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Croydon Business Venture Limited

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Croydon Business Venture Limited is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, economic/community development/employment.

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What are the key facts about Croydon Business Venture Limited?

Reported income · year ending 2025-04-30
£726,718
Reported spending · year ending 2025-04-30
£701,066
Registered charity number
1145658
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
23 Whitestone Way
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Croydon Business Venture Limited (number 1145658) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Croydon Business Venture Limited do?

Three Day Business training programme provided at ?20 only, where you will receive specialist advice and training, helping you to prepare and implement plans for your new business.One to One mentoring is also available.We also provide affordable office accommodation for a fixed monthly payment.We also provide affordable Conference Room facilities.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Croydon Business Venture Limited

Answers Croydon Business Venture Limited gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 April 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Croydon Business Venture Limited's highest-paid staff paid?

Croydon Business Venture Limited's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£60,001–£70,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Croydon Business Venture Limited's money come from?

Croydon Business Venture Limited reported £727k total income for the year ending 30 April 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £718k (99%), investments £8,234 (1%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£718k · 99%
  • Investments£8,234 · 1%

Does Croydon Business Venture Limited receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Croydon Business Venture Limited. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Croydon Business Venture Limited reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Croydon Business Venture Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Croydon Business Venture Limited's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
01731516 (Companies House)
Also known as
Cbv
Where it says it operates
Bromley · Croydon · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Southwark · Sutton · Wandsworth

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Croydon Business Venture Limited registered for?

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Why is there no Clarity Score for Croydon Business Venture Limited yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Croydon Business Venture Limited. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

What should you check before donating to Croydon Business Venture Limited?

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Frequently asked questions

Is Croydon Business Venture Limited a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Croydon Business Venture Limited as a registered charity (number 1145658) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Croydon Business Venture Limited's charity number?
Croydon Business Venture Limited's charity number is 1145658. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1145658?
Search 1145658 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Croydon Business Venture Limited do?
Three Day Business training programme provided at ?20 only, where you will receive specialist advice and training, helping you to prepare and implement plans for your new business.One to One mentoring is also available.We also provide affordable office accommodation for a fixed monthly payment.We also provide affordable Conference Room facilities.
Does Croydon Business Venture Limited have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Croydon Business Venture Limited. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Croydon Business Venture Limited?
Croydon Business Venture Limited's website listed in our register data is http://www.startupcroydon.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Croydon Business Venture Limited's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Croydon Business Venture Limited's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Croydon Business Venture Limited's money come from?
Croydon Business Venture Limited reported £727k total income for the year ending 30 April 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £718k (99%), investments £8,234 (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Croydon Business Venture Limited?
The register records Croydon Business Venture Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Croydon Business Venture Limited's trustees paid?
Croydon Business Venture Limited's annual return for the year ending 30 April 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Croydon Business Venture Limited registered as a charity?
Croydon Business Venture Limited was entered on the register on 27 January 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01731516).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.