Maternity `HE209`¶

Maternity is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Health categoryand the Health condition subcategory.

498 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.25% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities¶

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	166	0.20%
£10k - £100k	159	0.24%
£100k - £250k	57	0.29%
£250k - £500k	29	0.32%
£500k - £1m	20	0.35%
£1m - £10m	17	0.21%
Over £10m	7	0.38%
Total	455	0.24%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	406	0.24%
oscr	70	0.28%
ccni	22	0.31%
Total	498	0.25%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL [Charity number: 1091434] The NMC is the independent regulator for nurses and midwives in the UK. Our primary purpose is to protect patients and the public through effective and proportionate regulation of nurses and midwives. We set and promote standards of education and practice, maintain a register of those who meet these standards, and take action when a nurse's or midwife's fitness to practise is called into question.	£100,398,000
BRITISH PREGNANCY ADVISORY SERVICE [Charity number: 289145] Supporting reproductive choice by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to prevent or end unwanted pregnancy with contraception or by abortion	£39,679,000
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS [Charity number: 213280] The encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.	£20,957,725
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [Charity number: SC041594] That the objects of the existing College are declared by its Memorandum of Association to be 'the encouragement of the study and the improvement of the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology subjects which should be inseparably interwoven' by the aid of all or any of the following:-	£20,957,725
Advance HE [Charity number: SC043946] The objects for which the Company is established are : (A) to promote higher education for the public benefit by: (1) providing strategic advice and co-ordination to the higher education sector, government, funding bodies and others on policies and practices that will impact upon and enhance the student experience. (2) supporting and advancing curriculum and pedagogic development across the whole spectrum of higher education activity. and (3) facilitating the professional development and increasing the professional standing of all staff in higher education. (B) to further promote higher education for the public benefit by further developing the professionalism and profile of leadership, management and governance within the higher education sector, by: (1) raising the profile of effective higher education leadership, management and governance. (2) improving the supply of development opportunities, particularly in relation to international and cross sector experience. (3) stimulating further demand for development within the higher education sector. and (4) assisting in broadening perspectives and improving standards in relation to leadership, management and governance within the higher education sector, (C) to promote equality and diversity for the public benefit, including the education sector and any other sectors that the Board deems appropriate, by: (1) identifying and changing any cultural and systemic practices that unfairly exclude, marginalise or disadvantage individuals or groups, and to promote inclusive approaches. (2) eliminating discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or through any combination of these characteristics or other unfair treatment. (3) advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity. (4) promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds. (5) conducting or commissioning research on equality and diversity issues and publishing the results to the public. and (6) developing the case for equality and diversity.	£15,294,000
The National Childbirth Trust [Charity number: SC041592] 3. The objects for which the Charity is established are: 3.1 to preserve and protect the mental and physical health of pregnant women by, but not exclusively, the provision of physical, emotional and practical support during pregnancy and childbirth. 3.2 to preserve and protect the mental and physical health of parents and their children during the postnatal period. and 3.3 to advance the education of the public including healthcare professionals in childbirth and parenthood.	£10,861,000
THE NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST [Charity number: 801395] 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	£10,861,000
TOMMY'S [Charity number: 1060508] The prevention of problems experienced during pregnancy.	£8,672,817
Tommy's [Charity number: SC039280] 1. The advancement of education in and the practise of gynaecology and obstetrics by all charitable means and in particular by: (a) funding research and the publication of its results. (b) promoting the education of both those engaged in the practice of gynaecology and obstetrics and the public care of mothers and babies before and after birth. and (c) providing equipment. and 2. such other charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion determine.	£8,672,817
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS [Charity number: 1113263] The activiites include:organisation and administration of safe motherhood projects around the world, designed to reduce maternal mortality in low and middle resource countries;awarding of modest grants to societies involved in the organisation of national workshops on maternal mortality and safe motherhood ;organisation of international workshops and meetings; awarding of fellowships;	£7,742,808

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
THE WESTFIELD HEALTH CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 246057] The Charity's objectives are the advancement of health or the saving of lives. The Charity provides assistance for the treatment/care of sick, infirm or convalescent persons and women in pregnancy/childbirth by providing grants in cash or specie (as the Trustees see fit) to various charitable organisations responsible for medical care and treatment and to the National Health Service.	£210,885
Mollys Memory [Charity number: SC051369] The association's objects are: To relieve the suffering and emotional distress amongst siblings of stillborn babies and neonatal deaths through provision of memory boxes.
Baby Loss Retreat [Charity number: SC048126] The organisations purposes are: 3.1 The advancement of health. 3.2 To relieve the emotional and psychological suffering, and promote the wellbeing, physical and mental health of parents, families and individuals who have suffered a bereavement following a stillbirth or neonatal death	£57,621
ROBYN'S TINY ANGEL GOWNS [Charity number: 1199999] TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OF PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A BABY DURING PREGNANCY OR BIRTH THROUGH PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF A FREE CLOTHING PACK TO THE BEREAVEMENT SERVICES UNIT BASED AT MATERNITY HOSPITALS TO ALLOW PARENTS/FAMILIES TO DRESS THEIR CHILD AND PROVIDE COMFORT.
THE MOTHERHOOD PLAN [Charity number: 1188643] We are a charity founded and managed by women with lived experience of pregnancy and maternity discrimination. We provide world-class advice and support to mothers to help them to challenge discrimination in the workplace. We advocate for change and raise awareness of the specific challenges faced by working mothers. We challenge deeply entrenched stereotypes about the role of mothers in society	£330,684
OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: ISLE OF SHEPPEY [Charity number: 1201598] CHARITABLE OBJECTS:(1) INTRODUCTION TO OBJECTS THE COMPANY IS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES AND TO THE INCLUSION OF EVERY PERSON IN THAT PROCESS. IN ALL THAT IT DOES, THE CHARITY SHALL:A) SERVE AND RESPECT ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, ?RACE?, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION OR BELIEFS, PREGNANCY OR MATERNITY STATUS, MARITAL OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITYB) ACKNOWLEDGE THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE TO BOTH HOLD AND TO EXPRESS THEIR BELIEFS AND CONVICTIONS RESPECTFULLY AND FREELY, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE UK LAWC) NEVER IMPOSE ITS CHRISTIAN FAITH OR BELIEF ON OTHERS.(2) THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (?OBJECTS?) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOMB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH GENERALLYTHE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTYNOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
THE GUILD OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL [Charity number: 1096617] Education and training in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church particularly those on sexual morality and life issues. Provision of loans, grants, baby goods and baby clothes to pregnant women and mothers in need. Provision of grants or loans to other organisations who fulfill our criteria, particularly pregnancy counselling organisations, where our resources allow.	£343,611
Society Of Innocents Inverclyde Branch [Charity number: SC027002] (a) To promulgate the principle that human life is sacred from conception (b) To provide support, guidance and practical help, to people who approach the Branch as result of facing difficulties arising from pregnancy (c) To advise, or co-operate with, any other persons or organisations, volurary or statutory, in furthering the aims of the Society of the Innocents (d) To receive and hold monie., to own or lease or hire all kindl of property for the benefit of the Branch (e) To dispose of any monies, to sell, lease or hire all kinds of property and assets or borrow monies in security of any or its property, in furtherance of the aims of the Branch. (f) To provide that the income and property of the Branch shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Society of the Innocents so that no portion shall be paid or transferred to the members of the Branch, other than to salaried officers or in the reimbursement of expenses properly incurred in performance of the business of the Branch	£1,080
UNITE4AFRICA [Charity number: 1191227] Helping pregnant women and children	£267
Kashmir Pearl Foundation [Charity number: 1147528] The aim of the Charity is to involve an empower local communities to recognise the socio-economic, issues of masses and vulnerable communities especially women and children and provide social and health care support on equality and quality basis that can promote sustainable, prosperous and healthy lifestyle. Our particular aim is to develop health care and maternity facilities in the local area.	£266

Last update: January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024