Registered charity · Hereford
Herefordshire Vennture
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Herefordshire
- Website
- www.vennture.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Herefordshire Vennture
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£1.4m£1.5m
- 2023£858k£1.2m
- 2022£1.8m£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2021£2.0m£895k
- 2020£798k£528k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 31% · Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS:- 3.1 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES SUFFERING DUE TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES; 3.2 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES; 3.3 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND OTHER HEALTH PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE LOCAL HEALTH OUTCOMES; 3.4 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME; AND 3.5 TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.
Grants received
25 grants · £1,298,884 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £496,497 (2 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £265,698
- Ministry of Defence · £220,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £125,000 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £96,922
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dr Andrew Butterfill since 2020
- Lady Jane Lisvane since 2018
- Paul Richard Ballard since 2024
- Richard Hugh Bodington since 2024
- Simon Bennett since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew Butterfill since 2020
- Lady Jane Lisvane since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Lady Jane Lisvane since 2018
- Paul Richard Ballard since 2024
- Richard Hugh Bodington since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Andrew Butterfill since 2020
- Simon Bennett since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156851
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/04/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08803798 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03302020730 · enquiries@vennture.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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