Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

RED BALLOON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Our aim is to open Red Balloon Learner Centres to provide full-time academic and therapeutic programmes for the recovery of children and young people aged 9 to 23 who have been traumatised by severe bullying or other events or circumstances and cannot attend mainstream school, to raise awareness of the need for such provision, and to oversee the running of the Centres.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 3 trustees?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£2,904	£2,621	£283	£76	£3,057	£2,840	13	86	20
31/08/22		£2,404	£2,168	£237	£70	£2,774	£2,552	14.1	72	15
31/08/21	*	£3,461	£3,455	£6	£89	£2,546	£2,354	8.2	102	12
31/08/20		£3,017	£2,859	£159	£90	£2,540	£2,287	9.6	110	4
31/08/19		£2,970	£2,857	£113	£88	£2,381	£2,052	8.6	116	6
31/08/18		£2,444	£2,068	£376	£66	£2,268	£1,999	11.6	84	0
31/08/17		£1,854	£1,598	£257	£109	£2,068	£1,814	13.6	50	0
31/08/16		£714	£745	£-31	£62	£1,708	£1,330	21.4	9	0
31/08/15	*	£815	£711	£104	£53	£1,740	£1,134	19.1	8	0
31/08/14		£957	£651	£306	£52	£1,636	£979	18	6	0
31/08/13	*	£766	£769	£-3	£63	£1,322	£826	12.9	6	0
31/08/12		£565	£712	£-147	£69	£1,439	£998	16.8	5	0
31/08/11		£1,306	£718	£589	£53	£1,586	£277	4.6	5	0
31/08/10		£762	£511	£251	£38	£997	£177	4.2	4	0
31/08/09?	*	£645	£438	£207	£32	£745	£328	9	4	0
31/03/08		£358	£62	£296	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£62	£53	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£30	£21	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 57%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 13 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 20 years

www.redballoonlearner.org

admin@rbet.ac

01223366052

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£90,031
The Foyle Foundation	£40,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£15,000
Essex Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Red Balloon of the Air Laptop safety and security upgrade
£3,499	27/02/2023 11	to replace 7 laptops to be used by students, who are not able to come into physical centres due either to mental ill-health or geographical distance, to access their tailored recovery programme covering academic studies, therapy and wellbeing
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£40,000	07/02/2023	to fund the part-time Art Therapy Co-ordinator for two years for RB Worthing (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Red Balloon Educational Trust
£10,000	21/07/2022	Funding was provided to cover 5 months of salary for the head teacher of the Red Balloon Worthing Centre.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£90,031	03/12/2021 36	Core Costs
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Red Balloon Educational Trust
£5,000	16/09/2021	to provide additional support to young people self-excluded from mainstream school because of severe bullying or other trauma and where anxiety disorders have been heightened by the pandemic
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Red Balloon Learner Centre Group
£5,000	16/07/2021 5	Funding was provided to open a new Red Balloon Centre in West Sussex, and strengthen their fundraising strategy.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Red Balloon Learner Centre Group
£14,278	19/11/2018	We plan to introduce a support service to empower parents to play a positive role in their children’s recovery from severe bullying.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£200,000	17/10/2018 24	Core Costs
Masonic Trust - Red Balloon Bursary Fund
£20,000	21/02/2018	Bursury fund to enable children and young people who have been bullied to receive alternative education and emotional support.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Red Balloon of the Air virtual learner resource
£85,000	19/07/2011	A two year pilot of a virtual school to enable Red Balloon's exemplary recovery programme for severely bullied (and self-excluding) young people to reach more young people and prove its viability.
The October Club -
£400,000	31/10/2010

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CARRIE HERBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Education Consultant

RUTH LOSHAK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

REVD PROFESSOR MICHAEL JONATHAN REISS

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2005, number: 1109606
Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2005, number: 05385341

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

29/07/2014 - Asset transfer in from RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE PRESTON
18/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from THE BEN COHEN STANDUP FOUNDATION

Policies in force

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR21: 62 days late, AR15: 11 days late, AR13: 4 days late, AR09: 8 days late, AR07: 45 days late, AR06: 25 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE BEN COHEN STANDUP FOUNDATION on 18/03/2024

Main office

Red Balloon Educational Trust
Willow Lodge
37 High Street
Milton
Cambridge
CB24 6DF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AGED 9 TO 18 AT RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRES, BEING STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEVERE BULLYING AND FOR THE TIME BEING ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS, BY PROVIDING TUITION AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR THEM IN A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO RETURN TO MAINSTREAM EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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