{"name":"ENTERPRISE FOR DEVELOPMENT","company_number":"07740926","status":"Active","type":"PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)","incorporated":"2011-08-15","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"The Farm, Rettendon Place, Chelmsford, Essex, England, CM3 8DR","postcode":"CM3 8DR","sic_codes":[{"code":82990,"description":"Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"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","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":1,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":554761,"cash":379005,"average_employees":1},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":490163,"cash":411595,"average_employees":1}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":null,"website":"http://www.enterprisefordevelopment.org","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/enterprise-for-development","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/enterprise-for-development/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/enterprise-for-development/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07740926","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/enterprise-for-development/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/enterprise-for-development/control"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/enterprise-for-development"}