The Breathworks Foundation

Analysis

The Breathworks Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 06890078). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Breathworks Foundation reported income of £465k and spending of £476k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £513k to £465k (-9.5%), an average of -2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Breathworks Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gosport Community Association (£465k), Healthy Living Centre Dartford (£465k) and Food for the Brain Foundation (£464k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.