH INFERTILITY COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION	£83k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE FY2026	£71.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PREGNANCY CENTRES NETWORK FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FERTILITY NETWORK UK FY2025	£496k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2026	£15.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FERTILITY FOUNDATION FY2026	£92k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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