HEREFORDSHIRE VENNTURE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 29 April 2014
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08803798
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £1,811,386
Latest expenditure: £1,582,592
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Herefordshire Vennture, 26 Vicarage Road, HEREFORD, HR1 2QN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.vennture.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We walk with families and individuals left behind by services not designed for the realities they face: parenting challenges, relationship conflict, joblessness, money and housing trouble, isolation, well-being, addiction and criminal justice. Our person-led relational mentoring helps people to find stability and make lasting change.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,811,386
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,582,592

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,367,898
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,450,215

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 2 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 2 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £857,759
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,170,844

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 29 September 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,840,918
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,150,079

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 17 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 17 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,983,441
Total Gross Expenditure: £895,240

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,811,386
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,582,592
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 5
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 390140
Income From Government Grants: £68,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,367,898
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,450,215
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 419529
Income From Government Grants: £316,599
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 96

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 2 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £857,759
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,170,844
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 146217
Income From Government Grants: £186,277
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 103

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 29 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,840,918
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,150,079
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 147000
Income From Government Grants: £96,636
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 103

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 17 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,983,441
Total Gross Expenditure: £895,240
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Grants: £328,276
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 152

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 609372
Income Other Trading Activities: 477262
Income Charitable Activities: 722693
Income Investments: 1065
Income Other: 994
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1811386
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £370,076
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,212,516
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1582592
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 14400
Expenditure Support Costs: 255431
Expenditure Depreciation: 34884
Gain Loss Investment: -161324
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 1965806
Assets Own Use: 855806
Assets Long Term Investment: 1110000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £306,791
Assets Total Liabilities: £423,264
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,849,333
Creditors One Year Total Current: 126471
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 296793
Assets Cash: £235,774
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1055018
Funds Restricted: 794315
Funds Total: 1849333
Count Employees: 50
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 91175
Income Other Trading Activities: 331520
Income Charitable Activities: 943637
Income Investments: 1001
Income Other: 565
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1367898
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £235,932
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,214,283
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1450215
Expenditure Investment Management: 5038
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 16422
Expenditure Support Costs: 271641
Expenditure Depreciation: 29950
Gain Loss Investment: 226625
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £137,327
Assets Total Fixed: 1763139
Assets Own Use: 826139
Assets Long Term Investment: 937000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £655,436
Assets Total Liabilities: £396,675
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,021,900
Creditors One Year Total Current: 115060
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 281615
Assets Cash: £433,674
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1187157
Funds Restricted: 834743
Funds Total: 2021900
Count Employees: 35
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 2 May 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 72901
Income Other Trading Activities: 175174
Income Charitable Activities: 607143
Income Investments: 1062
Income Other: 1479
Income Total Income And Endowments: 857759
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £58,285
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,112,559
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1170844
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 12414
Expenditure Support Costs: 216253
Expenditure Depreciation: 32140
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £121,745
Assets Total Fixed: 1547264
Assets Own Use: 841734
Assets Long Term Investment: 705530
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £728,692
Assets Total Liabilities: £398,364
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,877,592
Creditors One Year Total Current: 373364
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 25000
Assets Cash: £535,782
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 982307
Funds Restricted: 895285
Funds Total: 1877592
Count Employees: 38
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 29 September 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 562701
Income Other Trading Activities: 4660
Income Charitable Activities: 1271750
Income Investments: 47
Income Other: 1760
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1840918
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,150,079
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1150079
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 11970
Expenditure Support Costs: 268516
Expenditure Depreciation: 34902
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £279,226
Assets Total Fixed: 1538444
Assets Own Use: 1538444
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £755,334
Assets Total Liabilities: £103,101
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,190,677
Creditors One Year Total Current: 78101
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 25000
Assets Cash: £394,785
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1055410
Funds Restricted: 1135267
Funds Total: 2190677
Count Employees: 40
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 17 August 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 556993
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1422631
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 3817
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1983441
Income Legacies: 8630
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £895,240
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 895240
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5700
Expenditure Support Costs: 144842
Expenditure Depreciation: 17135
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £484,647
Assets Total Fixed: 742543
Assets Own Use: 742543
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £887,914
Assets Total Liabilities: £130,619
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,499,838
Creditors One Year Total Current: 105619
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 25000
Assets Cash: £686,509
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 506188
Funds Restricted: 993650
Funds Total: 1499838
Count Employees: 38
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Herefordshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: HEREFORDSHIRE VENNTURE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2014-04-29T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/04/2014
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS:- 3.1 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES SUFFERING DUE TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES; 3.2 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES; 3.3 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND OTHER HEALTH PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE LOCAL HEALTH OUTCOMES; 3.4 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BY SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME; AND 3.5 TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 541177
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: HEREFORD VENNTURE, HEREFORD CITY MISSION, VENNTURE FAMILY PASTORS, VENNTURE PASTORS, HEREFORD STREET PASTORS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries