The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Early Break

Registered charity 1072052 Registered since 1998

Operates: Bury, Rochdale, Lancashire, Bolton

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

7.2y median 6.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Education 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

119 from 54 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
97%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.earlybreak.co.uk
Emailinfo@earlybreak.co.uk
Phone01617233880
Address2nd Floor Castle Buildings, 5 - 10 Market Place, Bury, BL9 0LD

Finances

£5,228,375 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,177,110£1,866,087
2022£3,125,064£2,832,559
2023£4,425,392£3,915,287
2024£4,948,003£4,436,786
2025£5,228,375£5,156,464

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO USE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL DRUGS BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND TREATMENT SERVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES.(B) TO ADVANCE RESEARCH INTO THE USE OF SUBSTANCES BY YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG SUBSTANCE USERS AND MISUSERS AND THE PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH SUCH PERSONS, BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TRAINING, ADVICE AND INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.(D)TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND INFORMATION AND RAISING AWARENESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 FEB 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 AUG 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JAN 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 SEP 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 AUG 2017

Trustees (6)

6trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Early Break · 03320039 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/02/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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