Charity reBi$traiion number. SC049971
Nurture the Borders SCIO
for th¢Year EDded28 Febrwy 2025
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Iyurture the Borders SCIO
Contemts (continued)
R¢fer¢nc¢ atxl Athninigtrative Details
Trustees, Report
2to4
ststemcnt ofFinancial knivitie
Balance She¢t
Not¢B to th¢ FiDDrKial Stat6DKntB
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Reference Admintstrrdtlve Details
Chattty Reglrtr*tlDn Number
SC049971
Indep¢ndent Zx•ther
tkans chart￿£d Accountattts
27 Nortb Bridge Stteet
Hawi¢k
TD9 9BD
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Trustees, Report
Th¢ ¢ru8t¢¢$ pttstsrt th¢ Teport tO8ether with the fin8ncial of the Gharity for th¢ y¢r ended 28 Fcbruory
2025.
Objéthem ullvlt
Ch&rb4ble Puryfv•seJ
The charlty's PUEpose is to Iromo¢¢ wd prote¢t th¢ pbygi¢al and bthith ofrn their itifantl Jnd families affected
by or at risk of developin8 a perioafal rMt41 be81th cotiditiott, Tbis is achieved by providing suppw4 ¢du¢auoffj 4ud advice
ongsTd¢ Servic￿ ¢omplementary io ststutory provisions. The or8aDisation also aims to raise Pdwareness of perinatal t)WDtsI
be41th amoDg wornea. father4 f8milLes. &Dd the broader advaacing public hedlth and eth￿4￿0￿ about
Th¢ p48t y¢ar ￿￿￿Ellted both C]￿llenge8 Bnd oppotmmitses for fatnili&q aeross the s￿￿18￿ Borders. With illCNgiDB
pr¢88UTe QD mBlltsl health 8eThice8, rising living ¢08ts and levd& of isolation atD)ttg new and expeclant p8rent&
Nuth the Bordern w)liD￿d to Tespor*J proBGtively, adapting Bttffjwh¢nin8 tslivery to meet the evolviDg nee4ts of
par¢rts atyl b8bie8.
During the y¢ar. the charity dd7ve￿a awide rall8¢ of impa¢tfid perinatsl infa￿ ttmitsl health servi¢4 ithjin
. One-tfyone Peritlltttl & Mento1 H¢AIth Swport".
birllK¢lat¥d cbAlleD8e$ aDd isolation. This I￿l￿ded vi8its. Outr¢￿ 8UPPOT4 8dYo¢ocy> pJycho¢ducation and
P¢¢r attd BethendiD¥:
Volunt¢ff Mum B¢fiiellders provided livedaexperience enKttiollaJ supprt thmugkn ￿8VI￿r one-ts-ODe EebSiOJ￿ he]ping
par¢nts f¢tl I￿ iwlated and tnor¢ ¢ottfid¢nt iti their PfjTcnlin¥ rolc.
. CouN¢llmg P8￿￿￿.
. Video Int¢radion GuAdallC¢ (VIG)..
• Doula and Bitih Prq)aration sup1￿.
th]rKDg tho eariypostnatal ￿1¢
Support for F*t1￿$ ￿ P4rkners:
Clllh segthrns offe￿d inf￿n3] PEer siipport, helping father8 build ¢oJfidenc4 reth*e isolatiott al￿ strEn8kn e4rty
lall'onships with theirbabie8.
cournes, ail desi8tted to wport etllotion41 ￿lIbe]￿& Confid￿¢¢ and ¢omL¢¢tioL
Across all servI￿s. the charity Wo[k￿ c105dy Trith Tr4HS Border4 JDidwives. health viy1t0￿ GP8 and otlw p4rkn¢r
or8anisation$ to eA4Ute joine&up and tr8UtDa.infornxd supporL
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Truste￿, Report (eontinued)
A¢bleveTheDts •nd Perf￿n￿an£t
DLrn8 the y¢ar, 256 p￿¢￿ts a¢¢￿#¢d our mi¢rJ.
Key athi¢v¢tn¢nts I￿1￿1¢d.
• 771 swrt 8esgions
573 peer swort se&%iorn%
. 368 eouus¢lling and PO￿¢[apY Bessio
. 22 VIG 5CS5iODS
• 43 advrfacy m¢etin8S
•A wid¢ Trnge of groy at)d work8hopg, incl￿￿8.
- 38 DAd Club s¢Bsi(o]s
- 6 aDteDa¢a] ¢I￿S blocks
- 8 Binth & Baby worL4hops
- 6 Baby Ma6saBe counes
• Average improvement of +13.9 points OD the warwick￿l￿b￿rgh Metttal Wellbein8 Sule
94.5Yo shO￿d tmpmved Jnentsl wellb¢in8
• WelLbE]￿ Web out¢om¢8 illduded..
. Bondiu8 4nd P￿eUtsDg ¢onfid¢uc¢ ill¥rovem¢nts in 83%
. Reduced isolation for 730
D￿]llE the yettr, th¢ Gharity inwm¢ frotn KstrICt￿ gratkts. cbaritable activiti¢s alld donations. Expenditure ￿lated to
The chw Contitiu￿ to monitoi finw¢8 do8¢fy througboth the ye4r.
The detailed f￿anCial Statell￿, w¢5ent¢d lottt in this ieport. provide * sunrw of illcoftu4 exExDdI￿ ond year-￿d
stsbility aDd ¢olltittuity of serYi¢¢8.
R￿rICted fimdtng sumyotts direct I￿nData1 and infant m¢ntsi health work, while wjrcstrictd income supports Core costs ond
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Tru$te¢g1 Report (eontinued)
In the year ghead, the cbarity will focus on SI￿￿]ning its LY]rrent level of hi￿￿u311ty. trauma.inform¢d 8llPPOrt for por¢Dts
S￿1 families across the Scottish Borders. The tnLStee&' priority is to tDOilltsin the slabitity and eff¢rtiv¢nE85 of exi8ting
servi¢0 W staff and volunteers. and enwe that families cOntiM￿ to receive coMisteDi aDd accesgible ¢are.
Th¢ dwity Iwill Coll¢1￿ to work GioAy Trith NHS Bord03 and pDrtn¢r orgaDisatioTrs, nM)nitor loral aT41 alt
will remain akey 8tr8te8ie focus.
Tru•teM *1￿ offlterg
oAx•v¢rnlMg do¢wMeN¢
Nkn the BoTdth 15 4 Scotti5b Charit4ble l￿d Ory8Di*tson (SCIO) Ind li 8oveEned by its ¢Or4t1￿
The Board of Trustees is reyDsible for 51r*ic dir*tio4 8overnaDce. fi￿81￿1￿1 oversiBbL ay)d enmiD8 that the
L1)era￿ in lit* with Its clwithble pwposes.
T￿￿te¢S 8t¢TeuuityJ thtough open invitstion4 wordrf.mouth recoThLnendation8. livedq￿r1en¢c itivolvatsxt and tar8etsd
[c￿Ul￿1 whue p￿tia￿ar skills are needed. All receive an illduction ¢oveiing Ic8al re8ky)Jsibilitie& 58fc8uaTdin&
80v¢nW￿e, and 4D overyi¢w of the dwity'6 wwk.
Day.trkday service delivery is by th• thff t8W sup￿rted by volunto¢r4 Ihe BoaTdre¢oivittg r¢gul&r u
2025-11-27
Th¢ allDual rcpm was appTov¢d by the tTh￿￿¢s of the cFoTity on....................
and Si￿d on its bcbalf by.
Trll5tee
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IndependeDI KsaJDiDer's Report to the ¢rustee5 of Nurture the Borders SCIO
I reportto th¢ tnwtees on tny ¢x4tniJJ&tion of the &¢couttts of NuTture thc Border5 SCIO forthe ended 28 Febnmry 2025.
R¢8poDilbllltlu aBd bagts of report
AJ the clwity InL8tee8 of Nurture the Bordus SCIO you ar¢ r¢Spoll8)￿Ie for the preparation of the I￿O￿llts itt athan¢¢
with tbe requirctr£nts of thc Charities and Trustee Investment {S(%)tland) Act 2005 and the Charities A¢cowLts {Scotland)
RcgulatiOD8 21)06 {as atJKDded). You are sati8fied that the a)Jdit requirement of Regulation 10(l) la) lo {c) of the 2000
Accounts R¢gu]atiOll8 do¢8 not •ppty.
l ryort ID rewt of Jny exominthott of th¢ Nwlure the Borderi Saots ￿cOUl￿ c￿lea out uodw 8ectioll 44 (1)Ic) of the
21X)5 Act At)d se¢tton 145 of tbo 2011 ACL tts Ca￿1n8 Out my examitmtion I h4v¢ follow¢d th* r4uirgrn￿ of Rcguiation I I
of the Ch2ritieB AccÉMWrts (S￿[and) Regulitiong 21￿ (as atllended). AL eX￿niDatiOn i￿ludeS a r¢vi¢w of the ￿OUnt1￿8
T¢￿rdS kepi by the charity and a eomptirison ofthe aecownts presented with those ￿Ords. It a]BO inclth eoL8ideration of
y unusual or disclosures in the accounts, and seek8 explanatiODS from the ttu8t¢e8 concerning ￿Y sueh mwtt¢rB. The
proGedurc5 Ulldtrtak￿ do not provide all th¢ evid¢ll¢e that would b¢ rqui[￿ in aD audii and coDsequEntly r do noi express
Jnd¢pend¢nt eumlner's rtatement
Since th¢ charity bas prepared its accounts on an acc￿￿15 basis and is a]so regist¢ftd in Scotland yout examiw rnu¥¢ b¢ a
m¢Dilytt of & body listed in Rcyulation I1(2) of the Cbarities Accounts (Scotlaud) Re8uiati4)ns 2(H)6 (as amended). I call
confirm that l qualified to uttdertth the ex¥mitwtion b￿8￿¢ l am a registered of lals, whieh is one ofthe
listed bodiw.
8iiryllB me cause to b¢lieve:
I. re¢o*ds werB not kept in re4pett of Nurture the Borders SCIO 98 requred by sethion 44(1)(a) of the 21X)S
Act ￿)d R¢8￿all0ll 4 of the Chartties ALxounts Iscotland) R¢￿￿10n$ 21X%5 (a5 4mended); or
2. the a￿O￿llts do Dot accordwith th08e OT
3. the 8¢couJts do not con¥ly with th¢ acrountiD8 ryuirenx￿ R¢gulatioll 8 of thc Chariti¢8 A¢¢ouDts (Scoti￿)
Re￿8¢]0￿9 (98 amer#led).
I hllve no co￿tm¥ and have come across no other matters in coone¢tioD svith the eXami￿tiOn to whidl attention sbould be
in order to ettabl¢ &
ders4ndill8 of tb¢ a¢coullts to be rcac
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St8tement of Fin*n¢i41 Activities for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
UnreJtrltt¢d
fundj
To¢al
2•25
fun
Nots
Income and Endowmettts from:
Grantb and donations
Total incorn¢
1.340
29,442
ExpEoditsre on:
ChaTitable aL1ivili¢i
Totsi exp¢DJittue
Net (expenditureyincorne
{1.454)
2,536
1.0
1,082
1,082
Reeondll*tl•M offun
10
Rutr5¢t¢d
fwidj
Totgl
2024
Note
DO￿l0￿& alld l¢ga¢i¢s
Tijtal incom
60
EApettditurt thi:
Charitable acliviti¢s
,601
24,601
24,601
Nd izKome
19.759
19.759
Tot81 bJw8ht fonv4rd
Totsl fun¢ts cgnied forward
40
85
46285
10
All of the cbaritys aetivities derive from CA￿]n￿l￿g operations dwin8 the Above two periods.
The fillmls breakdown for 2024 is sI￿VIn in Dote 10.
The notes on pages 8 to 11 fonn an integrnl part of thcse final￿131518tC￿eth.
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(Reglstrailon number: SC04997J)
Balanee Sheet AS at 28 F¢bn￿ry 2025
25
2124
Current •MetB
Ekbtors
11,923
169 132
181.036
688
Cr¢dl¢or8: A￿•￿￿ts fallimg d•e wlthkn oAtye*r
Net
113910
of the ¢h*rtty:
Re￿I¢(ed lll¢om¢ t)m
To1￿ fun
io
Tho fman¢ial st4t¢ments on p48e8 6 to I I were 4yovod by the 1Th￿te£S and allthoriA¢d for i38u¢ tsO.25.11-27 And Big0￿1
on thetr behalfby..
Trusiee
pw8 8 to 11 form OD intryal part of these fjnmrial statenwnts.
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otss to the Flnarnelal Statements for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
l Aee•untlng Wldej
The fitN]cial sratemeDts have tten n7ared iti ￿A)rd￿ce with Accou￿8 and Rewrting by Clwities.. St8teDYDt of
Recommu￿ Prncli¢¢ applicable to charities PryiD8 thcir accOUT￿ acwrdance with the FiDaDcia] Reporting Stat
applicable in th¢ UK R¢public of Ir¢land IFRS 102) (effective l JaDuary 2015) - (C]witiN SORP (FRS 102)), th¢
Fin4ti¢iAI Reportin8 Stsndard applicable in the UK and Rybli¢ of lrtland (FRS 102) and th¢ Charitie6 A¢c¢)uttts {Sc4Aland)
Regulgtiollg 2(KJ6.
BM19 of prep*r*tlo
Nurth the Borde¥s SCIO meets thE defiDition of a ￿blIC b￿efit entity under FRS 102. The #ccounts (fingllci￿ 8tatemots)
ststed in the relevant note(s) to these a¢e4)thL*
The accovuts arepresented in £ and ar¢routthd to th¢ n¢•r¢st £1.
The Intste¢s ¢on6id¢rtbat tkn areno nwterial Un¢¢Tts￿tiC5 abo￿the ¢bariW8 aknlity to cotiti￿ ￿ a 80in8 rollc<nL
Income and eDdowJxents
Vohwtary itic1￿1￿8 doD8tioD4 lega¢ies ad 8rauts that provi& core or are of a 8enero1 Dattre 1$
rxogNs¢d wheD the cbty has elltidemert io Ihe inC￿Me. it is probablethatthe iticom¢ will bc received olld the 8mOUDt can
bemeasurcd Bufficient reliability.
l)•N4ll¢Ns 4Adle84deJ
DonotioLs atMI k8acie8 reco￿￿ed on a receivable b8sis receipt IB probAble 8nd the AllY)u￿ Cgn be r¢li#bly
Orapts are reco￿13¢d ￿en the charity ha3 an ￿till¢mellt to th fimds and any C￿￿1t￿on￿ linkeA to the w have been
Where perfoll￿￿e conditions are attach￿ to the grattt and to be met. the iowme is ItKo￿l￿ as a liabiltty at)d
I￿luded Ollthe balall¢e sheet as d6frllrd to be rel¢{￿1,
Whic￿ it has bocn r¥cEived. Such illcorne is (￿Y def¢￿ed when..
- The donLrspccifi¢s that the yaDt or doDatioD muat only b¢w¢d in ac¢owtitittg period4. or
- The donor Iw it4>o%d conditiom which bemet befor¢ th¢ ¢FJarity ha8 uttcondttional ¢Dtitl¢n)ènL
Expemdltnre
Ail exp¢ndtture 1$ reLa)gni8ed once the￿ is 8 legal or corLknth obligation to exp￿Ill￿￿ it is probable settlcmEDt li
req1￿red and the 4mouDt ￿ be n￿•Su￿ reliably. All 4110¢8t¢d to the applicable ¢XPCDdittre l)e￿ing that
&Uocat¢d on a basis consistent with the u5¢ of r¢50urces, with central staff costs all￿atrd on the basis of tim¢ sp￿( and
d¢prtti4tiw ¢b4T8e8 all￿tea on the ponion of the asth's usè. Other support ore allo¢&tsd baJ¢d on the Spread of staff
¢o#s.
Charitabk expetjdith wises tb05e co6¢8 Im]￿ed by the c￿lty in th¢ deliytty of its &ctiYitie$ athl sernc&q for its
benefi¢iarie8. It in¢lud¢s both t￿t$ t]￿t be alliJ¢&ted direKtly to such aclivits¢8 tknse co*B of In iodit%ct
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Notes to the FinaA¢ial Statements for ihe Year Ended 28 February 2025 (contlnued)
Sllpport tb
Support CQ5ts include eentrd fi￿ctIo￿$ And htve bten allocated trj activity ¢o$t c*gori¢s on a basis ¢onsi8L¢nt with the us¢
of tesour¢e4 for exampl< *ll¢)catin8 property costs by fl¢)or ar¢85. OT per ￿Pit￿ Staff ujsts by the tim¢ 8p¢M othtt costs
Tbesc include the costs &ltributable to the charity's compli￿￿ with ¢owtitutiotul atyj siaiittory requr¢W incluthn8
Trxde d•btors
TTrde d¢btoyJ du¢ from for ￿*￿h￿se ￿]d or perforn￿d ID the oTdiDary cowse of
Trade delknrs are rKo8Di¥ed initialty 8t th¢ Izansa¢¢kon pri¢¢. They ar¢ 8ubs4ueLtly Measll￿ at AJMtisa cost usitis thv
effective illterest JDethod. wovision ts impainn¢Dt. A proTrision for tbe il￿PaI￿ent of trade debtors is esthb]isbed vAwi
thue is obj¢ctivc wd¢DC¢ tbt the cbty Trill Dot be able to collect 411 amounts accorditig to Ih¢ origin41 ternw of the
T¢￿}Y￿bk8.
•ud •4ulvai¢llts
Cash equival¢nts WmPTiS¢ coth on hand and rnll Ikpo8it4 and oth¢r 8hort4enu Illghly liquid illvesttnents dBt ￿e
re￿IlY convertiblc to amLMmt of c46h ond arc gubjcct to 8D iDSi8Dificart risk of ¢hw¢ in Vakn￿.
Fund strne￿re
Restti¢ted I￿OrDe fimds 8r¢ tho0¢ doDAted for in a Particu￿ aY¢a or for sp¢¢ifie purpose8. uoe of which IB f¢8trict¢d
to that aTea OT PU￿092.
2 from donatloD• l¢g•d
Restrict
fwids
Don￿lOn5 and lcgaci
DonatiOD8
l.Q91
1.091
249
Tutsl for202S
Total for 2024
3 ExpeLdltMre on ¢bvlt*blt thities
Uwrertrfrttsl
fullds
General
RÈAtrleted
funds
T•txl
AlkKatsd swrt costs
2,410
25,565
27.976
Totsl for 2025
2,794
25.506
Tot￿ for 2024
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Notes to the ￿a￿ti¥ll Statements for the Year Ended 28 February 2025 (continued)
Att*ly610 ofgov•rD4nee I￿pport eO8ts
UDreknlrt¢d
fwidj
C¢nerAR
Rertrfctt
Total
384
Tot*1 for 2025
Totsl ftsr 2024
422
422
2025
1•24
422
6 Tautlo
7 D•btorJ
2025
2024
19
11.91M
Other debtor8
11.904
2•25
24
169 132
9 Credl¢•rs: 4JDounts fa]]Ing vAtlthI one y
2025
20
137
633
422
113910
644
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P4otei to th¢ Flnandal Statsments for the Year Ended 28 February 2025 (contlnued)
l• FuDds
Balamce at I
Mareb 2024 re￿￿re£
Re•ollrt¢
expend¢d
Bal￿¢¢ it 28
February 21)25
Transfe
1.340
(1794)
1,454
Reltrlttrd fund•
Tot￿ fimds
R￿¥re
expended
DA1￿ce at 29
February 2•24
March 2123
Re&tri¢l¢d Iullds
46285
24.601
Totsl fund8
11 All￿￿1& of met aisrtl betheem
UDrt4trlcted
Totsl fuBdi *t
28 February
2•25
24.1
156,837
181,036
113910
Thtai at
fwid8
2024
66.688
66,688
Totol ttet48
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l)et*lled St8temont of FlTraDel*l ArtlvStlu for tht Yur Ended 28 Febrn*ry 2025
2025
2•24
Donations and lewi￿ (4nalyKd b¢low)
29,442
44,360
Exp¢w1ilwTe
Charitsble activities (8nalys&1 below)
124 601
su￿1￿5 (d¢ficit) forth¢)ur
Tot￿ fill￿$ brou8btfoNard
Totsl fimds ¢arri¢d forwHrd
••dleg4eleJ
Grattts- other ageneits
28351
44.360
Direct costs
772
1.846
467
245
1212
256
431
245
268
Otri￿
Computcr Boftware and maintenance costs
310
Payroll fe¢5
Wo8es 4ttd srdarAeB
Staff NIC (Employo5)
Staff penGion8 (Defmed Col￿rA￿tion)
Pn'Dt1llgF￿ts8C and 8iati(*ithy
Tr8veL ￿ 8ubslstence
A¢¢oulltsn¢y
230
21,035
21.0
869
261
53
1.083
422
198
176
564
384
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