ENTERPRISE FOR DEVELOPMENT
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Shareholders' funds
£554,761
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
Achievements and PerformanceThe highlight of the year was the completion of first financial close for the Resonance Enterprise Investment fund, a groundbreaking social investment vehicle in the UK. EfD committed 100000 GBP as a Type 2 mezzanine investor alongside Ceniarth Foundation (300000 GBP) and Unity Trust Bank (1.2 million GBP), with additional support from Access Foundation grants and a British Business Bank guarantee. This investment marks a new chapter for EfD, extending our model of financially sustainable, scalable interventions to benefit those on lower incomes beyond Africa. The fund has already begun deploying capital to innovative UK social enterprises including EMERGE Recycling, Ivybridge Brewing Company, Impera Analytics, TLC Palliative, and Wolves Play Cafe.Although investing in the UK represents a departure from our traditional geographic focus, the investment is justified by the potential for learning that can be adapted to further EfD goals in Africa, while maintai
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 2011-08-15
- Employees
- 1 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- The Farm, Rettendon Place, Chelmsford, Essex, England, CM3 8DR
- Postcode
- CM3 8DR
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-13
- Next due by
- 2027-05-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current · 3 resigned
Registered charity
ENTERPRISE FOR DEVELOPMENT — charity number 1143851
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- enterprisefordevelopment.org
Enterprise for Development
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PEER HOUSE (C/O AGDEVCO) VERULAM STREET, GROUND FLOOR, LONDON, WC1X 8LZ, ENGLAND | 2017-08-07 |
| C/O AGDEVCO - S. VILUS-COOPER, PEER HOUSE 4TH FLOOR, 8 14VERULAM STREET, LONDON, WC1X 8LZ | 2017-03-17 |
| ST NICHOLAS HOUSE ST NICHOLAS ROAD, SUTTON, SURREY, SM1 1EL, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-08-01 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,835 similar companies in CM
Trading since 2011.
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 153 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Chelmsford.
The class of 2011
21%
of the 24,629 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.