The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Red Balloon Educational Trust

Registered charity 1109606 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

1.4y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
16.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Disability 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 15Construction 8Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.2 in 2021

94 from 102 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.redballoonlearner.org
Emailadmin@rbet.ac
Phone01223366052
AddressRed Balloon Educational Trust, Willow Lodge, 37 High Street, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6DF

Finances

£4,182,038 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,460,833£3,454,954
2022£2,404,451£2,167,724
2023£2,904,164£2,621,262
2024£3,328,143£3,167,467
2025£4,182,038£3,553,998

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MARCH 2005 as amended on 26 Jul 2021 as amended on 22 Jun 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

RED Balloon Educational Trust · 05385341 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/03/2005

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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