Overall Score: 8 based on 9 data points

Finance: 2

Governance: -5

Support: 11

(no PartB)
Strong growth: +2,

No volunteer policy: -2, No conflicts policy: -1, Dynamic board: +3, No Gift Aid: -5,

Large volunteers +3, Supporters: +8

BREADWINNERS FOUNDATION

Breadwinners is an ambitious grassroots charity set up in April 2016. Our aim is to support refugees through their first steps into entrepreneurship, employment, work experience, and mentoring whilst providing Londoners with the best organic artisan bread.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity raises funds from the public but is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 8 years

www.breadwinners.org.uk

hello@breadwinners.org.uk

07783996918

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/22	£465,687	£395,651	£70,036	101
31/03/21	£258,910	£212,147	£46,763	41
31/03/20	£167,547	£158,816	£8,731	39
31/03/19	£113,902	£92,439	£21,463	24
31/03/18	£32,426	£47,402	£-14,976	15
31/03/17	£39,643	£9,103	£30,540	0

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No information about staff salaries has been filed, which means that no-one was paid more than £60,000 in the latest financial year

What it does

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who works here?

101 volunteers

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Berkeley Foundation	£31,998
The Rayne Foundation	£30,000
The Fore	£28,000
The London Community Foundation	£22,490
The National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£19,983
Greater London Authority	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Berkeley Foundation
£3,000	30/03/2023	One-off, unrestricted grant
Sussex Community Foundation
£9,983	11/11/2022	Funding was provided to expand their pilot programme.
The Berkeley Foundation
£28,998	05/01/2022	Resilience Fund - Year 1 Wave 1
Sussex Community Foundation
£10,000	17/11/2021 12	Funding was provided to take their London model of supporting refugees and people seeking asylum into employment through bread market stalls to Brighton & Hove.
The National Lottery Community Fund
£10,000	20/08/2021	The funding will enable the organisation to take their successful bread-making selling and mentoring project model to Brighton which is aimed at supporting young refugees and people seeking asylum. ....more The funding will enable the organisation to take their successful bread-making selling and mentoring project model to Brighton which is aimed at supporting young refugees and people seeking asylum. The project aims to bring people together and give people the opportunity to learn key skills and language where they may not have access to public funds. This project will focus on improving the the Open Market the most important community market in the city One Church Brighton an established source of community support and Brighthelm café: a hub for charities and community initiatives.
The Rayne Foundation
£30,000	21/09/2020 36	Towards the core costs of a social enterprise that provides work experience, training and mentoring to young refugees and people seeking asylum by selling artisan organic bread across London.
The London Community Foundation
£22,490	22/04/2020	This funding will fund the development, technology, equipment and training we need to redesign our two programmes to be delivered remotely ongoing. We are now selling and delivering bread online. We ....more This funding will fund the development, technology, equipment and training we need to redesign our two programmes to be delivered remotely ongoing. We are now selling and delivering bread online. We will use this new model to continue to offer employment, mentoring and training to our beneficiaries.
The Fore
£28,000	01/04/2020 24	Breadwinners supports refugees and young asylum seekers through a social enterprise that sells artisanal, organic bread. For those with refugee status, the Breadwinners programme provides paid ....more Breadwinners supports refugees and young asylum seekers through a social enterprise that sells artisanal, organic bread. For those with refugee status, the Breadwinners programme provides paid employment, mentoring, references and networks. For young asylum-seekers, the programme provides a work-experience programme coupled with mentoring and training. 84% of young people on the programme have found at least part-time work, and 100% of those who completed the Breadwinners programme have found full-time employment or started their own businesses. Breadwinners is using funding from The Fore to increase staff capacity, enabling Breadwinners to pursue new market stall contracts, grow its revenue and support significantly more refugees.
The National Lottery Community Fund
£10,000	03/03/2020 3	The project provides access to retail and work experience together with mentoring that will help to build confidence, communication and interpersonal skills to help participants prepare for their ....more The project provides access to retail and work experience together with mentoring that will help to build confidence, communication and interpersonal skills to help participants prepare for their first paid job.
The EQ Foundation
£1,375	15/12/2019	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
Greater London Authority
£10,000	01/03/2019	Risers - Life Changing Volunteering for Young Refugees A two-month programme run 4 times a year, supporting young refugees (16-20 years old) and those seeking asylum in London to gain volunteering ....more Risers - Life Changing Volunteering for Young Refugees A two-month programme run 4 times a year, supporting young refugees (16-20 years old) and those seeking asylum in London to gain volunteering work experience on market stall selling bread whilst also receiving training and mentoring.
The National Lottery Community Fund
£49,755	25/06/2018 11	The group will support young refugees and asylum seekers to be better prepared for employment through training, volunteering opportunities, a coaching programme and work experience. People will be ....more The group will support young refugees and asylum seekers to be better prepared for employment through training, volunteering opportunities, a coaching programme and work experience. People will be trained to work at and run market stalls selling bread, helping them to structure their time, build networks and gain work experience. The project will build people's confidence and help them to develop positive relationships in the community.
The National Lottery Community Fund
£9,882	18/01/2017 12	This project will skills workshops for people who are not in education, employment or training, are homeless or from the refugee community. This will help them to improve their life chances and ....more This project will skills workshops for people who are not in education, employment or training, are homeless or from the refugee community. This will help them to improve their life chances and employment prospects.

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How do they operate?

Breadwinners Programme

Objectives: Support refugees to independently sustain themselves and progress

Intervention period: 2 months+

Beneficiaries: Refugees and asylum seekers

Description: The programme employs refugees and asylum seekers who sell the highest quality organic bread on farmer’s markets across London. By managing the market stalls, serving customers, registering the till, creating marketing campaigns, explaining the charities mission, attending training's and mentoring sessions, refugees gain transferable skills and feel proud and useful, contributing to improving their well being and integration to society as active members. As a wider benefit, partners, customers and volunteers gain understanding and feel positive about contributing to end negative bias against

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ANNEKA DE SILVA
Appointed: 2022

JOHN LISTER (Chair)
Appointed: 2022

KATE SANGER
Appointed: 2020

TIM STOLLER
Appointed: 2020

TRACEY HAMER
Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2016, number: 1166646
NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Main office

29 Parnell Road
LONDON
E3 2RS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY PROVIDING THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED WITH IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE OPPORTUNITY, EQUIPMENT, MICROFUNDING AND SUPPORT TO ESTABLISH AND GROW THEIR OWN BUSINESS TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS, LEARN NEW SKILLS AND PROGRESS.

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