Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 0

RED BALLOON OF THE AIR

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 appropriate on-line and face-to-face support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 14 years

www.redballoonlearner.org

admin@rbair.org.uk

01223354338

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22		£176	£556	£-379	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/08/21		£1,636	£1,415	£221	£0	£410	£387	3.3	68	9
31/08/20		£1,385	£1,382	£2	£0	£189	£148	1.3	60	0
31/08/19	*	£1,606	£1,661	£-54	£0	£187	£104	0.8	68	0
31/08/18		£1,245	£1,227	£18	£0	£241	£217	2.1	48	2
31/08/17		£871	£751	£120	£0	£223	£196	3.1	26	0
31/08/16		£303	£321	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	*	£254	£253	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£301	£250	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	*	£115	£235	£-120	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£86	£213	£-127	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£429	£112	£317	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800	22/06/2020	"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 ....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."
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Red Balloon of the Air (RBAir)
£5,000	28/04/2020 3	to increase mentoring and therapy support for 36 vulnerable children attending RBAir who are experiencing heightened anxiety and stress due to the COVID-19 outbreak
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Red Balloon of the Air
£146,595	28/02/2019 36	This project will provide mentoring for young people who have self excluded from education due to experiencing distress. Through 1-2-1 support, the young people will experience less isolation, will ....more This project will provide mentoring for young people who have self excluded from education due to experiencing distress. Through 1-2-1 support, the young people will experience less isolation, will have improved confidence and increased optimism.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lift-Off
£10,000	23/11/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to help run a course of therapy and educational activities for children who self-exclude themselves from school due to bullying and other issues.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Red Balloon of the Air
£30,000	22/11/2018 36	Mentoring support for young people not in education, employment or training in Essex. Young people will improve their confidence, have improved relationships and raise their aspirations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 66-87

STANLEY JAMES WEBSTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

CARRIE HERBERT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Employed, Other trusteeships: Red Balloon Educational Trust, UP - UNLOCKING POTENTIAL,

REVD PROFESSOR MICHAEL JONATHAN REISS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Academic (University Professor), Other trusteeships: THE CHARLES DARWIN TRUST, Red Balloon Educational Trust, SOUTH SINAI FOUNDATION, PRIMARY SCIENCE TEACHING TRUST,

RUTH LOSHAK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: Red Balloon Educational Trust,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/10/2010, number: 1138657
Registered at Companies House on 28/07/2010, number: 07328440

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR19: 24 days late, AR15: 11 days late, AR13: 5 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE - BRAINTREE on 10/05/2021

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, 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 APPROPRIATE ON-LINE AND FACE-TO-FACE SUPPORT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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