BREAKEVEN

Registered charity 1158156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To protect and preserve health and relieve need among people suffering from addictions and addictive behaviours, particularly but not exclusively gambling, and their families and carers by:(a) providing treatment solutions and support(b) providing qualified therapy and counselling(c) providing ongoing support and programmes to those suffering from addictions.

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £196,282, an increase from £59,703 the previous year, resulting in a net income surplus of £136,579. The trustees report that reserves are minimal relative to the gap between spending and income, and the charity is working to secure ongoing funding to ensure it can continue to grow and reach more people in need.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The CEO and COO are directors and owners of Breakeven Counselling Ltd. The charity incurred expenses of £26,940.33 (car leases/motor costs £5,368.70 and consulting services £21,571.63) paid by the related party. Amount due to related party at year-end was £5,369.

“During the financial year, the charity incurred expenses of £5,368.70 for car leases and motor costs, which were paid on its behalf by Breakeven Counselling Ltd and the charity incurred expenses of £21,571.63 in relation to consulting services, a total of £26,940.33 was incurred, a related party.” — page 22

“During the financial year, the charity incurred expenses of £Nil in relation to consulting services provided by Breakeven Awareness and Training CIC, a related party.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The CEO and COO are directors and owners of Breakeven Awareness and Training CIC. The charity incurred £Nil in relation to consulting services. Amount due to related party at year-end was £484.

“During the financial year, the charity incurred expenses of £5,368.70 for car leases and motor costs, which were paid on its behalf by Breakeven Counselling Ltd and the charity incurred expenses of £21,571.63 in relation to consulting services, a total of £26,940.33 was incurred, a related party.” — page 22

“During the financial year, the charity incurred expenses of £Nil in relation to consulting services provided by Breakeven Awareness and Training CIC, a related party.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SRC Advisory Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Breakeven (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

NHS England — “Funded by NHS England and the UK Government” (source page)
UK Government — “Funded by NHS England and the UK Government” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£178k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David John Westcott
GORDON CHAPMAN
Wayne Keane

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · Cambridgeshire · East Sussex · Essex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.2m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/03/2023	£913k	£915k
31/03/2022	£768k	£868k
31/03/2021	£913k	£862k

Common questions

Is BREAKEVEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £196,282, an increase from £59,703 the previous year, resulting in a net income surplus of £136,579. The trustees report that reserves are minimal relative to the gap between spending and income, and the charity is working to secure ongoing funding to ensure it can continue to grow and reach more people in need. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SRC Advisory Ltd.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GAMBLEAWARE	1	£933k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£31k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£18k
LANGDALE TRUST	1	£12k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EARLY BREAK.

EARLY BREAK income £5.2m
Recover Together income £801k
THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ADDICTION income £1.4m
BREAKTHROUGH U.K. LTD income £350k
BREAK income £16.6m
BRAKE income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BREAKEVEN	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EARLY BREAK FY2025	£5.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	4	within	—	no doubt
Recover Together FY2025	£801k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ADDICTION FY2025	£1.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	below	—	no doubt
BREAKTHROUGH U.K. LTD FY2025	£350k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BREAK FY2025	£16.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.