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Description
BVF and its wholly owned subsidiary Balloon Ventures ltd are dedicated to the relief of poverty and hardship in developing countries initially focusing on Kenya and Uganda. We provide support, training and loan finance to small businesses to help them grow and create good jobs. In Kenya we also support an orphanage in Busia.
Also known as
- Balloon Ventures Foundation Ltd
- Kenya Works
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
N4 4SR
Latest income
£1,444,998 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1141552 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Other religious associations
I90
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Economic and community development
EC» UnemploymentEC107 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Social care
SC» Children's homesSC104 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-21 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2012-03-31 | 17,696 | 15,409 |
| 2013-03-31 | 16,527 | |
| 2014-03-31 | 10,780 | |
| 2015-03-31 | 15,101 | 12,183 |
| 2016-04-30 | 91,112 | 50,586 |
| 2017-04-30 | 228,556 | 196,715 |
| 2018-04-30 | 539,135 | 313,379 |
| 2019-03-31 | 333,305 | 118,565 |
| 2020-03-31 | 741,754 | 308,551 |
| 2021-03-31 | 686,481 | 542,129 |
| 2022-03-31 | 640,770 | 526,696 |
| 2023-03-31 | 1,444,998 | 706,683 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 20 | 17 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 3 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 862.0 | 183.7 |
| Legacies | - | 0.3 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 862.0 | 184.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | 572.1 | 456.7 |
| Income from investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other income | 10.8 | - |
| Total | 1,445.0 | 640.8 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | 280.6 |
| Spending on raising funds | - | 280.6 |
| Grants to institutions | - | 32.8 |
| Other charitable activities | 185.9 | 213.3 |
| Charitable activities | 185.9 | 246.1 |
| Other spending | 520.8 | - |
| Total | 706.7 | 526.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 738.3 | 114.1 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 32.9 | - |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 32.9 | - | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | 589.2 |
| Cash | 769.6 | 560.2 |
| Other current assets | 1,907.5 | 239.7 |
| 2,677.1 | 1,389.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (44.1) | (57.9) |
| Net current assets | 2,633.0 | 1,331.2 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2,665.9 | 1,331.2 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (628.9) | (32.5) |
| Net assets | 2,037.0 | 1,298.7 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 1,612.0 | 783.6 |
| Unrestricted funds | 425.1 | 515.1 |
| 2,037.0 | 1,298.7 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 32,359 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 5.1% |
| Number of government grants | - | 1 |
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