BLISS - THE NATIONAL CHARITY FOR THE NEWBORN

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

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.”

Group structure

1. BLISS - THE NATIONAL CHARITY FOR THE NEWBORN · parent
   1. Bliss Sales Limited 100% · England and Wales · trading operations that enhance the aims and objectives of Bliss
   2. Bliss Scotland (Charity) Limited 100% · 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.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +36.1%

  £1,091,508 → £1,485,008

• Cash

  +66.7%

  £251,727 → £419,740

• Net assets

  +5.9%

  £699,162 → £740,320

• Employees

  -2.3%

  43 → 42

• Profit before tax

  +123.8%

  -£233,262 → £55,483

• Wages

  -8.7%

  £1,352,563 → £1,234,928

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers