THE BORNE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1167073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q52851444 · also known as THE BORNE FOUDATION

Borne is a medical research charity with the mission of preventing premature birth and improving outcomes for mothers and babies. We fund research to strengthen the early-stage research base, build capacity in the field, and foster collaboration between different areas of scientific focus.

Objects

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.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £437,079, increasing total reserves to £2,139,718. However, free reserves were £268,999, which the trustees note provides coverage of just under one year of running costs. The charity is within its stated reserves policy target of six months of operating expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“During the year, one employee earned between £90,000 and £100,000” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“During the year, one employee earned between £90,000 and £100,000 (2024 - no employee). No employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 (2024 - one employee) and no employee earned between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024 — one employee).” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 6 months of operating expenditure (reserves figure: £269k)

“The Board has determined that as a matter of policy, free reserves to meet an unexpected call for funds will continue to be set at 6 months of operating expenditure for the charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations under long-term agreements

“During the year, trustees made donations under the terms of Foundation donor and other long-term agreements of £135,000 (2024 — £65,000), plus other donations and contributions to fundraising events totalling £153,819 (2024 — £60,300). At the year end, there were £170,000 (2024 - £305,000) in the debtor ledger for multi-year gift commitments by trustees” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09788534

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Borne (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

ELTZ, Stephanie — director, appointed 10/07/2025on trustee list
COPE, Robert Charles Bailye — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
CADOGAN, Philippa, Lady — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
POSTON, Lucilla, Professor — director, appointed 16/05/2024on trustee list
JAFAR, Razan — director, appointed 07/11/2018on trustee list
VANNI D'ARCHIRAFI, Francesco Paolo — director, appointed 02/10/2017not on trustee list
PYE, Henriette Mary — director, appointed 02/10/2017on trustee list
MOFFAT, Charlotte Louise — director, appointed 22/09/2015on trustee list
MYLCHREEST, Julian Richard Henry — director, appointed 22/09/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£449k

Reserves (reported)

£273k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JULIAN MYLCHREESTchair
CHARLOTTE MOFFAT
FRANCESCO VANNI D'ARCHIRAFI · trustee of 2 other charities
Henriette Mary Pye
Lady Philippa Cadogan
Professor Lucilla Poston · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Mark Johnson
Razan Jafar
Robert Cope · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephanie Eltz

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2022	£846k	£1.3m
31/03/2021	£1.1m	£827k

Common questions

Is THE BORNE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £437,079, increasing total reserves to £2,139,718. However, free reserves were £268,999, which the trustees note provides coverage of just under one year of running costs. The charity is within its stated reserves policy target of six months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BORNE FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE BORNE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BORNE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE SACKLER TRUST, THE DR MORTIMER AND THERESA SACKLER FOUNDATION, THE VASEPPI TRUST, THE EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN AND LEONORA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE EQ FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Robert Cope — trustee here and at THE VASEPPI TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SACKLER TRUST	FY2025	£1.0m	Science
THE DR MORTIMER AND THERESA SACKLER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1.0m	Social Good
THE VASEPPI TRUST	FY2022	£35k
THE EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN AND LEONORA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k	To support research into prevention of premature births
THE VASEPPI TRUST	FY2025	£25k
THE VASEPPI TRUST	FY2024	£25k
THE EQ FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k	Early Years Intervention
THE VASEPPI TRUST	FY2023	£25k
THE EQ FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k	Early years intervention
THE EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN AND LEONORA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2022	£20k	To support research into prevention of premature births
LUCILLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£18k
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£12k
THE EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN AND LEONORA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	To support research into children’s medulloblastoma
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN AND LEONORA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	To support research into prevention of premature births
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
C A REDFERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Charitable Donation
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2021	£500	Greek Charities
THE CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500	Children's Charities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SEGELMAN TRUST	1	£207k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£126k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	1	£105k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	1	£105k
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE FIREBIRD FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£85k
COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO)	1	£76k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION.

THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION income £7.8m
BIRTH COMPANIONS income £1.2m
THE BOURNE FOUNDATION income £36k
THE BORROW FOUNDATION income £27.0m
THE BORNO FOUNDATION income £62k
THE BROWNLEE FOUNDATION income £362k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BORNE FOUNDATION	£1.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION FY2026	£7.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRTH COMPANIONS FY2026	£1.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BOURNE FOUNDATION FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BORROW FOUNDATION FY2025	£27.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BORNO FOUNDATION FY2025	£62k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.