Breast Friends Northamptonshire

Analysis

Breast Friends Northamptonshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Breast Friends Northamptonshire reported income of £58k and spending of £34k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £17k to £58k (+239%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Breast Friends Northamptonshire sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gurkha Peace Foundation (£58k), Essex Community First Aid, Events Volunteers. (£58k) and St John's Methodist Church Parkfield (£58k).