Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 16

RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE READING

To advance the education of students aged 9 to 18, being students who are the victims of bullying, or by reason of other emotional trauma or illness, are for the time being unable to attend mainstream school, including but not limited to, providing them with on-line tuition and face-to-face support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

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		£721	£717	£5	£0	£415	£393	6.6	22	1
31/08/22		£678	£631	£47	£0	£411	£381	7.3	21	1
31/08/21		£658	£546	£111	£0	£363	£333	7.3	19	1
31/08/20		£588	£461	£127	£0	£252	£233	6.1	18	1
31/08/19	*	£418	£366	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£407	£385	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17		£211	£244	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16		£259	£233	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15		£299	£265	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14		£224	£198	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13		£194	£217	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12?		£57	£61	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/11	*	£9	£0	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 20.3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 14 years

www.redballoonlearner.org.uk

admin@reading.rblc.org.uk

07776258366

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Reading, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,387

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading
£15,000	26/10/2020	purchase of the vehicle for a charity supporting young people in Berkshire
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Red Balloon Learner Centre - Reading
£6,387	24/10/2020	We would like to provide weekly equine therapy to our recovery programme for traumatised young people, building self-esteem and awareness.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	25/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-81

ALASDAIR PEARSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director

ALIKA GUPTA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

CAROLINE BILLING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

COLIN O'HARA Appointed: 2024

PETER DAVID HARVEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

TONY LAKE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Event Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2010, number: 1136446
Registered at Companies House on 09/02/2010, number: 07150417

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR19: 27 days late, AR11: 125 days late,

Main office

220 Kings Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4JJ

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

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