Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

BREAKING OUT OF THE BUBBLE

We provide self-advocacy groups to adults with learning difficulties. We provide one to one support, information and advice as well as supporting people to campaign about issues which effect their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£105£96£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£71£61£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£78£90£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£70£74£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£70£38£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£60£30£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£15£17£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£3£8£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£1£7£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£10£1£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£12£34£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£149£167£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£143£144£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£138£144£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£133£137£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£140£142£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£177£163£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£140£142£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£103£73£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.breakingoutofthebubble.org.uk

bobteam@breakingoutofthebubble.org.uk

02077377909

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Tudor Trust£102,000
Trust for London£84,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Breaking Out of the Bubble
£4,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9327
Trust for London - Breaking Out of the Bubble
£80,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for staff and resources to support people with learning difficulties in speaking out and raising awareness of local services and organisations of what they need to do to improve inclusion with the goal of achieving greater levels of ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Breaking Out of the Bubble
£75,000 21/12/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a charity led by people with learning disabilities in Lambeth, South London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Breaking Out of the Bubble
£2,000 22/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Breaking Out of the Bubble
£25,000 30/10/2020
over one year as continuation core funding for a user-led self advocacy organisation working with people with learning disabilities in Lambeth, South London
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Breaking out of the Bubble
£10,000 14/08/2020
This funding is for support to adapt and develop our essential befriending service, mentalhealth training, tablets to help at-risk clients stay engaged with our work. As well as support to increase online engagement and effectiveness of services ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 14/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to People First Lambeth
£7,200 14/03/2018
12
as a development grant towards consultancy support around governance and fundraising for a user-led learning disability organisation in Lambeth
Tudor Trust - Grant to People First Lambeth
£75,000 28/03/2017
36
over three years towards the core costs of a user-led self-advocacy organisation for people with learning difficulties working across the London Borough of Lambeth
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking Out of the Bubble
£9,740 22/03/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to run a pilot project with people with learning disabilities. This will give them the opportunity to run groups that encourage people to get involved in community activity with peer support. The project aims to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 54-69
  • CHRISTINA WATKINS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Unemployed
  • DANA BROWN Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired
  • MAN YEN TANG Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Student
  • MANNY JOSEPH ORAKA Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Unemployed
  • SUSAN LAFFEY Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Cleaner
  • SABINA LAHERE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2000, number: 1080202
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/07/1999, number: 03807856
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 102 days late, AR14: 363 days late, AR13: 124 days late, AR12: 118 days late,
Main office

Breaking Out Of The Bubble
We Are 336
336 Brixton Road
Stockwell
London
SW9 7AA

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LIVING OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS THROUGH SERVICES WHICH ENABLE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS, CARERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES SO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES MAY ACHIEVE FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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