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Red Balloon Educational Trust

Registered charity 1109606, on the register since 23 May 2005. The 3,418th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

From the registerYear to 31 August 2025
Income£4.2m
Spending£3.6m
Surplus£628k
AccountsUp to date
Legal formCharitable company
Company number05385341
Years on the register21

What it says it does

Red Balloon Educational Trust sets up and oversees small schools, called Learner Centres, that offer a full-time educational, therapeutic and community-based recovery programme for children and young people aged 9 to 18 who experience EBSA (emotionally-based school avoidance) as a consequence of severe bullying or other traumatic experiences.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Education/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

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Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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