Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3

Grant maker 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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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

Established: 24 years

www.breakingoutofthebubble.org.uk

bobteam@breakingoutofthebubble.org.uk

02077377909

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£105	£96	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£71	£61	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£78	£90	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/20		£70	£74	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£70	£38	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£60	£30	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£15	£17	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£3	£8	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£16	£13	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£1	£7	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£10	£1	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£12	£34	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£149	£167	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£143	£144	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£138	£144	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£133	£137	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£140	£142	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£177	£163	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£140	£142	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£103	£73	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

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

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 volunteers

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

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 ....more 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 involvement and integration in the community.
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 ....more 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 through digital channels so that positive activities and outcomes can be maintained.
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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
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 ....more 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 reduce the feeling of social exclusion and isolation.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 53-68

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

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