The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bliss -the National Charity for the Newborn

Registered charity 1002973 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 15Professional services 7Other services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.9 in 2021

42 from 30 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bliss.org.uk
Emailask@bliss.org.uk
Phone02073781122
Address1st Floor North, 10-18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

Finances

£2,318,857 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,690,427£1,825,931
2022£2,389,469£2,478,284
2023£2,287,950£2,519,304
2024£2,147,923£2,381,185
2025£2,318,857£2,263,374

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT THE LIFE OF BABIES IN DISTRESS AT OR IN THE PERIOD PRIOR TO BIRTH OR BORN PREMATURELY OR SICK TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR SURVIVAL AND TO ENSURE THAT SUCH BABIES HAVE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE POSSIBLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/05/1991NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28/10/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/2011

Trustees (13)

13trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bliss - the National Charity for the Newborn · 02609219 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/05/1991

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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