RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1175826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of students aged 7 to 19, 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, providing them with an academic, pastoral and therapeutic educational programme in a safe learning environment.

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £13,318 for the year ended 31 August 2023, bringing total unrestricted funds to £531,724. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £499,291 exceed their stated policy target of approximately £370,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Red Balloon Learner Centre Cambridge (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

• Davina Harvey
• Eleanor Susan Laure Thompson
• Jane Green
• Mark Nicholas Patterson
• Paul Lewis Morton-Kemp · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Martin Law

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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