01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024375
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 24
- Postcode
- EH14 1BZ
OSCR note: Former name Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society Lothians to Held In Our Hearts
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Held In Our Hearts is a Scottish baby and child bereavement charity supporting parents, families and professionals following the death of a baby or young child, from pregnancy loss through to the death of a child up to five years old. We provide compassionate, specialist bereavement support tailored to individual needs, recognising that every family’s experience of grief is unique. Our services include one-to-one counselling, peer and group support, and trauma-informed Hospital to Home, delivered both in the community and from our offices. Through our Hospital to Home service, we ensure families receive timely, coordinated support as they leave hospital and begin to navigate life after loss. Alongside direct support, we work in partnership with health boards and other agencies to improve the quality and consistency of bereavement care across Scotland. We deliver training to professionals, helping to build confidence and capacity in responding to baby & child loss
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) to provide relief to those who have suffered bereavement following a stillbirth or neonatal death, to their relatives and other carers. (b) to advance knowledge of and expertise in dealing with the effects of stillbirth and neonatal death on parents, relatives and other carers by education, teaching and training in co-operation with the appropriate governing authorities of the professions of medicine and nursing and by any other charitable means. (c) to advance education generally concerning stillbirth and neonatal death by the dissemination of information to all interested parties.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £635,778 | £659,285 | 24 | 17 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £488,287 | £534,219 | 24 | 2 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £427,057 | £464,925 | 24 | 25 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £389,546 | £353,398 | 24 | 3 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £344,422 | £262,254 | 24 | 7 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Craiglockhart Centre, Tournament Building, 177 Colinton Road, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.heldinourhearts.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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