Banana Enterprise Network

Registered charity 1161408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANANA ENTERPRISE NETWORK LIMITED

PROVIDING GOODS OR SERVICES RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESSES IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN BE EMPLOYED

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £12,802 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £30,613. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are approximately 8 months of basic running expenses, which is below the stated policy target of 12 months. The charity is currently involved in a legal dispute with Bolton Council regarding the exclusion from the Rock Hall project.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NORMA LEEchair
• Kenneth John Morton
• Philip John Richardson
• Pink Dandelion
• Steven Mann
• Susan Janet Kaneen
• Wendy Hampton
• Wilfred William Samuel Addison

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).