# RED BALLOON LEARNER CENTRE READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1136446
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 18, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1136446


## Contact

- **Address:** 220 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG1 4JJ
- **Phone:** 07776258366
- **Email:** admin@reading.rblc.org.uk
- **Website:** www.redballoonlearner.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Activities:** To advance the education of students aged 9 to 18, being students who are the victims of bullying, or by reason of other emotional trauma or illness, are for the time being unable to attend mainstream school, including but not limited to, providing them with on-line tuition and face-to-face support.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £916830 | £876218 | £456062 | 23 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £721310 | £716524 | £415450 | 22 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £678045 | £630569 | £410664 | 21 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £657615 | £546319 | £363188 | 19 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £587956 | £461378 | £251892 | 18 |



## Trustees

- **Tony Lake** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 12, 2020
- ALASDAIR PEARSON — appointed Nov. 13, 2019
- Alika Gupta — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- Caroline Billing — appointed Oct. 18, 2022
- Peter David Harvey — appointed April 24, 2024
- Toni Mary Antionette Henderson — appointed April 30, 2025