Maternal Aid Association

Analysis

Maternal Aid Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wessex Gardens. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Maternal Aid Association reported income of £236k and spending of £244k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £57k to £236k (+314%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Maternal Aid Association sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include White House Cancer Support Limited (£236k), Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd (£236k) and Millimetres 2 Mountains Foundation CIO (£236k).

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.