Abortion Support Network

Analysis

Abortion Support Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07017607). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Abortion Support Network reported income of £518k and spending of £623k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £456k to £518k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Abortion Support Network sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sudep Action (£518k), The Foyer Federation (£518k) and Dabbagh Welfare Trust (£517k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67% and charitable activities 33%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £179k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.