Registered charity 1208135

The Mitchell Foundation

What it does

The Mitchell Foundation provides parents in hospital hygiene essentials after the loss of a baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth.Allowing parents to maintain a standard level of hygiene during their stay or visit at hospital.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF A BABY DURING PREGNANCY OR SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO SUPPORT SUCH FAMILIES DURING AND AFTER SUDDEN BABY LOSS.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Health and saving lives
Who it helps: Other defined groups
How it works: Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 11 August 2025, it had income of £16,312 and spent £11,313.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
11 August 2025	£16,312	£11,313	Not reported	1

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 69% of its income in the year to 11 August 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 11 August 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

7 October 2026
Named by Sara Crowley in the Senedd
…gners, the charities and bereavement midwives who attended from my own constituency, including Danika from William's Embrace, Jade from the Mitchell Foundation and Ruth from Merthyr Sands. Many of them are bereaved parents themselves and use their personal experience and expertise to improve the car…
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Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

Jade Kathleen HarriesChairAppointed 1 March 2024
Jenna Elizabeth WilliamsAppointed 1 March 2024
Kara Helen DaviesAppointed 1 March 2024
Kiah Rose EvansAppointed 1 March 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
11 August 2025	11 June 2026	Received 3 September 2025, 281 days early	Received 3 September 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1208135
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 7 May 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 May 2024
Website: www.themitchellfoundation.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

11 August 2025

£16,312

£11,313

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

11 August 2025

11 June 2026

Received 3 September 2025, 281 days early

Received 3 September 2025