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.

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

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£78k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£67k	£78k
31/03/2024	£98k	£81k
31/03/2023	£105k	£96k
31/03/2022	£71k	£61k
31/03/2021	£78k	£90k

Common questions

Is Breaking Out of the Bubble financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Breaking Out of the Bubble?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Breaking Out of the Bubble as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2024	£180k	Disability justice fund
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2022	£80k	Connected communities
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2023	£15k	Supporting a pilot project which will help more people with learning difficulties

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/01/2025	£20k	Including People with Learning Disabilities Safely
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/03/2017	£10k	Breaking Out of the Bubble