Breadwinners Foundation

Analysis

Breadwinners Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Breadwinners Foundation reported income of £751k and spending of £639k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £259k to £751k (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. 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, Breadwinners Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuchem and Reisel Schlaff Memorial Fund Limited (£750k), Toimchei Shabbos Manchester (£752k) and Southampton City Mission (CIO) (£750k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65% and charitable activities 35%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Reserves of £91k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.