01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040878
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 2
- Postcode
- AB15 4YL
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
At Bliss we work to support every baby born needing Neonatal care. We do this by 1. Campaigning for change: Ensuring that national and local policy changes are delivered which improve the staffing, systems and investment in neonatal care. and which enable more parents to be at their baby’s cotside and to play a hands-on role in their care and decision-making. 2. Supporting all neonatal families: Provide information and support for all families with a baby in neonatal care which helps them to be better informed, more confident, less isolated, and more involved in their babies’ care and decision-making. 3. Improving care for babies: Drive excellent and equitable care for every baby in every neonatal unit. 4. Putting research into practice: Put parents’ and babies’ voices at the heart of research, and use new evidence to inform tangible improvements in care on the ground.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the Company is established are, either acting alone or in Company with others and in such manner as the Company shall determine, 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, and for this purpose to: (a) promote, fund and advance innovations in neonatal care. (b) provide support, information, training and funding for the parents, families and carers of babies born prematurely or sick. (c) campaign for improvements in neonatal services and on issues related to the health and welfare of babies born prematurely or sick and their parents, families and carers. (d) procure, provide and maintain medical and other equipment and services and funds for the training of staff in operating such equipment and providing such services. and (e) undertake, promote, fund and advance research into the causes of such distress and related matters, the premature birth of babies and issues relating to the health and welfare of babies born prematurely or sick and to disseminate the results of such research to the public at large.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £118,819 | £115,821 | 2 | 13 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £96,126 | £94,143 | 2 | 19 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £81,517 | £86,901 | 2 | 7 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £102,145 | £86,444 | 2 | 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £90,998 | £95,132 | 2 | 29 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 13 Queen's Road, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.bliss.org.uk/what-we-do-bliss-scotland
- Parent charity
- BLISS THE NATIONAL CHARITY FOR THE NEWBORN · 1002973
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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