Registered charity (CIO) · London
Breadwinners Foundation
Breadwinners Foundation is a registered charity (number 1166646) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by John Lister since 2022. Latest income £751k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Breadwinners (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £751k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.breadwinners.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£751k£639k
- 2024£698k£661k
- 2023£562k£620k
Earlier years
- 2022£466k£396k
- 2021£259k£212k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
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.
Grants received
20 grants · £917,668 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Greater London Authority · £349,664
- Henry Smith Foundation · £214,940 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £119,293 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000 (2 grants)
- The Berkeley Foundation · £31,998 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Greater London Authority
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- John Lister Chair since 2022
- Anneka de Silva since 2022
- Baneta Yelda since 2023
- Charlie Rainer since 2025
- Christarose Maphosa since 2026
- Marika Chaplais since 2025
- Noreen O'Prey since 2024
- Tracey Hamer since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Tracey Hamer since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- John Lister Chair since 2022
- Anneka de Silva since 2022
- Baneta Yelda since 2023
- Charlie Rainer since 2025
- Christarose Maphosa since 2026
- Marika Chaplais since 2025
- Noreen O'Prey since 2024
- Tracey Hamer since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1166646
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 20 Apr 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07783996918 · hello@breadwinners.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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