Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters' Network

Analysis

Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters' Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06239404). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters' Network reported income of £46k and spending of £22k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £40k to £46k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gloucestershire Breastfeeding Supporters' Network sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music in Our Bones (£46k), Bells Lane Community Association (£46k) and Maybe Southwest (£46k).