Breaking Barriers Building Bridges

Analysis

Breaking Barriers Building Bridges is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Breaking Barriers Building Bridges reported income of £318k and spending of £265k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £343k to £318k (-7.4%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Breaking Barriers Building Bridges sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bensham Grove Community Centre (£317k), Empowering Futures (£318k) and Chasdei Esther (£317k).