Breakeven

Analysis

Breakeven is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hassocks. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Breakeven reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £913k to £2.2m (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Breakeven sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Congregation of Servants of Mary (London) (£2.2m), World Bicycle Relief UK (£2.2m) and The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 8.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £178k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.