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BLISS - THE NATIONAL CHARITY FOR THE NEWBORN
Profile
- Company number
- 02609219
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1991-05-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have closely reviewed the going concern position prior to signing this report and are of the view that Bliss remains a going concern for the next 12 months, from the date this report was signed; and that there are no material uncertainties related to this.”
Subsidiaries
- Bliss Sales Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · trading operations that enhance the aims and objectives of Bliss
- Bliss Scotland (Charity) Limited · 100% held · Scotland · carry out Bliss' aims and objectives in Scotland
Significant events
- “We have spent much of this year preparing for the introduction of Neonatal Care Leave and Pay, the game-changing new statutory entitlement that Bliss successfully campaigned for and which came into effect on 6 April 2025.”
- “This year we have also published a significant new report on the role, and critical shortage of, Allied Health Professionals, Psychology and Pharmacy professionals in the provision of neonatal services”
- “We were thrilled that Bliss was nominated for two awards which demonstrated our progress in reaching organisations supporting ethnic minority communities: we were shortlisted as Best Charity in the Glomama UK Awards; and also shortlisted in the Charitable Organisation Impact Award category for the Black Maternal Health Awards, hosted by the Motherhood Group.”
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People
13 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WADSLEY, Gemma | Secretary | 2025-10-09 | — | — |
| BRYANT, Louise | Director | 2025-10-22 | Jul 1982 | British |
| CALDER, John Robert | Director | 2017-10-04 | Mar 1979 | British |
| CHATTAIKA, Faith-Rose | Director | 2023-10-10 | Jul 1987 | British |
| GAIR, Alice | Director | 2025-10-22 | Aug 1988 | British |
| JAMES, Neil Anthony | Director | 2020-12-10 | Feb 1966 | British |
| MORLEY, Ian Douglas | Director | 2025-10-22 | Nov 1966 | British |
| PAIZE, Fauzia | Director | 2019-10-09 | Aug 1978 | British |
| PETER, Michelle, Dr | Director | 2023-10-10 | Dec 1985 | British |
| SELLERS, Calvin Lee | Director | 2020-03-04 | Sep 1967 | British |
| SMITH, Coralina | Director | 2023-10-10 | Jan 1983 | British |
| SUTHAR, Krupa | Director | 2025-10-22 | Jan 1981 | British |
| WITTERIDGE, Charlotte Jane | Director | 2020-12-10 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAVINER ROMAN, Stephen Thomas | Secretary | 2009-11-26 | 2013-09-30 |
| BUTLER, Paul James | Secretary | 2015-03-26 | 2018-05-21 |
| CAMPBELL, Laura Elizabeth | Secretary | 2024-11-04 | 2025-10-09 |
| D'CRUZ, Kay | Secretary | 2019-05-15 | 2023-04-30 |
| DITTRICH, Leslie John | Secretary | 2018-11-19 | 2019-05-15 |
| DUMBLETON, John | Secretary | — | 2009-11-26 |
| HOBBS, Andrew John Leslie | Secretary | 2013-09-25 | 2015-03-26 |
| LEE-DAVEY, Caroline Mary | Secretary | 2018-05-21 | 2018-07-18 |
| TETSOLA, Sandra | Secretary | 2018-07-18 | 2018-11-19 |
| BALDRY, Verity Anne | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2021-12-08 |
| BENNETT, Dianne | Director | — | 2006-12-12 |
| BOYD, Martyn William | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2019-05-31 |
| BRAVINER ROMAN, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2013-09-23 |
| BURROWS, Alexander Charles, Dr | Director | 2020-12-10 | 2026-03-25 |
| CRAIG, David | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2012-03-21 |
| CRANNY, Siun | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2003-10-14 |
| DUMBLETON, John | Director | — | 2009-11-11 |
| EDWARDS, Alan Leonard | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2020-03-23 |
| EDWARDS, Jayde Tanisha | Director | 2023-10-10 | 2024-04-25 |
| EPSTEIN, Lis | Director | 1993-11-13 | 1995-12-02 |
| EVANS, Josephine Lilian | Director | — | 2009-11-11 |
| FARRAR, Caroline | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2023-07-12 |
| GOWAN, Isobel Mary | Director | 2004-01-26 | 2012-03-21 |
| GRAY, Elizabeth | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2019-05-31 |
| GREEN, Bonnie Denise | Director | — | 2000-12-20 |
| HARDY, Geoffrey Leonard | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2005-10-14 |
| HAWDON, Jane Melinda, Dr | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2017-10-04 |
| HOBBS, Andrew John Leslie | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2017-10-04 |
| HOLLOWAY, Lucy | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2009-07-22 |
| JONES, Richard Michael Walkington | Director | 1995-12-02 | 2002-01-26 |
| LLOYD, Rebecca | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2011-06-15 |
| MANLEY, Helen Louise | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2019-10-31 |
| MASON, Lesley Jane | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2006-12-12 |
| MCMAHON, Peter Lewis | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2014-09-30 |
| MENASAKANIAN, Janine | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2016-10-04 |
| MILLETT, Marie | Director | — | 2008-02-21 |
| MORPHY, Leslie Ann | Director | 2004-01-26 | 2011-12-15 |
| MOYES, William | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2002-11-23 |
| MULLEN, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2020-06-04 |
| OVEREND, Amy Eleanor | Director | 2017-10-04 | 2023-05-24 |
| PALMER, Simon Peter | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2015-02-04 |
| PARKER, Jason Dominic Simon | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2024-10-17 |
| PRIESTLAND, John | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2012-07-18 |
| ROSENBLATT, Deborah, Doctor | Director | 1996-11-09 | 2005-12-13 |
| SANDERSON, Philippa Amy Clare | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| SEALE, Tania | Director | 2019-10-09 | 2023-12-06 |
| SHAH-COULON, Mala | Director | 2017-10-04 | 2025-10-22 |
| SOPER, Keith Graeme | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2015-05-13 |
| STEBBING, Zoe Debra | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2008-10-03 |
| STEWART, Joanne | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2017-07-19 |
| STUBBS, Diana Helen Mary | Director | 2004-12-13 | 2008-11-12 |
| SULLIVAN, Christopher John | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2015-05-13 |
| SUMNER, Clare Louise | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2014-09-30 |
| TOBEN, Julie Dawn | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2007-11-12 |
| WOOLNOUGH, Sarah | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2019-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-10-10 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-11-07 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-15 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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