The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Bread and Butter Thing.

Registered charity 1169383 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£7.8m 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.0 in 2021

70 from 23 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.

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

Websitehttps://breadandbutterthing.org
Emailhello@breadandbutterthing.org
Phone0333 004 0287
AddressUnit H1, Lyntown Trading Estate, Eccles, MANCHESTER, M30 9QG

Finances

£7,750,561 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,189,768£1,545,277
2022£3,720,560£2,677,772
2023£5,431,357£4,649,807
2024£6,763,867£6,022,296
2025£7,750,561£6,935,825

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE UK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH, OR WITH ACCESS TO, GOODS, SERVICES AND/OR FUNDS WITHOUT A POVERTY PREMIUM WHICH THEY COULD NOT OBTAIN ACCESS TO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS AND/OR AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EXCLUSION FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY). B. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF FOOD WASTE AND FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS WASTE REDUCTION BY REDISTRIBUTING GOODS TO PEOPLE IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. C. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND NUTRITION BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO, AND SUPPLYING, A HEALTHY AND BALANCED DIET AND PROVIDING ADVICE AND EDUCATION ON A HEALTHY AND BALANCED DIET. D. ANY OTHER OBJECTS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 27 SEP 2016AMENDED ON 15 AUG 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
75median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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