Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

BREADLINE AFRICA 

Breadline Africa, one of the biggest suppliers of converted shipping containers for poverty relief in Southern Africa, has provided more than 900 containers to poverty stricken communities since its establishment in 1993. The renovated containers and prefabricated units are used as early childhood development centres, school libraries, community kitchens and toilets.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£856£844£12£17£35£350.540
31/03/22£1,051£1,051£0£18£23£230.340
31/03/21£960£1,443£-482£15£23£230.240
31/03/20£733£1,671£-938£219£505£4883.540
31/03/19£1,172£837£335£218£1,444£1,44520.740
31/03/18£1,144£915£229£353£1,109£1,09614.420
31/03/17£1,007£913£94£407£872£85311.220
31/03/16£1,004£968£36£408£623£5757.130
31/03/15£1,124£1,057£67£521£690£6026.830
31/03/14£1,045£975£70£410£638£6267.730
31/03/13£1,144£912£232£449£713£6438.530
31/03/12£1,306£1,353£-47£633£536£5304.730
31/03/11£1,406£1,612£-206£747£648£5844.330
31/03/10£1,623£1,719£-96£771£807£7535.330
31/03/09£1,833£1,816£17£854£767£7284.830
31/03/08£1,518£1,606£-88£568£653£6094.530
31/03/07£1,634£1,204£430£482£831£7687.730
31/03/06*£1,385£1,432£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,407£1,625£-217£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,714£1,794£-80£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 88%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years

www.breadlineafrica.org

info@breadlineafrica.org.uk

01473259048

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • South Africa,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 4 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/1999, number: 1075525
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1998, number: 03524187
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 4 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

29 LOWER BROOK STREET
IPSWICH
SUFFOLK
IP4 1AQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE IN AFRICA ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS CONSIDERED CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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