Breaking Out of the Bubble

Registered charity 1080202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEOPLE FIRST LAMBETH

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.

Objects

(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.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £35,927 to £25,121 during the year, driven by a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £20,698 and restricted reserves of £4,423, with cash at bank of £57,553 against current liabilities of £35,842. The trustees report that the organization has secured funding from the Trust for London’s Social Justice Fund to strengthen the organisation for the future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03807856

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAFFEY, Susan Margaret — director, appointed 28/07/2026on trustee list
• LAHERE, Sabina — director, appointed 05/12/2019on trustee list
• PRICE, Rhys Daniel — secretary, appointed 01/08/2001

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christina Watkins
• DANA BROWN
• MAN YEN TANG
• MANNY JOSEPH ORAKA
• SUSAN LAFFEY
• Sabina Lahere

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUCKINGHAM AND DISTRICT U3A.

• BUCKINGHAM AND DISTRICT U3A income £38k
• MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST income £60k
• SOUTH BUCKS. COUNSELLING income £101k
• BRANCHING OUT income £638k
• OUR WAY SELF ADVOCACY income £90k
• BUBBLES PRESCHOOL (BICESTER) income £179k

Side by side with its peers

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