Special Care Infant Parent Support (Scips)
What it does
To help and support parents and sibblings for babies in special care. To purchase additional equipment, furnishings and other items that help the running of the special care baby unit.
Its charitable purposes
The relief, care and treatment of premature and sick newborn babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University Hospital Wales, Cardiff by providing and assisting in the provision of specialised medical or surgical equipment and improved amenities.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 January 2026, it had income of £16,488 and spent £10,125.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | £16,488 | £10,125 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 January 2025 | £20,966 | £38,493 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 January 2024 | £12,763 | £7,592 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 January 2023 | £17,441 | £21,984 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 January 2022 | £22,535 | £25,405 | Not reported | 10 |
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.
- Income over time
- Down 27%, from £22,535 in the year to 31 January 2022 to £16,488 in the year to 31 January 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 61% of its income in the year to 31 January 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 January 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 January 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 January 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
10 trustees run the charity.
- Nicola Madoc-JonesChair
- Adrienne Earls
- Anne Stephens
- Daniela Harkin-Yarwood
- Dr Jennifer Calvert
- Emily Rhian Cowburn
- Louise Addicott-Brown
- Michelle Townsend
- Sian Marie Rosser
- Susan Tester
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 2026 | 30 November 2026 | Received 29 October 2026, 32 days early | Not required |
| 31 January 2025 | 30 November 2025 | Received 21 August 2025, 101 days early | Not required |
| 31 January 2024 | 30 November 2024 | Received 4 November 2024, 26 days early | Not required |
| 31 January 2023 | 30 November 2023 | Received 27 November 2023, 3 days early | Not required |
| 31 January 2022 | 30 November 2022 | Received 18 September 2022, 73 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 511056
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 3 February 1981
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 JANUARY 1981 as amended on 20 Jun 2020 as amended on 29 Jun 2020 as amended on 28 Jul 2021 as amended on 25 Jan 2021 as amended on 11 Oct 2021
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
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.