BALLOONS (DEVON)
Registered charity 1158666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALLOONS
We provide pre & post bereavement support to children and young people (C&YP) after the death of someone important in their lives. Our support enables them to express and process their grief in their own way and at their own pace. This has a range of positive outcomes including the ability of C&YP to cope, move forward and stay positively engaged in their family and school life.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £83,839 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total income of £312,138 against total expenditure of £228,299. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £252,489, which is within the stated upper threshold target of 12 months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £252k; policy: 12 months of normal operating expenditure)
“Balloons Free Reserves at year end were £252,489 which equates to just over 11 months of operational expenditure which is within our upper threshold target.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Balloons (matched by registered charity number).
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anne Elizabeth Monaghan
- Anne Louise Reid
- Caroline Holt
- Charles Pallot · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Christopher Campbell
- Eleanor Moudiotis
- Hannah Roberts
- John Bearman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lydia Joy Martin
- MICHAEL BETTS
- Mitchell Alexander Sharpe
- Paul Clayton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Devon
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BALLOONS (DEVON) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £83,839 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with total income of £312,138 against total expenditure of £228,299. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £252,489, which is within the stated upper threshold target of 12 months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BALLOONS (DEVON)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BALLOONS (DEVON) as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION, NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST, THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST.
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