The Breakthrough Trust (India)

Analysis

The Breakthrough Trust (India) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Breakthrough Trust (India) reported income of £17k and spending of £31k, spending 177% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Breakthrough Trust (India) sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bramhall Christian Fellowship (£17k), Carshalton Coronation Commemoration Fund (£17k) and Joseph Jory's Charity (£17k).