Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Excess liquidity: -1
Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs high: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE BORNE FOUNDATION

Overview

The worldwide incidence of premature births has remained broadly constant for over 50 years, leading to a massive number of babies born with severe disabilities. The Borne Foundation has been set up by leading obstetrician Mark Johnson to promote targeted research and co-ordinate feedback from specialists.

Amongst their research projects hoping to provide treatment and prevention of premature birth, their major initiative, Borne's Uterine Mapping Project (BUMP), hopes to bridge gaps between siloed areas of specialisation and spark major breakthroughs in understanding that could bring about research impacting millions globally.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Identifying the causes of premature birth to save lives, reduce disability and create lifelong health for mothers and babies

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 8 years

http://www.borne.org.uk/

hello@borne.org.uk

07821 681 058

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£1,189	£1,132	£57	£296	£1,856	£1,856	19.7	5
31/03/22	£846	£1,288	£-442	£189	£1,800	£1,800	16.8	5
31/03/21	£1,093	£827	£266	£174	£2,242	£2,122	30.8	5
31/03/20	£1,562	£1,529	£33	£430	£1,976	£1,862	14.6	6
31/03/19	£2,328	£1,899	£429	£762	£1,942	£1,885	11.9	5
31/03/18	£1,944	£1,271	£673	£533	£1,513	£1,431	13.5	4
31/03/17	£1,353	£513	£840	£238	£840	£743	17.4	3

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 33%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 26.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 115%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 19.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 20 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

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What it does

The Borne Foundation is a medical research charity based in Imperial College School of Medicine's facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Their aim is to identify the causes of premature birth to save lives, prevent disability and create lifelong health for mothers and babies through clinical studies and funding of expert research in the field.

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

5 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Borne Foundation
£25,000	06/03/2023	Big Give Champion Pledge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Borne Foundation
£25,000	15/02/2022	Big Give Champion Pledge
The EQ Foundation - Grant to The Borne Foundation
£25,000	05/02/2021	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72

CHARLOTTE MOFFAT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Property Investment

FRANCESCO VANNI D'ARCHIRAFI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeships: UNITED WAY, THE VOLUNTARY SOLIDARITY FUND INTERNATIONAL,

HENRIETTE MARY PYE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Executive Search Consultant

JULIAN MYLCHREEST (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Investment Banker

PROFESSOR THOMAS THORNTON MACDONALD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: University Professor

RAZAN JAFAR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Secretary/Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2016, number: 1167073
Registered at Companies House on 22/09/2015, number: 09788534

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

315-317
New Kings Road
LONDON
SW6 4RF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH, WITH ANY USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH BEING PUBLISHED, SO AS TO:2.1 PREVENT DEATH AND DISABILITY IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH; AND2.2 CREATE LIFELONG HEALTH FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES.

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