Charity registratr*n nurnbBr 1117092 {ErwJland arKI Wales)
Comparby reswstration number OS664446
RED BALLOON - NORWICH
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Truste8s
E L c￿lleY
JTryDwn
A D8bFI
S F R￿9￿ward
B Crane
(Appinted 6 Novetnber 2024}
IApFrf*nt8d 1 Odotw 20241
IApwMnted 29 May 20251
(Aprrtxnted 2 Febtuary 20261
harity number (EngIar￿ Wlalesl
1117092
Company number
05664446
Rogistored offi¢¢
289 Wton Road
NR3 2PW
Audiior
SurrwAuditw Limi18d
15 PaLxe Stteei
NQRWICH
unit￿
NR3 1RT

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
CONTENTS
Pa9e
Tru5tees' rEPUrt
StatetnentLI trustees. resp￿S1￿1￿eS
Independent auditc¢s rer
Statern8ntd fInar￿Aal acbvities
10
Aalance sheet
Staternentd(x5h fiovJ5
12
NDtes to thB f￿arKla1 ￿ats￿et
13-23

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
The trustees wesenl Ikpir annual atKI Ina￿la1 f￿]heYear￿￿ed 31 Augu612025.
firh8nciel slolem¢nts hevc b¢en prcwred in xOYd￿¢ewth ￿ occounbry OKies xt wt in notc 1 to ihe fin?nciol
StslemenLs and cornFAy wiln the charivs y)v¢rnirMJ (kxbwl. l-& 2QK16. FRS '02"T￿ Fin¥¢￿1 Reporting
Standard ap￿iCable In the UK and ReputArcf IrdaTht' ￿￿1 the Chrn SORP"AcrA)untiry and Reputing bycharibes."
Statcment of Rttcthmended Piadte apl4￿￿)le to that*És piepa[M￿ thti" att￿niS In *wrdantÉ wrth Finanu
Repo￿n¥ Siandatd appli¢a¥e in Ihe UK**J R8rwNicol Iweland IFRS 1021-.
Objedives and a¢ti¥th"es
ABOUT RED BALLOC4N- NORYIICH
Red Balloor- Nowcry C￿aleS a nurhjriry e￿rOnrr￿1fr* St￿ents aged 11-16 who Canr￿ thrwe ￿ a mainstream
ényiroDmenl. The schrA exists to re-trtjI￿ t￿$t torfKlÈft￿, sklL% and kTthbledge itrwou9h a proporboned tAwd
wellbeing. aDd ¥QGaliDnal adiwbes.
Rod Ballo)r a saf8, suFwIi￿8￿Wj n￿￿rni9 envmThreni fcrf40 ycwrg peorle from Nthlolk and the
surrwndirvJ cwnbes. Our cenbe is Monday to FrKky fr￿n g.tthrn to 15.3(1)m duriry term lir￿e. and students attend
full-time.
All students ai Red Norw¢h hay8 * EHCP (Edacaith) Heallh C*& Flanl through thwrtrtv)nal po$￿v&
regard. rJJrriculum seqUenc￿g a[￿ a naralive appr(wth 5tudentsare ablE lo re-c￿[￿ wlh edu(xtion.
OBJECTS
To prowdÈ a nurturing and supptrtNe k*niryJ enVY￿Me￿ fot SILM*nisW 11-16 wilh orwrthoul * Educ*￿n. Health and
Care Plan have 5ufferwJ ￿￿elYa￿lI swJnrfiLwI tsautnalD EX￿1 ihFy unatle lo axe55 mainstrpan
eoutsiK¥).
To offer a tsilored trAend of acadetnic. V(Kati(na atKI welbeing ￿terVen￿￿ to eTwre each stulent can attend school
tpgularty. arcessa fijll pdLKZtK>n atKJ wake a W)￿live carpeTtransitim P05t 16 On￿1hPY leavp Rpd Balix>Tr NorwKth.
VALUES
Wellbeing
Mental health em￿lon￿ artressenbal lo a Wpy ènd hÈaltty indMdLO1. ThÈ of our
men￿1 health also forrns the lo￿d81￿*7$ Io 8n*8 trnve ano ￿ $L*
Tvoughout thoirtimc Slud￿ntS ot R¢¢ Nor￿Ch arc to a(rcs5 int￿￿￿￿¢ IyJnsd1ing 5UlWrt
as part of their limelable. We use nlegrative (ounsellitvJ so we canoffer a rarpje of theraFeLtK approaches induding CBT.
Soluti￿ focuspd and d￿￿1[￿j and talking Ilwy lo hplprerrK)ve bariet5 to kniTvJ ar￿ ￿Ve1Up strategies forthpir
enlffied SLPPCrt r*eds whth onen In￿￿esse¥￿e an￿ety. AIW wronttto ￿e counsellin9 majcffj of skaft are
also trdined in Level 2 F4lental He*th Firsl kn so Ment4 he*th SupwrlrwTha￿S4t1h8 wtre of our*thob sctw)ol appro￿1 to
￿nP￿vIng w1lhp.￿g InrAII
Acadernic
Red 8allfy)r- Norw¢Tr undersi¥rKI ea￿l￿)n is exams. ar￿ ils rK)I c*w-fils-all. Ttrt Scho￿ works
ndera nepliated curriculum. *knere the student *as a say irbwhatthey ￿￿.. b leam. sowe fwid an approach IfAt
enab￿5 them to learn SUC￿SSfUll% a￿'e£ tnolivated to 3ferKI. slll evsurng thp stalbtoryeduralion requIre￿entS are
met. Our students comè to us at varKMJs levels of aknlity. *JpEKKi them n gel b￿￿on track
and ￿Ve1 wth Ih8ir peers. 50 theyleel confident and then bmB wilh us lo an 8￿. We have also
oeveloped 2 strong Vocat￿31 offerin9 lor Ihal str￿￿ to I￿n in the tra*th)nal ¥Yay.

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Soclal Engagement
Red Ballwr- Now¢n Is W￿11 aro lowsed Ino 6 stvdenis ￿rda$s)¥￿n9St￿YWts feel part of ihe
conmuDity. Our Stud￿1$ have oftey had ymi1arexper1en￿ 60 thwp"5 an Innale ot Un￿rS￿r￿￿￿ and acceplarKe
81ready. our irydustve almosp￿re makes sure eveTrMe led5 wal￿ed. We seek ro engage St￿entS in comfflunities that
ar8 both supwrtlV8 detnanditu. so they utKJe%13fKI ipe Ydup and realibes of CoM￿unihes we exp8rienc
1hroUgh￿.. lrfe. We bdEve it'5 Imp￿lant that students belong 10 therc￿lI￿n￿j. aDd Ihal IW ￿Ponsibl11Y foriheir
contribut￿n to that c￿￿mU￿8￿d up￿)Ith￿ the oythe thr comfwnty rr¢n*ers.
How do we dèlivér?
Skils For Lifo
Al Red Bdlow Norwich. we're passi￿8* attyJtequioW￿ YOU￿ the sklls Ihey neeil fty a ¢onfidenL
le￿ndent bjture Our program Inciuoes ￿ti¢¥I lrfe $￿IL* Wch 8s<£*Y¢i19. bud9eM9. travel ffainwl9, ano
support., all designe(t to p'e*re sty¢Jenls lor a(luN lile. Thrw3tr wrnbrfuriro apprwh. slLKlw'.s we sutvortwj lo ovwcomg
znxieties arour* sch(X￿. ￿lId new Inendships. repar sustan rela￿Sh￿>S and extAue new en￿7r0n￿nts. itKluding
work placements Every Sludeni also has actrssto ¢yJr ￿leY[￿Ne
cvuwlbr. orf*ng a listsn1￿ e¥rand ¥ pnge ofcwingstraitrgies ￿ ¥urpxi on thewjtyJw*y to gjccess.
Aeadernlc
Red B¥lltrJr Ntywth cifets Ihe fvll of GCSE ctye yJbJerts klats. ErwJh"sh Lan9U8ge. Er¥lt8h Lite￿ture. combintyj
SrJ8nce. Biology. An, Humar¥l* and C<thputsr S¢*￿. F(* require Interv8nbon to
significant gaps ￿an1r0 and Ikrne rrissed from edL￿￿. t￿￿￿31 s*lls are akn PTovided in E￿ish aThl Ntsths.
8lon9gidts Ihe Entry L¥v91 C0rtth¢*$ ￿ S¢w¢e atKI HwnanitBs.
Vocational Experienc
We bdieve'work expenence plays a huge role in wepariw ourstudents [￿th￿r next SEP5 ￿3￿rnentS pravKle a feelirrfJ of
sgfety. 5ecLrty ar* reassurance cfwhal ￿ lobe expected and *tha' ￿￿k1￿J10[an empkbyr Is l*e
The Y￿￿9 awrenlKethip SGheThE is in pl￿f￿￿ stsjdpnts to find lh￿ret￿p￿y￿'match, PDSI 16 and startlhe transthon bp
le8Vin9 Red FltJlth)n- The errwoyer Can make8 f>rassesw*niefa Iheir SEN needs *hi¢h supports
k& a fJl empbyment offer
T* truslees have paid due regard to gUktin￿ issued by the CW in decidiro %Yhat ￿tiVitieS Ihecharity
should uTrJerf8kp.
Red BalloDr Le￿[ Centres prowde an 5nknsivp￿e.lUl-lfflP eChMZ￿ f{Hthi￿[￿n1lf￿l7)Who have bepn so
IraJm8tss•dlby bullying, phy&¢tJ wolorte, fani y br8ak¢knYn. t*8avem8nt. ￿¢) ltt¥t tsy oxdude ltr*msaWs frtyn
schod. There Is no other purpose-made scherre la retnrfer thE gro.p of ChI￿re￿ and io gve them back-.heir'lile'. More than
half of thg Studonts at Rgd Balbon have attgnpw or $9ri¢).sty ￿)￿￿J￿re(l. suiTrdg ￿Y￿re providgd wity a $3fg
environrnenl wilh dear t￿u￿a￿e.￿ for behavK>ur I￿1¥￿￿al fulkknn￿ ac*M￿. pa5tor31 and tlwap2uhc programffle.
Off￿* 8pproximaldy 6 1 10 to 17 yearohts in theUK. at*xrtlhiee in L% SO wxiws th¥t Fel$he has leftr
the mainstream 8ducabwal sysiem Thts represents 16.XMlchiklren Experie￿* ifb Balk*Ms cau5eg uslo bel￿¥0
that there isa need'orsuch a Centre ￿ e￿ town arKI txty in Ihe UK.
Red 8*IoDr ifftproves th8 sklLs aThl life LWOrtunth5 of a gn)up of soci￿￿15￿al￿J. LVJnfideT￿￿4lIrrfJ aTxI VJTyxed children.
Red Balloor conknbLrtes to #10￿er cL*nrnur*ies by *dadores>rKJ the pietlem of swiou￿Y bull*d iiraumatised
children wilh the trtlp oFthe aThJ fw Ihe benefil d i￿e ctymmwity.

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A¢hiw•m¢nts and porfwm0￿*
A￿￿verne￿I end p¢rfvmence 81 Fled BalwTh. klwich IS fnewjred tytr¢ iruetrac in soK<steem confidence of¢gch
*udeni. in their ability b ho￿ Iheii o¥kil In Ihe wold. in the*vnde*&nding of themswves and otyers at)Y In Ihwr
recovery ar￿ retum to rnainslrearn orfu￿re(luCakn ￿ employ￿L
Trys year 202412025 has ontr of pwFs5 and al Red 8al(w Tr4)rY￿￿ YthEre we SUPFQtted 52 learn￿$18
wp.rp. AtrpDrfDQ m a ￿￿-ll￿P. rtiiHlrrJl ￿rAnV.1￿1 at w. É¥vp.g Thi%wA% ￿ Ir￿.￿$￿. fl 26 &?PJ. frnm 2nz.312n24
where 41 students We￿ supported At ￿ gwen wni w&$ the PAN ¢f40 fyi roll exceeded) Reftecbve ofour groN•th
the ￿1 also saw ￿ increase in staM number5 IriHn 24 10 32 deaty keeFxtytO Our slaff iabosto etisure all students
retENed the best beswke ln1etvenli￿ ￿ a nurfuritvj leaming e￿￿[OT￿Ne￿I.
rerrtl ofs*ar GCSE re￿1￿ shTh¥ed ContinL￿1 succe&s acnjss tre cunicvlum forourstUd￿ts and Year 11 ￿3Ver$.
of (xjrcohortof 12 X Year 11 students 2fj24r2025 (Njt of 35 GCSE exaffts Sal Ihere were 15 x GC8E's grades 5-8143%).
22 x GCSE'S glades 4 and atThe173%1. 9112 students Sal FUt￿nal Ski115 E2-L2 lindud1￿ entry sC￿T￿e)= 75% pass
lo￿ of tjl Ye¥ 11 kavets a¢heved Ihèir quaIrf￿￿K*ls leoul￿ ftrtrtirr*xl desbn*ions and 83.3% sux$ssfulty
sustained are yogresshng in Iheir (jfystsnal(￿. Slutlents a"e nwwly resiwe(J kn tsking ￿ more thanfiv8 subJeLts
any ye8r, because m3ny of ly) arrivkig ai Re: Bal*￿ hake rrissed years ofeducation and in some
cases 40% oftxnetailes as a tranSl￿n rneasure can be l(XX￿ed an vixztionJ 8nd p￿￿81devekJ[M￿e￿tt0
prornole en9agetnenL
Overall atteThdan￿ fr￿..he year 2ffd412W2Sw8s 78% was ￿ 8% inuea8e on Ihe 202312024 ¥ademr year.
r attendance wlh(xrt sludents wrth pers￿lent absenteeism arKI ofnon-statukry s(kn' age was 82 5% an ￿Crease or
6.5'A on Ihe 202312024 academic year. Trys tMlnuÈs to (km(Ntstra￿ * ImwDvernÈni and remains a wjsitivè outs¢*)k for
those 51uden15 wFvJs8 ￿ental healih. tsy lo u5. ￿ PDwfdh￿9 eMtotwJBd pwvjds a%Yay ftDfft edLralvJn.
r Pupl Piefflium Grenl u8etJ to remove Sor￿ of lie Trw)8t barr￿￿S lo leaining- proi'idiry tsrg¢led acadetni
support across core subpcts. irnplowry atte￿ancE ¥&4 the use of aierrative WOViSion. trips and visrf5 and loeypand Ihe
cultural cap*31 of students Witlin thEyrcAwntnunities.
tside of da5swrn tsli¥ery. our ￿Mpleted lasw whch have f¢vrned part oftheir posi 16
dèstinations and have bLift Conf￿￿nc￿0VQra numbÈrol montrs whth has I￿￿ to deSt￿at￿)￿S On￿ again forth
202412025 aca(lemic year with one st￿l NEET Inol in emFAoyTnenl ed￿￿t￿n and furthertrainingl.
Tre school has Iso c¢ntin*d to iwest in *8ft devdopnvii Ihrw attess 10 tr&nin9. k8deN%hip and
managgm8nL IOSH Health and Safety and Sp8oaiisl SEN T*￿hing Assi$lanl Lovel 5 quaIrf￿8￿￿s Tw¢ m￿berS of st8ff
3re also reg￿tered tor klaslers ￿￿r5es.
The sNces5 n a(*￿VIng our airris ran b8 atknbjted ￿ krge m&asuB to th8 ￿tstar￿lIng ieachifv atvj supportgrfftn by thB
dèdicated $￿ff.
FUNORAISING
TTrp CarrA Concert ftr Red Balk¥)n N￿￿7ch In DÈcembÈ" 2024 ratsed £546.95 is t￿￿d ag*n r
De￿￿ts8[ £025.

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Financial rvi•w
Dunng th8 year ended 31 Awusl 2025 inc(m￿l￿g ￿S(mIr￿ total￿t1.366.￿￿l2024.. £986.201lwith total resources
xpendpd of £1.d18,38812024." 1872.9171.
Totsl receiptsoTr fund5 vieTB t1.329.870. of Itadjig itw>Jtne tirta1ing £1,319.73312024. £929,867)
represented fees receNed la fund tre e(Lcalion ofthose St￿entS wttiLsl oulsith maifjstream educati
Staff number5 have been keplalvwed to Ihe wmberofsludenis. IrKx¥ne and eNpen5eswpfft broadly in linewth expeBlation.
Try2 T￿Slee5 rnanage and rpvipw tre bL￿geta1 eth Trustee's ￿￿eling and ¥wxk the of Centre to en5we
thai ￿$ts aieeoniroled.
Tolal fvnds hekl by Red at yearended 31 202st0t￿￿ [522.794. Of*th￿h £19,63Swere restricted.
ReseNe Policy
11 is Ihe policy of Red R91knfy) Nwch to m8intsil ai kasl three •*18 reseTresor £150.LY)O *td¢hev¥ Is the
greater Wehave tocooe, sal¥es n It￿ evenlol late few payment and we Ik8￿ to be t*$pa￿ foi a In studenl numb8
atthe beginiing ol the aradernic )ear-our 15 to hd? our stud￿ts badt wwever ot1￿[ student5 are
wtth us for rernaityw dUr*m￿ ollk*irsetoThlary edLtstiOn.
Structur&, govem•nc• artd man¥g•m•ill
chanty Is a c(Knpany limited try gknaranlee atKI as ￿ does have share cawl￿. Ih& (x)ttyarry is also 8 wiStefft1
charity. Gh￿tY nurnber is 1117(YJ2
Tre trustees, a￿ the dire(atrs trt pur(￿se of Company kn. and wvtyjdurirg the ye8rar*J up 10 the dattr
of signatuieol the firwu* staiemwis weie_'
B A￿ndge
E L cu1￿Y
M Blyth
P D Boland
JTCWn
A Dabin
W Klarshall
S F Ridg&Vlard
ZCR0￿e
R G Walker
B Cran8
O Oension
(Arvitnled 6 November 2024 and resigned 1 January 20261
IArvynted 6 November 20241
{AFvMnted 1 Oct(tht 20241
IAwxxnted 1 (kt(kn2024 reS￿ned 14 JLdy 20251
lAWA￿nted 6 November 2024 and resigned 1 JanuBry 20261
IResgnee 10 March 2025
{AWx￿nled 29 May 23251
IApyxnled 2 Fetxuary 20261
None ol the trus￿e$ *)y benefKial intwesi li co)wny. Al ofthe are M￿bW$0r￿ o)mpany and
ouarantee to conlnWte £1 In the£￿t ora *inding up.
Organisational sIrU¢￿r•
Governance of the Centre
T* Board ofTnJsts8s. In ¢(X)SL418Ny) He*J of Cenire. makes deogts)s atx)ul siaffity, bu(Wrw. and p8rforman(
STAFFING
Mark Anderson. Fkad ofcenwe. has been in kK61 Sirte ALgUSI 207J aTh1 has ¢onbnued ro developa #rory team has
m¥de po&bve impart *YOSS the ¢eni*.

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Local fundra151ng
Trusl•es aim lo r?ise'un(ts. ￿t￿ly. lo be lo wh8rKe the pW$K￿$ we offw, lo buy resww. wuipmenl. covw
the cost ol e5swIBI rep?ir and replacement. etc." lJnds are a150 Lwd to bJtKI unlu￿e￿ students.
Raising awarenv
Trustees ¢ontin* io raise lo¢¥J putA¢ aw8rvess olthe ￿e￿$ 0fthi￿reTr have beentYaum8tiseJ f￿whatever reason
le.g faTruly iKeakdo¥¥n. bweavwenl. rape. etcllhal ￿Y can￿1 for tIE beiw attend tna nslwm 8chg01. The
airn is lo draw attention lo the facllhal such thildren sh(x1￿ be with a way lo reo)ver th￿rIpalIh and full-lyne
edu￿t￿￿. Red Balkn(￿- Ni)rwich offer5 this servi￿.
T* trustees have idewfied rnain area of¢0￿ern ¢apa(* ￿ t¢able￿ wov*e ourseNice lo voluwE of
youry peope Ihal requre the suptKKt thatlhe Centre ollers.
Ip 2013. Red Balloon Notwth was added to NorfrAk CW L￿h1 Touch as a PT0V￿er ot Day EducatiDn
Services Norfo k County CtyJncil Issueé a fur.her In￿￿￿)￿ ItsTe￿er in January ￿11. ¢sKxinse w8$ attepied in Marth
2017 and our new Contract extends fora tc4ling live years. ￿ a WM. ry¥)s'.￿W[ slbd&nL% are direrjy fundad by the Local
Authority. f>Jnro the 202412025 fInancJ￿ ￿tar. we began stL**nts frDm SuffcAkCounty Cowril on a spot
pl￿ment basLS.
Norfolk and Suffolk thnly ￿n¢11 fijnded all full bme students ￿Ksh￿entS aitendity Red BalkJon- Notwich lall
ofwhi¢h haye sn Ed￿lI)n. He8th C¥8 Pbnl A rumtw of$￿￿ents aL%o *diliw81 fLmding for 110 1 taa¢hing
and ￿arnI￿ suppor. lo Supp￿ their trdngAJon into Ihe core offer. 8 sludeits also access￿1 dual roll proV￿￿Th on a part-ti￿
basis ￿mI[￿s5￿￿ed by rnanstream sckKxA5Y4here Red Bal.1￿ NO￿lth werp the subsdiary {Kow(￿.
r£apaGltY has increased IhrDugh Ihe bler￿ use of aNernalNe [KovisK￿ atHJ oYlinp ￿arfUr￿ where appropriate
tsupporbn9 students rwy. ¥ble to attend the certt￿ s..raw￿l 8c¢ess a ￿ and b8lan¢ed cuniculum Red
BalloorFNowch negotwlos ts cwrKubm *ith. WKI the S￿131. psychokngic¥ tlberapeulr of. these ywng
peop￿.
The mai￿lty Lrf our referrdk ￿e¥la the LoLa Aullyjrity SENPAG adm￿￿￿5 kyocess. PkcefflentskKwJng Feopkp w
have been ¢￿su11ed can be atyeed by ltrt LiyA ¢Ontt￿ tt* èdNMsgons ￿r)ee$S Red Balb)rkn- NO￿￿h
8re slill open to receiving students who are ¢YrecUy funde(I by nwr¢tream pr￿ste y via pwents or a case by case
basls
Auditor
In aets)rdartt yrilh thectsmpèn￿s8￿lCIes. a res￿￿t￿￿ FrOr￿1￿ lhat￿Mer Limrted ￿ reapprAnt&l as auditor of
company be putata G￿eral Meebng.
11 h35 tken a yearof skbi&ty txilh 513ttatKJ tru51ee& thp L¥yan15aliw 15 rK)w In a p￿tiVe and Slab￿ W5￿On lo ILx>k
forward at new r4)wrtunil*S ThÈ board wll be ￿￿parry a 3 year SttyÈg* WIS￿ will Shared wth StèkÈfr¢A(*rs in
*arfy 2026. We have a Staff by a eweri￿G￿j lewkt3hp leaTD. arwj uur bjatd gfiru51ees holds a w￿e rangp
cf sknlls andknow￿dge, whkth continues lo ertsure a approxh atboad le¥d. I rAace my tronks an ￿C2rd to all our
*aff felow I￿￿tee$ the1rcontin￿ de(Jic*N ayd over theac&eM￿ year.
TrÈ trustees. repirtwas approved bythe BDard 01Tr￿ees.
E L Culley
Trustee
28 May 2026

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
The trustees, wtK) are asD the direL*x5 of Red Balthi. N(v￿ch f￿the pUr￿L￿ law. at& t95po￿ts18 for
prEpanTh9-￿￿ Trustees. Report 2nd tr* fir￿1¢￿￿ Slate￿￿lS In accor￿￿ wth ap￿￿12 lav4 aThJ Uniteé Kin9dom
Accounlin9 Standards lun1￿ GBneraly Accepted ACC(￿ntIng p￿11¢•).
Company requires the I￿SteeS lo ple￿re fn3ncal staleThents finan(Jal year%¥hth 9ive a true lair wew of
Ihe 51alp of afairs of ITe chanty and of ihe TE50Lwces and of re￿Irt￿$, including the irFCOrn* ènd
expendiwre, of the ¢hwitabk ¢crfnpanyfor IW year.
In wep¥ing these finar¢￿1 $￿tements. th8 are reqwred ts)
- select suitable ￿0Until¥j atKI then awty therTr wnsisienly.
-rA)SÈTVÈ IhÈ melht*Jsand In C*ati¢*S SORP."
- ￿￿kejUd￿Menl5 snd esknrnaie51FHI reasotth and prL¥J8nL"
- stale whether applicab￿ UKAccountirvJ Slahlarts ha* been folkyl￿d. Sub￿ to any rnatenal departures di£c105ed and
explained In the financol stslements". ar
- Nepare the financial slatements on Ihe go￿ basis unless il is to presum8 Ihat the charity Mll
continue in operalion.
trustees are res￿n￿b￿ for a(lequale a￿A)unti￿J rec￿￿5 thard￿￿OSe￿th rea￿)nable al any bme the
finartyal P￿11￿￿ of thè tharity pf&bl@ ￿Th￿rÈ Ihat th8 [nar￿ tompty ￿￿1 the Comp*M8g Act 2LNb.
TTr2y also reswnsible for safe4u3r(*ng the assets oflnE cJ• ar#1 fr*n￿ lorta￿TrY Teasonable 5tep5 for Ihe prevent￿￿
8nd deie¢tion ¢f fr8ud and itre9u181ileS

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF RED BALLOON _ NORWICH
lon
We have aLKJrted the fillanC￿l Slatemenls of Red Balwn- Ithe'charity'lfor the year end2d 31 Au￿st ￿25 wh￿h
cornpriso th& statBrnon" of financ￿1 actvibos. b&lancg Stat8[[￿o[CaStt fiDWS and nutos tD thB financ￿1
statetnÈnts, including sgnffjrant accounting tyAKie5. The finaryaai fr¥rpw¢Mk that has been applEd In Ihpir
pr8p3ralv)n 15 law Unrfgj s￿[￿jardS. IDL4Jding Fitkino4 RBPQttsng Siandard 102 The
Finan￿al Reporting siantsrd app*￿tsIe in the UK afidReW￿ (Untec lQry(k)m GenerallyAccepled AccDuntirvJ
pr*￿e).
In ￿r0E￿￿K￿, the StalP￿￿ts".
give a true and fair vi&Y ol the state ot ￿ett￿ritaL￿e ujrnpanls atrdirs as * 31 August 2D25 and of its InLxJrning
resour￿5 and ap￿￿a￿(r d re￿)Ur￿ for tt￿ year £￿ed".
have bew pr(p￿Y prepaw in acc(KiJarKe ¥Ath Unw Kirod¢Mn Gervally Arrept*l knunlw Pract￿..
have been in ￿￿￿anCe %Yith thfy requywnentsoflhe c￿pan￿ Act 2(￿
asis lor opinion
We conducted our aud* In ac￿rd￿￿ lThternaih)n31Slandard5￿ Auditiw IUKI IISA5 IUKlland app&ratrle13w. Our
resFx>wblibes ￿d￿r those slarKlards are futyw de￿nbeC in tye A¢￿01Sre4J(￿￿lwh￿s forlheaijthtoflhe linancial
sraleffienls sethon ofixjr rewt. We are i￿￿￿ent otthe charty in accordynce *ith the eknKxI req￿re1￿2?￿ that are
relevant lo a￿rt ofthp financial slateTnents In tre UK. ir*I￿j￿9thB FRC'S Elh￿31 Slandard. and WÈ have fufilled
other *tTh¢a responsiblil*S in attordan¢8 wlh t￿$6 requirements. W• Ihal Ihtr audil evidenc6 sv& havoobiain*d is
SUffic￿nt arKI appropn2-.e to provide a bas￿ tor ¢wropin￿n.
Con¢luslons relolSng to golng ¢on¢em
Ir aud￿ng the financial statements. ¥ve have ￿￿ded that ￿ trustees, use oflhe go1r0￿￿rn basis of in Ihe
pr&paraiM)n of the finartiai Stslempni8 ￿ approwale.
Based on we have perfrymed. ￿ We hlentified any materi4 U￿ta￿ r*tirvJ to evg7ts CK conditic￿$ th8t.
¢tiwduJly or cdlpcliv6qy, Thay CJFI svJDifKanl doubl ￿ the ctwty's atslty tt> C￿b￿￿e as a gJin9 ￿￿Tr¢P[n a pprw)O of
leastlwdveThonlhs Irorn when the financ￿1 staierrb2nts are authoriS￿l tor Issue.
OJr [pspan￿bI1￿8s the rF5P0[￿blI1leS ol thp trustee5 with ID g(¥TrJ Co[￿r￿ ￿ deK￿bal in the t8lpvanl
sections of th15 reput.
other Information
TTre other lrforfflal￿n (x)mwI￿ Inf0rrTrHt￿ indLMled in anrwal reFx)riother than the financi41 statsments and our
audilofs report Ihereon. The trustee5 are resP￿SIt￿e forlhe otrer infrxtnatim ￿￿ta￿ed ￿itt￿n thp annual ieport. winiDn
Om the finaThJal statements the$ ml ctr*r otrw info'ma".KJ* and ¢0 noiexpress anyfomi of ￿Urance ts)n¢lus
Ihweon Oui responsibility Is 10 read the othty- iplmb(m wd. in dty-g $0, c¢nsidervJhethe* the olh¥ Informalhw Is
mateiially Ir￿SIstenI with ts financial stat￿￿ts or kn￿edqe DbtE4ned in the ￿knr5e olthe audit. or othEYWi5e
appears to be materially misslaw If ¥¥e Kknf.ify s￿h Mat￿la irws ste-wor arvarenl Mat￿la1 fflisslatemen15, we ar8
required lo determine whetherlhisgwe5 to a matenal rDi5stalernenl in the slalem2nls thetnsdves. If, based on
the WO￿ we h8ve pertorff*d. * ￿dvdeth8lthe￿ is E m8ien81 ttiss*emer¢ ofthÉ infryrnètitr), we 8re required 10
port that fact.
We have ndhing to report In th￿ regdrd.
Alatter6 on which we awv wu￿ed to repL¥t by eXC￿lL
We have ndhing lo report In reycl of the Iclb)wTrJ malers in ￿latI?n tothk* ￿ Charites lAc￿nts or￿ Rep)rtsl
RegUlat￿nS 2D08 18qures us to rewrtto if. in Our (ywn..
)e infomiabon gven In the financial $tsten￿)ts IS any m*iai respect witt) the trustees, rep￿".
sufficEnt accounbry recoi4Ys have not kept..
the f￿3ncjal State￿entS are in ag￿[nent wthlhe ￿XX)Un￿[wJ rp(xKds" o"
we have not receNed ail the1nf(Thakn￿ and expla￿tIonS￿E wuiretorour aud

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT (CONTINUED
TO THE TRUSTEES OF RED BALLOON _ NORWICH
RosprJnsiblitio$ of trust¢•s
A5 exrAained ful y Ir the State￿￿1 of Iruslees. rEs￿[￿￿lties. thettustee5. are aso the d 18Ctors ofthe chanty for
th& purpusg of COTpany1sw. aro tho FrQP3rdl￿n ofthB fnanEia statGrngnts arKI for bBing satisfigd thal Ihoy
give a t￿e fa r VEW, and ftrsuth inlptna as the trustes delerTnine 15 [￿$Sary to eftab￿ the prep3ralion of
finaTrc4al sta1￿￿￿￿151￿l arE r'ee frotn 55late￿￿1. whFI er due lo fra￿ orettcr. In ptppanng tre financial
ststements, the trustees are reswsible fo. assess ry Ip£ charitys a￿lItyt0 ￿lIn￿2 as a gcAng concern. dIsc￿ry. as
ap￿iCats￿, rnattets rdaled lo grf￿n9 Conc￿ uswg the cOn￿rn bassofaccwnlrg U￿e5sthe Irusteesether intend
to Iv4uidate Ihe chartlable c£vnpany orto cease LW8'atiDns. or have w reah5tK amernative bul to do 50
Audilofs respoThsibilllies for the aLKliiof the financial slaternerts
We have b*n appointed as audiltt under 144 oltre ChariDes AL1 2011 and rerth in accordan￿ the Ad and
rele¥ant regulalKJns made bwng effect IbereuThler.
rob18cli￿ are to obtain rea$￿at￿a$su￿Ce abwl wfthefthe $￿eMen1$ asa wh¢48 afe tr* fnm matsdal
misstalerrETrt, whetherdue-.ofraud or error. and lo issue an a￿lIa￿S reFth tw I￿￿ES￿r opi•ion Reasonab￿ assuran￿
a high level orass￿an￿ but mt a gUar￿tee lha(￿ a￿lI..£0Pd￿1ed ir acconlanTr xryth ISAS IUKI will alway5 detect È
tnaterial n155tatetnent It ex15ts. Mi55taietneits can a75e f7xn ftaiK orenDr cOn￿dEred Thaterial If, Indi￿d￿allY
r in thp aggregate. theyc¢xJld reès¢MwW t* Èxpeded tt> wrfuen(* deCiSiOnS ofusets taken on basis of
these financial statem¥nls.
Thp exienl ID our pr￿edu￿ are cApa￿e ofdetechrvJ iwrpgularii*5, In￿dI[¥j fraud. 15 detaled bpkrw.
Identifylng and assesslng potential rlsks related to Iwul¥llks
Ip Idfrnblying and ¥sses&rE ii$ks ol m81enal ￿lS$law￿l1 In 18Stwt of iwkgrthes. i￿ll￿WI0 fraud 8rvJ nOn￿Mphan¢8
with la￿￿ and regJlalK)ns, we considered the
-enquirng of rnanagement. including oblaiTWTry and ievKMirvJ supwtiry d￿￿en1th￿ totKpming companys PDIIGES
8nd p￿cedUreS [da￿TrY to".
. dpnlifwng, evaluabng and with kn atvj rE￿￿11(￿￿ atKI trwwpre a¥￿e (rfarry instaT￿￿5 Df
nOn-¢oMpli8n￿',
-de'.ethng ra5p(xbJing lo the fraxl al￿ Ihey h￿$ k[￿ge0f3￿Y a￿￿1. suspecled or allege(J frau¢
- the inlema contro15 established lo Mit￿ale Dsks re￿Ied lo fraud 0[r￿-CO￿plIan￿ ￿ryth law6 at* regulatK)YS,"
-dis¢us*ry the tr79aweni ie8m aNJ whereftaL*I mKJhl OCCJJr in the f￿anCial stsiements and 8ny pctrnlial
dKalot5 01 fraA.
. (training ￿ understandiry oftrt I￿ arrflregubirxy frame*th that tre rxmpaThy ortrales In. those laws and
regulalions th81 had a ¢ired eYe¢t on the f￿￿al s'.alefftents rK that h¥1 a'urfamen&l effeci w the operabws o. the
conpanies. The key lavjs and reg￿at￿nS In c￿rteXt IT￿￿ed the CoMpan￿S Act 2W6. lax I￿lsIal￿n. and
laws sptcth¢ally awlicatle ￿ Seth In wthichlhè<tMnPany<4)et*e$.

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
INDEPENDENT AUDITOlfS REPORT (CONTINUED
TO THE TRUSTEES OF RED BALLOON _ NORWICH
Audlt response to r15ks IdefitlllEd
Our procedur8s lo r8sp)nd lo rtsks idsntif*d f￿l￿n9.
. pviewing Ihe Finawal Slaterrwt di5cJoswes tes1v￿t0 4knun*￿Ial1L￿ to assess comkliarK8 yiilh rdevant
laws and regulations dE&tssed atove.
-￿qUi￿ng of rnanagement. concerrmng atNI wteDts"31 Irt￿3￿ atNI dailli5".
. ￿rfOr￿l￿g analw ca wocedure5 Lo ￿Èn1rfY any unusual or unExpeciÈd rdBIKW)$hips th81 may wid**e risks of matwial
misslalenEnt to traJd,
- *ading rninules of m8etirwJs oflhose Ch￿ *ilh go¥ernatKE. reiie*irvJ intern* 1x￿SySteMS tK)tes rewewing
correspOnde￿e with Hk4RC' ard
- n addres5ng the risk offraud rDaw*nt Dvandp alu￿1rd5, tesbry apprwatene5s ofiDUtnal entr￿$ a
othpr adiuslTents, W*lher IhejvJjet￿t5 Trade In aECLYJrting 851iwo.e5 are indi(xtive ofa polential LNa5".
and evaluabng b￿neSs.3t10n31e of any signi ￿an1 Iran&atr.h)nslhal are ar okn-.side ntsmia t￿rse of
business.
- Assessing cOmVian￿ relevant Pa¥￿ aTd regLdations. Includir￿ Equalfty Ae_2010. Employers. knability Act 1￿9 and
Health & saely al Work Act 1974. to wh￿h ￿ fowd ￿ mate.al *ortfa is (Kh￿1 any CDf￿￿5.
. A8sessin9 ￿m￿la￿tew￿ rekvant i8ws ¥NJ re9￿8(￿$ 4Wtsbe to Sthtth. iowhithwe no matenal shLNItsIL% ly
had any cor¢ems.
othw Mthrs Pwawaph:
TTrp fi[ban￿£1 slBleTnerrf5 frKlhe prior tWKxJ were not aLwlitec.
A futherdwpuon ofow respOnsi￿lIbeS is avaiable Financi¥ Re$￿thg CwrKil'5 wetwle *'
https."IlwwfrG.(ry.uklauditor5reswrritMlities. This for￿lS wtof0wa￿Iito￿s re￿￿t.
Use of (wr re
Try5 rep(xt 15 made sdety +0 the charity's tr￿ee5. as a t￿y. r 8ClxwdaN￿W*h Part4 olthe Charibes (Acmrrts and
Reports) R￿Ulat￿lS 2008 DJr audit WDtk has been Utyjertaken $0 ￿￿1 %Ye mv)*i Statè lo c*8ntys tru*tee8 LMse tnatte
we are wuled 10 $￿te 10 them inan aAii¢rs repm 8TrJ for rw) ott*r To the ful￿$1 ex*ni permiiied by ￿w. we do
not ?¢¢ept or assune respwsibility to anyc￿eal￿than the thanty the Charty's tn¢sÈes as a bcmty, for Ours￿11 ¥v
for this rwrt. LKfor tho Opin￿nS we have [orry￿￿.
Mark Johnstone Ispnior Statutory Audit
For on behaifofsumer AkKitw ￿Mited. 5iaiLrtory Authl
ChartorÈd fvttountanis
15 Pal8¢e greet
NORWICH
Norfolk
NR3 1RT
Unrted Kiryd
28 M8y 2026
SuryErAJdrtco Limrted Is el￿1￿le fgr wntrnenl a5 oftrE by ¥irtue of ils elgbilily f¢KaprKinlmenl asa￿110[
of a company urktter 1212 Df the Carnpanies AL* 2(￿.

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITUREACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGLIST 2025
Tokni Unrnstri¢tsd Rgstri¢tod
lunds
funds
2Q24
2024
Total
2025
2025
2025
Notes
In¢gmo from".
Donations and legacEs
Charlats￿ ¥tyvibes
Investments
8183
1.321.028
65g
37.039
45.222
1.321.028
659
7.783
929.867
493
35.841
929.867
493
Total inroffle
1.329270
37.039
1.368.￿
938.143
28,05B
966.201
ExpendlturÈ on..
Raising furvjs
char,lab￿
1.4Tr).984
17.404
1.418.388
845.054
27,058
872.112
Total experx*thre
1.4(K5.984
17.404
1.418.388
845.859
27,058
B12.917
Not InGornellexpBndlturpl
19.635
151.4791
2.284
93.284
Transfers bEl¥¥epn futvts
130.(KXTri
11.CrfJOI
Net movonwnt In funts
110,3651
151.4791
93.284
93.284
Re¢onc1lla￿o￿ of lunds..
Fund balances ai 1 Seplernber
2024
544273
574.273
450.989 30,0
480.￿9
FuThd b•lancH at 31 4u9U8t
2D25
503.159
19.635
Y4.273
574.273
5talemenloffinanual actMlie5 I￿G￿deS all gansand k)s5es rwiwl inthe year. ￿1 irNx)me eXpe[￿lU￿ derive
Irorn ￿m￿n￿1r￿j a¢tMt*s.
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
BALANCE SHEET
ASA T31 AUGUST20?5
2025
2024
Fixed Bssel¥
langible assets
14
797.8(K>
Ba7.￿0
Cuwrent assets
Debiors
Cash at barth and 17 ha
15
87.LK13
388.574
771.953
566.123
Crtrditorn." amOLm￿S1¥lI1rtg wthin onè
year
17
1703.0151
1484,8091
t ¢urrenl8ss•ts
68.938
101.314
Total asset5 less cuThent liabilit
866,738
908.814
Credltors.. amaL￿ts falllng thje aftermore
Ihan one year
18
1343.9441
1334.5411
NEt assets
522.794
574.273
Thè #f charity
Resthcted i1￿me fvn(k
Unrestrickd fund5
19.63S
)3.159
30.￿0
544.273
21
522.794
574.273
Tr*se fina￿81 stat8rn8nts have prepated 41 *¢￿￿9n¢¥ wilh Ih8 w)vtsiorsapr4rabla io crnparwes to lh8
snall ccmpanies
The financ￿1 Slate￿￿￿ts apwoved by ts ttustee5 28 May 2026
E L Cul*y
Tnrntee
Cowany registratitMT Th1mbera￿s4446 (EngL4nd a[￿ vla￿5)

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
2025
2024
Cash flowsfrom ope￿￿fig act￿ltIeS
$27.935
137.629
Invèsting aCtiviiio8
PLJrchase of tangl￿e filed assets
Investment racfjiv8d
129.1721
{127.18GI
493
Nat ¢a8h used in investing actiiTrti•s
128.5131
1126,6931
Financing ￿￿￿tIeS
Repayment of b¥nk1¢8ns
18.7831
18.3201
t ¢8sh u$od In Ilnan¢lng a¢Y¥lYes
IB.7831
18,32UI
Net inGrva¥e in cash cash equ￿alEntS
490.639
2.616
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
177.549
174.933
Cash ond cash equiv*en¢s at ond of y
668,188
177.549
Relat￿g to..
Cash at barl( and WT hat
Bank overdrafts i[KIL￿ed in GredittTh paydtAe
within onfy year
177.S¢9
116.7621
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
A￿￿￿￿tIng pol￿185
Charity inlormBtiD
Red Balloon- Norwich 15 a wivate c(MipaYy limited by guafantee ￿{x)r[￿K8ted In ErylaThl WaÈs. The regi51ered
offKe ￿ 289 Ordvion Ri>ao. Nor%YK*. N113 2PW.
1.1 Basi? of prepara¢ion
Tho financial s".aiomBnts ifb a(**rdaThts￿7Ih Ihè I*￿1￿%￿¥&M1fiu documtsni. Ihts Compani&g Act
2006, FRS 102'Thtr Fin8n¢al Rer￿tir9 $￿idarI a￿*8b1t inthÈ UK atKJ Rewtlic of Ireb￿. and Charrt*s
SORP-AccounliDg and ReFQtbng by Cnantss." (4 aPp1Kab￿ lo chaDlie5 PtEparing
r accounts In aCcOpdan￿ with the Fina￿14 Rewrtrg ￿ard ap￿rable in UK and Repu￿￿ of I'dand IFR5
1021.. The cha￿ty ￿ a Publi£ BenefiL Enbty as defined by FRS 102.
The financisl Stslements are prepared n sterfirvJ. vthich is Ihe Iuncffi￿aI currerLyollhe ch3rity. Monetaryamounts r
lheseffi￿c￿l slatpm￿t5 ¥e r{￿￿ed io Ihe nvarest£.
The finan¢ial Y.*ements have been prep¥ed u￿81the hisK￿¢¥ coa ￿ven￿Th. The ￿n¢4)01 a￿D11r9 polaes
8dwled art sei out bek)w.
1.2 Going concem
Al IhE Iirne ofsppwTrJ Iha finarKJ81 stsiwDBnis. IhB IwElfjes ha¥8 a thal ha$
adequate resources lo continue In operatioial e￿stenCe lor the foreseeknle future. Thus the INslees fA)ntyn￿ lo al(yt
e going ￿rreffl ba95 013ccountirvJ n prepanry Ihe frnarKkg1 *atements
1.3 Charitable lunth
Unrestricled lund5 use * tIE oflbe tr￿tee$ In fvrtherartr oftheirdwiit8Ne objectives.
RestrUed lunds *È sul'ecllo SpÈtsfic¢*Th￿10rt$ by oTgY*rtets as 10 htrwthey may bÈ used. The wwosès
and uses r¥sv￿ed funds 8r8 *".Wl in the noies ￿ th8 fm8ntsal stsMi8nts.
E￿O￿￿P￿trUThds are sut￿ to Spea￿ 1x)t￿lI￿ by (k)rt￿$ thatthe capital rvust bÈ maintained by the tharity.
1.4 Incom•
ITKorne is recognised when the charity Is legalty entided kn it aftw any ￿rforManCe u>tKlition5 have been mel. the
amwnts w be measured reliabty. ar￿ it Is p'thbk thal In¢(m)e be rece￿.
CashdcmaticAlS a￿ rwised ra*pt. Other ae recxgiised Can￿ the th¥ity been ol the
donaton. unless perforMa￿e cotKlibons requye ￿ferra oftre anN￿nL Inco￿ e tax reu>veraW In relation to donations
rec￿Th￿ under &ft or deeds of covenaTht is rewised al tre ollheikjnakn.
Lega(ies are rec(wJnised ￿ rewbl or ￿ Il the d￿lIty ho5 been tKJbfvJ ol Bn ImpEnding di51ribulion, the
amwnt Is known. aid r￿1p1 IS expecte(i. Ifthe amount Is kn￿￿. lh2 Wcy is Irea'AI as a conlingenl asset.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accounting pol￿•e$
Icontinuedl
.5 Expernditure
Ixpendilure Is r&ognised 1￿Ce1here 15a legal or(ThstTwXwe oblvJabonto tratthecA)nomic benefrttoa third party, rt
1$ wth¥bl& thai a ItanSf*rof￿rth￿ bènafiis ba required ifi str1ty8ff￿I. tho amounl of tnè obiKJaiion Can t
meagjred ￿ly￿blY.
EXpFndltu￿ i¥ das5ifpU by xtyvity. Ttrp (x* x*vtyare tn* ￿P01t1&P ofdirertwsts at¥J 5hare(I rosls.
including suptx)rt(x)sts involved in urKlprtaking eath thty. Dve(* a)5ts at1[*xrtab￿ to a athvity are allocated
direciiy 10 that admty. Shaw costs C￿tri)Jte to mNe than one *iVity 8nd ?uprotf>)sis vJhK* è¢ not
allribblabk to ¥ a¢tM'.y ar& apr*)liwthJ betw Ilw *iviJ&s omsisiwl vJlh lie useof r8sourc*8
Central stsff costs are akncated OTh the b￿S of'Lime S￿t. a￿1 de[￿￿￿*￿ tharges are ￿￿cated on pOrt￿n c>fthe
assw.'s use.
1.6 Tangiwg fixed assets
Tangible fixed ass81s *8 iniiaty n*asured al cosl aThJ >Jbsequerfy mÈasur8d at¢ost orvalualon, ol d8prtdalion
and any impairrrEnt losses.
Ovyrwaiui ij iu¢oyntsed >0 as ty> vnil¥ t￿[ Ltyl UwiT ltt¥duai valutrs lfvii uselul
Iwes on the fdkmiw bases".
Free￿￿ lar￿ ar￿ ￿Ik*"n9$
FLMtures and filt￿g$
CDmputt
0-10% ￿ ¢osr
2Q% ￿ o)sr
33% ffi (J)st
The gain or ioss ar￿￿¥￿ on oran assd tsdetÈrmiwJ as thediffererte bèt**tn the salè procè8ds and the
carryhg value ofthe asset. aThl is in stsiem*xolfinwcial *ivilies.
1.7 Impawmenr asse
Al Èach reportwig end daip, the ¢haiityTewews i*e £*rwry atTh)&* of(ts tsrp)'blÈ assets to dÈknir* whÈther IherÈ
IS a7y ndicaiion Lhal lh￿ ¥ss*s havÈ suff8r8d w Imparmtr)l knss. If aiy such i￿1¢ati￿) aKists, the r8coveiab
arnount of the a￿t IS e5tirnated in i>rder lodetermine the ex￿nI of thp imwrmern k)55 anyi.
1.8 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash Cash ￿[ValentS Ir￿ude rash ITr hand. de[￿lS atcall baf*s. other short-te"m IiquKI Inve5trnents
wilh ongn81 m8fvril*S ortrrfee n￿￿sor kss. •7d b8nk Overd￿ftS. Ba￿ ovttdrafts a￿ shO￿fft hTrnlhin tOYOVrfin9s In
current liabilibes.
1.9 Flnanclal instrum•nts
The tharily has to apply the ptWsKms of SeG￿[￿ 11 InstTwvents' ar￿ S8Glion 12'0ther
Financial Inslrnments Issues of FRS 102 tfs dl of ts irtstruments.
Financial inStruTh￿nts rwisad in the chatitys balar￿@ shB81 lh8 tharity be￿[[￿ party to th@￿￿tractU
￿rDy￿￿TIs of thp insttumpnt
Financial assetsand labilit￿aT oYseL. 4%ilh the ret arrthnts rKEsenw ￿ the finarKial staiemefjts. when Ihere Is a
legal￿enfO[￿3tr1e right to set off Ihe recogn￿￿ an0UnLsa￿ the￿ i% ar) intentiw. to setde ona net basis orto real￿e
Ihe asset and settl8 the Iiablity sWnuttaneD￿ty.
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Accounting pol￿•e$
Icontinuedl
Baarc )Sn•nclal •s*ets
Bas￿ financial assets. ir￿￿le debt(￿ bank balan￿. are inthally measured at tranSaCt￿TI pri
including Iransadth ￿$1S and are $utwueniyi*med al tX61 L￿[¥d ifre inlernst metiod unlo¥s
Ihe arra￿emer1 cwsinufrsa fiiarory tr￿Sa￿l￿, trt transaaw i8 measure(l at tre rKesen". value ol the
future receipts discwnted ata rnarket rate of interESt. Finaml 85sets cL4ssified aSrec￿¥3b￿ within one yearare not
rnottispd.
BasK liabKNlie5
BasK financial liabiliknes. Irc1￿11￿9 c[edit￿5 apd baT* k>ans are initialty attrar53ction unles5 Ihe
arraw$m￿l ¢￿S￿luteS 8 financirp) Nthere tr.e de)1 instrumwi measur8d ai the pres￿1 vaue of the
fuiure payrnentsdiscoUn￿ at a market rate of inleresL Final￿la1 Ikthlities cL4ssified as payable within one ye& are not
amoybsed.
Debl instsumenLF are Subsequ￿tty carr￿d alarrKxl￿￿j usiny IhEeffkn interest rate ￿t￿￿J.
Trade cr9di1￿$ are otllgat￿rn$ lo kwy 9¢￿sOrSe[¥￿es ttave been awuire¢ (Kdinary wurst ol
operaions suppliers. Amounts ￿lab￿ are cbsylied as I￿￿￿￿tieS If ￿￿ment is due Within year or less.
If not, they are presented as nOn￿￿ent l ablitEs. TFae CfeCit0￿ are [￿n￿l Initialty al tr￿SaCtion priTr 8nd
subsequently rneasured at atrKrtsgJ oJst ￿e effeL*Ne I￿tereSt tnettrKd.
Der*¢ognllkn of nnwKlalllabyltt
Financial lthilthes are derecognised V&then th3rity"s cor*r*ual ￿lgat￿￿s expre orare distharged LY￿￿1￿￿.
1.10 Empk)yÈtr
The cost of any unused entiuefflenl 15 rK(yJntsaJ in the petKxl in*thich Ihe Qwy￿sSer￿￿saE re￿1Ve￿.
Terrnww￿￿ benefits are recogn￿ YDrnediatelyas an exper￿ the d￿rity ￿ de[t￿Stra)ty cortwnifed to
tetrninate ts e[W[￿ent d an (¥tQ PTuvvJe Iewrnnab￿ bBTr8fits.
Cash genèrnt•d from OP¢thions
2025
2024
IDefnty¥uW￿ br the year
151.4791
93.284
AdlustsnÈnts for.
Invesbmeni ir￿rne recognised in Stslew￿of￿fft￿c1* aciiviles
CDSI adjustment to L￿r￿￿le fixed assets
Depreoalion and inyirrrefil of lawt* fix￿ 85sets
16591
8.805
30.067
14931
20.485
vomants In worklng ¢apllal:
Decreasellincr&sel n debtors
I￿rease in creditor5
IrKrpase in defe￿e￿
301.571
60.348
179282
1375,41DI
36.204
364.459
Cash 9gn•rdtad frorn oporatirrf
527.935
137.629
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
Criti￿1 a¢counling *stsm*s and j¥d9wngnts
In the 8pplic4lion ofthe chgrity's 8CCCWtiry WI￿¢$. th¢ l-Jslees 8re requ?red lo mJke iudgeM¢nts. cstipiptes •pd
assumplw)ns aboul Ihe carrying amurtofassets 3nd l al*ilies thai are fM)t r￿llY appar￿.. from other s￿r*S T
esthThates and asSOC￿tell assumpt￿nS￿e based on bLStorira evvle￿e￿d otlwtactors that are (X>nSthr￿ io be
rde¥8ni. Aeiuèl resutts maydrffer fromtheseesbtnatÈs
Thp p%ttmalp.s and ijrylptyryj wp. rpv*¥erf nn an ￿$1% RpviRins In Armjnhrrfj ￿￿MarPS a￿.
recconised in ￿e period in ¥Jhich the esiimaie is whwe itrt revtson aff¥is Mly Ihal p¥itrJ. or in the reriod of
Ihe revisx)n wture per￿S Whe￿ Ihe revision altects curyent tulure period5.
kncome from and 1oua¢lo$
TLtsI Restriclvd
lunds
lunds
202
2024
Tgtal
funds
2025
2025
2025
2024
DonalK)ns arml glts
Grants
7.573
610
7.573
37.649
7.783
7.783
28.05B
37.039
28,058
8.183
37.039
45.222
7.783
28,058
35.841
corne from chantthe acbvilies
Unrestricted
funds
Unre5tsictèd
nds
2025
2024
Education
Tuition fees
OthwinttThe
1.319.733
1.295
929.867
1.321.028
929.867
com• from inveJbn•b
Un￿strICted Unre$tri¢teil
fuTrds
fvnd5
2025
2024
Interest rpteiyatge
659
493
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
ExP￿dItYr• on raising fvnd$
UnvEytricted UnrestrictEd
fund5
nd5
2025
Funthai5ing and publicty
OlherfundraiSITh9 Costs
ExP￿di￿re oth ¢h•ritabloathvilias
E￿ratIOn
E￿¢￿tion
2025
Dlro¢t¢osts
Staff costs
Deprecialion and I￿Pain7￿1
S￿dent expense5
Lesson re50urc&s
)7.101
30.IM57
235.949
11.635
5.921
13.1g)
19.947
113.992
31.167
65
14.342
1.338
512.W
20.485
144.fho
10.253
3.043
21,464
17.
64.144
35.545
$25
14.073
134
378
In5peGtion Ix)5ts
F(x)d and housekeeping
Off￿e a¢rnin1$tr￿
Pr￿￿￿eS cos
IT costs
Bank charges
Staff etssts
Trawd
Trustee expenses
1.384.943
843.2Y
Share ol support and wvernance costs Isee note 101
Support
28.945
4.5(N)
28.258
1.418.388
872.112
Anatysls by fund
lJnd$
ReslrLied funds
1.400.984
17.404
645.054
27.058
1.418.388
872.112
Mot movemont in lunds
2025
2024
Thg nel rno¥em8n¢in fun08 Is stsl8(l after charg1w1lu￿Itiryj'.
Fees payable for ttTe awil dlhe thariiW5 f￿a[￿al stat￿ents
DeprerialiDn of (r￿ed 13ngkle frAed assets
4.5(K)
30,067
20.485
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
10 suppwt ¢ost$ alloGo¢gd lo a¢tsvbt*s
2025
2024
Professiona seryices
Re¢ Balloun NalK*al Annual Ltsvy
Mmwe inlere
Govemarte cosis
15,150
8.659
13.795
18.932
33,445
28.858
Anatysed b8twq8n'.
Ecuc4iion
33.445
28.858
2025
2024
GoY8rnan¢e costs ¢ompth8:
Audit￿ Indep￿￿ent exaTinabon fees
11
Trustees
None of the trustees lor any pEr￿S co[w￿ClEd IhBmi re￿Ned any TeTDun?ration ur ￿nefitS froyn the Eharity
during the year.
12
EMplO￿t9
The rn¢J)tNy rvJmber of duriNJ the year *os'.
2025
NU￿ber
Mumbvi
32
EmplrJymQnt¢￿ts
2025
Wage5 and 53kprps
X17.101
512.
Remunera11(￿ of *ey manawmont wtsonn81
The retwneration of key rnan&geMentpe￿Ynnd was folkAty3."
2025
59.369
s2,(￿3
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
13 T•xatson
Th¢ cherity 18 cxenw fromtsxa1h￿ acbvibty bcuusc 811 rts ￿COrne ￿ Op￿￿dfOr ch8rit8blc PL￿￿8
14 Tanglble flxed assets
Comput•rs
T1￿1
frttir4s
Cost
At 1 Septen*tr2024
AdditbJns
Disprtsa5
773.595
13.346
13.5591
61.6
2.713
15531
31,841
13,113
14.6931
867.
29.172
18,8051
At 31 ￿U512025
783.
63.W20
40,261
887.463
D¢pr￿l•ll0￿ and 1mpaiffl￿t
At I September 2024
DepreciatlDn in ItrEyeBr
13.520
14.924
42.196
4.596
59.595
30.(67
10,547
At 31 Augu512025
28.H4
46.792
14,427
89.E63
Carryin9 amowrt
At 31 August 2025
754.938
17.028
797.W
At 31 August 2a24
76C.075
19.464
27,961
BOT.￿0
1S Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due wbthin one ye*.
Tiad8 dÈbltrS
Pr•p8ym6nts and accr￿ IrK(
74.837
12.166
378.706
9.868
87.003
388.574
16
L￿￿￿5 and Dverthaft
2025
2024
Bank Dverdrafts
Bank k)8n5
16.7V2
353.048
361.831
369.810
361.831
Payable %Yithin c￿e year
Payawa aflerone yèar
25.866
343.944
27.290
334.541
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RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
16
Loans and
Icontinuedl
Th¢ loan • rnorr98gel ks se¢urcd by alyl ¢hgr5c ovcrthcfreehold propexty by Ihc
aritm
17
Crèditors". tsllingdL*withiil i)Iltr y
202S
2024
Mote5
Bank k)ans and o¥erdraft5
16
25,866
119.39J
3.741
5.3
3.33B
5281
27.29)
10.056
3fj4.459
53.140
4.552
5.312
Other laKatK?n aiid soci3 5￿jrIty
Deferred i￿(￿r
Trade ¢r&Yilors
Othercredit(Ys
Accru315
19
703,015
464.eJ)9
18 ¢rgdltrys'. amoynts falllngdu• aft*rnborn than y
2025
2024
Bank bans
16
343.944
334.541
19 Deferred incorne
2025
2024
Orherdefeffed
543.741
364.459
Daf8ff*d inc¢mèi¥ indudèd in firrdnEièl 8tslemert8 as fc4k)ws".
2025
2024
Deferred income 15 n￿ded Within".
Current l￿bIl￿e5
543,741
364.459
Movements in the year..
Deferred income al 1 Sejlernber 2024
Released fron pre￿(￿15
ReS(￿r¢*&d*[erfed In the y8ar
364,459
1384.4591
543.141
364.459
Deferred InrA￿ at 31 ALNJUSt 2025
543,741
364.459

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
20
R*strd041 fvnd¥
Th¢ retlncted fundsoflhe therity tsynprise th¢ ur¢xperhYed baL9n¢￿et¢WOtl￿$end hdd on trus1 subject to
SP8ufic Condit￿￿$ 8$ to they rnay be ￿￿.
Tran$l8rs At 31 Augu$t
202S
L￿CYfUnd
PupNI Preffliutn and Ever6 FSM
fvnd
Cabin fLrd
Teachets Pensth furMI
130,rthi
16.404
(16.4041
11.0(Kll
19.635
I9.￿5
37.039
117.4041
13Q.(K)01
19.635
Pvevious year..
At 1 SepknbEr
Incorning
Re50urc
TThnsfers At 31 August
2024
Legaw fund
Pupl Premium and Ever0 Fskl
fvnd
EducaliDll Heallh Car8 plan
5Upw￿ fu
Cowd rec4)very fund
Travd support fw
Cabin r￿d
30.WO
10.040
110.0401
11.2WI
15.318
11.LX)01
28.058
12T.0581
11.WOI
30.wo
During Ihe ye¥, the tN)8rd d trustees reviewed the h ￿0￿¥1 and fourd th81 Ihe fund was C￿•1£￿
by a forrner trustee to fund futdre proFwty develowrenl workratt￿r than [￿e c4arityactually re￿vI￿O reslncted
ndhng Itwas therefore awd bythe board tOiransferthis£30.1)(K) frorn restric1￿ lund5 to designated tunds.
21

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
21
Unres¢ri¢tod fvnds
Th¢ Lr(e8lricl¢d funds chorty¢¢nwse t*e uncxpc*Y bal?ncesoldonatiofis gronts which orc rol 3ubiecl
to sFwfic condi10￿ by ￿￿Or$ and tyant0￿ as t¢ ￿ Ilw These itxjude designaW funds which h8¥8
been Set askle of unreskncted luryls by Ihe trustee5 tor PUTrA75es.
At 1 Sepknber
2024
kncoming
Resource5
Transfers At 31 August
2025
Lega(¥
Genwal funds
30,OCrf)
30.￿0
473.159
544.273
1.329.870
11.4CQ.9841
$44.273
l.i￿.870
I1.4￿>.984)
.ot
503.159
Pv4viOug ￿#r..
At1SWb
eoming
Trangfèys At 31 Auougt
2024
GenwJ funds
938.143
1845.8591
1.0
544.273
Arbatysls of net assets botween fund5
Total
fvfft41$
2025
2025
2025
At 31 August 2025=
Tangible assets
Current assetsll1o￿l￿egI
Long iemi li8￿11¢￿5
797.8
49,303
1343.9441
797.WXI
68.
1343,9441
19.835
Y)3.159
19,635
522.794
UM*strlth R*5trkt¢d
funds
2024
Total
2024
2024
At 31 August 21J24=
Tangible 3S5els
Current as$etslllot¥ithesl
Lorg Iiabiliies
807.5
71.314
1334.5411
807.500
101.314
1334,5411
30.oc
544.273
30.0(M)
574.273

RED BALLOON - NORWICH
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IcopillNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
23 Opor4¢ing 104sg¢rJrnrni¢rngnts
Lessee
Al the rep(Ktsry d*e Ihe bal outstandry corThmitwt5 ts ff￿1re M￿lM￿n Sease p8yments under
notKancellableopwalitvJ kases. fall due a5 fDIuws".
2025
2024
Wthin year
22.0
party twall8￿li￿ns
Transactlons with related parties
During the ye¥lhe charity entere(J 1Trtothef￿kn￿￿g trans￿￿￿ With rd3t8d Par￿..
Iwry Thyme Ltrt. a t￿￿partY itt Ben (tr￿) IS a ditÈctorol, Inv¢Ated the diarty £13.695 for
b(wJkkeFping se￿￿5. £1.640 vrdS(UtskndiwwJ al thF yearotwj.
Lirnduht Th¥tre Cornpanya￿ LI￿￿¥￿rt StudiOS (NOrw￿h) Ltd. which Zelda Rclfe (In￿￿) E¢)wner diredor,
were paid £42.863 for stL¥lio rent and das5es. There was balatKe OL15ta￿1n9 al the year ￿d.
The Inspirabon Trust. a charity Emma C￿leY ltrusteel is 8 govemor, were (*ar9ed £3 ￿3 by Red Baloon-
Norwrh for luilKn fees. £3.W3 ￿tslandIng * the year￿.
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