BPAS takes the government to court

We've so many fake charities (charities funded by government) that when I see a charity doing political activism the first thing I reach for is the accounts, to see where the money's coming from. Too often it's taxpayers stumping up.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has taken the government to court, and today it lost.

No sign of the accounts on their website, so I asked if they could send me a copy. The response from Victoria Merriman, "Contact Centre Quality & Performance Co-ordinator", was that

The latest published accounts for bpas can be downloaded from the Charity Commission or Companies House website.

So helpful, Victoria.

And indeed there they are. No sign of taxpayers' money. In fact it looks like a serious business to me. Indeed most of their goals seem business related. Maybe that's unsurprising when total income was over £25m, with a trading surplus of more than £1.2m.

Who benefits from your charity's work?

Women with unwanted pregnancies, people in need of contraceptive support and advice and those in need of sexual health services such as screening, testing and treatment benefit from the charities work. bpas provides care for almost 60,000 clients per annum.
The charity also benefits the NHS as more than 90% of the treatments it provides are commissioned by the NHS, ensuring value for money. bpas also provides information to journalists, parliamentarians and other policy makers as well as bodies that represnt medical professionals such as the Royal Colleges

In other words, yes it is a business. It just pays tax like a charity. But doubtless Dame Suzi of Charity Commission, one of the wimmin, approves.