Balloon Ventures Foundation
Key takeaways
- Balloon Ventures Foundation's stated geographic focus is Kenya, Uganda and Busia, and its work centres on small-business support, training and loan finance for job creation, with some support for children's homes and schools, so a project that fits those places and themes is the kind of request it is set up to consider.
- The annual report gave no readable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so the sources do not show what size of request is typical, and it is worth asking the foundation about a sum before naming one.
- The register records no grants to institutions for its latest year.
- No application process is published in the annual report or the register entry, so an approach would have to be an unsolicited enquiry, and grant decisions rest with the trustees in line with its charitable purposes and any restrictions agreed with donors and funding partners.
- Organisations working outside Kenya, Uganda and Busia, or on themes outside poverty relief, job creation, small-business growth and children's welfare, are outside its stated focus and may not fit.
Overview
Balloon Ventures Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1141552).
Balloon Ventures Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1141552). It exists to relieve poverty and financial hardship in Kenya and Uganda, in such ways as its trustees see fit. Through a trading subsidiary, its work centres on small businesses, providing business support, training and loan finance to help them grow and create good jobs, and its current focus is job creation. It also supports children's homes and schools.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s stated purpose is to relieve poverty and financial hardship in Kenya and Uganda, with a particular focus on job creation and supporting children in Busia. Its work centres on small businesses: through its trading subsidiary, it provides business support, training and loan finance to help them grow and create good jobs. It also supports children’s homes and schools. The foundation may cooperate with, fund or make grants to other organisations, whether charitable or otherwise; trustees make grant decisions in line with its charitable purposes and any restrictions agreed with donors and funding partners. Its approach combines support for business growth and employment with assistance for children’s needs.
Themes
- Poverty relief
- Job creation
- Small-business growth
- Children’s welfare
Geographic Focus
Kenya; Uganda; Busia.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Trustees make grant decisions in line with the group’s charitable purposes and any restrictions agreed with donors and funding partners.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Busia
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £686,481 | £542,129 | £23,135 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £640,770 | £526,696 | £32,826 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £1,444,998 | £706,683 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,149,257 | £1,069,831 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,289,459 | £1,042,942 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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