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2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date ~~aA~~ 01 04 2024 31 03 2025 From To Section A Reference and administration details ~~a~~

Charity name FRIENDS OF THE BABY UNIT FUND ~~Pt~~ Other names charity is known by F.O.B.U. ~~Pt~~ Registered charity number (if any) 516864 ~~CT~~ Charity's principal address 66 SWANMORE ROAD LITTLEOVER DERBY, DERBYSHIRE Postcode DE23 3SY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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KATE REPTON
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ANDREW
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CHAIRMAN
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PAULINE
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ANGELA
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PATRICK JOHN
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ROB
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LISA
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VICE CHAIR
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ASHLEY
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BERNADETTE
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NICOLA RAWSON
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BECKI JEROME
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KARA SWIFT
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CHRISTINE
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17 LAURA MASON TRUSTEE

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

CONSTITUTION

How the charity is constituted

ASSOCIATION

Trustee selection methods

APPOINTED

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

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Section C Objectives and activities

THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BABY UNIT IS THE CARE OF Summary of the objects of the PREMATURE AND SICK BABIES WHO ARE PATIENTS AT THE NEO- charity set out in its NATAL UNIT OF THE ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST. THIS IS governing document ACHIEVED BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR THE SPECIALISED CARE OF THESE VERY YOUNG PATIENTS AND BY PROVIDING WELLBEING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO PARENTS. .

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHARITY’S FUNDS IS MADE You may choose to include BY OUR VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE ORGANISING OF further statements, where FUNDRAISING EVENTS, COLLECTIONS AND THE SALE OF CRAFT relevant, about: ITEMS, PARTICULARLY KNITWEAR, MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE  policy on grantmaking; CHARITY.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main £21,292, WAS RECEIVED FROM DONATIONS AND OTHER FUND achievements of the charity RAISING ACTIIVITIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 during the year COMPARED TO 38,126 IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

OVERALL, THIS LEVEL OF DONATIONS AND OTHER INCOME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FUNDRAISING RECEIPTS CONTINUED TO BE ADVERSLEY AFFECTED BY THE ENDURING IMPACT OF NEGATIVE ECONOMIC FACTORS, PARTICULARLY RISING GAS AND ELECTRICITY COSTS AND OTHER INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON EVERYDAY SPENDING. THE YEAR ON YEAR DECREASE IN INCOME FROM OUR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WAS, HOWEVER, OFFSET BY TWO SUBSTANTIAL ONE TIME RECEIPTS RELATING TO AN INSURANCE CLAIM (£2,500) AND A LEGACY OF £16,753.

MONIES RECEIVED IN THE CURRENT AND PRIOR YEAR ENABLED ITEMS TOTALLING £18,414 TO BE PURCHASED IN 2024/2025 FOR THE NEONATAL UNIT TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE FOBU WEBSITE.

EXPENDITURE INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF TEMPERATURE PROBES, RECLINER CHAIRS PILLOWS AND FOOTRESTS. PLANNED FUTURE EXPENDITURE INCLUDES AN INCUBATOR (£79,000), BREAST FEEDING CHAIRS (£17,500) AND. WARMING BEDS (£25,000)

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT FOR THE UNIT TO IMPROVE FACILITIES ON THE WARD OR TO CONTRIBUTE TO BABY HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THESE INCLUDE COT SHEETS, FLEECE COT BLANKETS, MUSLIN CLOTHS AND BIBS, ETC.

A NUMBER OF FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED DURING THE YEAR, THE PROCEEDS FROM WHICH HAVE BEEN AUGMENTED BY THE SALE OF SUNDRY ITEMS BEARING THE FOBU LOGO WHICH WILL HELP PROMOTE THE CHARITY IN THE WIDER LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

THE FOBU OPERATES WITH THE INTENTION THAT FUNDS GENERATED FROM FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES ARE SPENT WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF RECEIPT ON KEY EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED BY THE NEONATAL UNIT. CASH RESERVES ARE THEREFORE HELD THAT ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY OF FUNDING FOR ONGOING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AS AND WHEN REQUIRED BY THE NEONATAL UNIT AND FOR ONGOING RUNNING EXPENSES.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

THE SALE OF GOODS AT LOCAL FETES AND MARKETS CONTINUES TO GENERATE REVENUES WHICH HELP TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY AND RAISE ITS PROFILE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

DONATION RECEIPTS VIA JUST GIVING AND SUM UP HAVE AGAIN BOOSTED INCOME AND IT IS HOPED THAT THESE RECEIPTS WILL INCREASE VIA AN IMPROVED FOBU WEB SITE AND AN ENHANCED PROFILE ON SUCH MEDIA PLATFORMS AS FACE BOOK AND INSTAGRAM.

CASH FUNDS NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE UNIT ARE CURRENTLY INVESTED USING A LOCAL INVESTMENT FUND MANAGER TO GENERATE FURTHER INCOME WHILST AWAITING SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT REQUESTS.

WITH REGARD TO THE FUTURE OUTLOOK IN 2024/2025 AND BEYOND, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF DONATIONS AND OTHER FUNDRAISING INCOME HAS BEEN MAINTAINED DESPITE A CHALLENGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CHARITY WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT NOT ONLY FROM DAY TO DAY COLLECTIONS AND ATTENDANCE AT FETES AND OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS BUT ALSO FROM LARGE SCALE FUND RAISING PROJECTS LIKE THE QUIZ NIGHT REFERRED TO ABOVE .

ADDITIONALLY, THE CHARITY’S MINIMAL OVERHEADS BASE HAS ENABLED IT TO RETAIN SATISFACTORY LEVELS OF CASH WHICH WILL ENABLE THE CHARITY TO CONTINUE THE 6INANCING OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IN 2025/2026 AND FUTURE PERIODS..

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration ~~ee~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) ~~HER~~ ANDREW BLURTON ~~fo~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, ~~ee ee~~ CHAIR etc) ~~ee~~ Date 30.01.2026 ~~ee~~

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Friends of the Baby Unit Fund Friends of the Baby Unit Fund Friends of the Baby Unit Fund 516864 516864
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
to the nearest
£
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date
Period end date
To
For the period
from
01/04/2024
31/03/2025
a
ee		 Last year
to the nearest £
CC16a
Donations
19,399		 - - - - - - 19,399 19,399 31,734 31,734
Fundraising
1,893		 - - - - - - 1,893 1,893 6,392 6,392
Insurance receipt
2,500		 - - - - - - 2,500 2,500 - -
Legacy received
16,753		 - - - - - - 16,753 16,753 - -
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- - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
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Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
40,545		 - - - - - - 40,545 40,545 38,126 38,126
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total -
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Total receipts
40,545
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40,545
38,126
A3 Payments
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Equipment purchased
18,414		 - - - - - - 18,414 18,414 161 161
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Bereavement room expenditure
3,570		 - - - - - - 3,570 3,570 - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
Charity's 45th anniversary costs
-		 - - - -
Sundry expenses
6,849		 - - - - - - 6,849 6,849 9,077 9,077
- - - - - - - - - - -
Motor expenses
655		 - - - - - - 655 655 703 703
Website design
-		 - - - - - - - - 2,976 2,976
- - - - - - - - - - -
Sub total 29,488 - - - - - - 29,488 29,488 12,917 12,917
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
St James Place Unit Trust
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Sub total -
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Total payments
29,488
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-
29,488
12,917
Net of receipts/(payments)
11,057
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-
11,057
25,209
A5 Transfers between funds
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- -
-
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
84,900
- -
84,900
59,691
Cash funds this year end
95,957
-
- 95,957
84,900
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Lloyds bank current account|91,513|-|-| |Lloyds bank Special Events account|4,269|-|-| |Cash float| |175|-|-| |Total cash funds|95,957|-|-| |===| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |—===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|St James Place Unit Trust|80,000|121,610| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |=—===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|Motor van|13,000|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |===| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |===>| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval| |Andrew Blurton|30/01/2026| |Chair/trustee|

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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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- | CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees harity Name FRIENDS OF THE BABY UNIT FUND

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On accounts for the year | 31 MARCH 2025 Charity no | 516864
ended (if any)
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

| report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent [The-charity's-gross-income-exceeded-£260,000-and+anr-quatified to— examiner's statement undertake-the-examination-by being-a-qualified-member of finsert-name-ofapplicabtetisted-body}}-Delete | ] if not applicable. | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (etherthanthat diselesed-belew-") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

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Name: | ELIZABETH ROSE
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Relevant professional qualification(s) or body

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Address: | 4 HESKETH CLOSE, CODNOR,
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RIPLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Section B

Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.

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