A Bit of a Break

Analysis

A Bit of a Break is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, A Bit of a Break reported income of £28k and spending of £33k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £252 to £28k (+10835%), an average of +223% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 4182%. 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, A Bit of a Break sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mission Divine Flame (£28k), The ALMA Foundation (£28k) and The Verdon-Smith Family Charitable Settlement (£28k).