BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER

Registered charity 1164333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Breastfeeding Together is a registered charity providing positive peer support from pregnancy to early years and beyond. We aim to improve the health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities within communities by providing pregnancy, parenting and infant feeding information and support in a variety of ways.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SKILLED HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BOTH IN THE ANTENATAL AND POSTNATAL PERIOD.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wigan, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£172k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £235,850, representing a net movement in funds of £81,713. The trustees report a strong and stable financial position with healthy reserves, noting that administrative expenses were kept low to direct resources toward mission-critical services. The going concern assessment confirms sufficient reserves to operate for at least the next 12 months without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months' expenditure (£126,000) plus redundancy liability (£10,000) (reserves figure: £236k)
“Breastfeeding Together trustees have agreed that the charity needs at least nine month’s expenditure (estimated at £126,000) in reserves plus a sum which covers the calculated redundancy liability (estimated at £10,000).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 55

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 48

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 51

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£253k£172k
31/03/2024£176k£128k
31/03/2023£88k£93k
31/03/2022£69k£74k
31/03/2021£75k£47k

Common questions

Is BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £235,850, representing a net movement in funds of £81,713. The trustees report a strong and stable financial position with healthy reserves, noting that administrative expenses were kept low to direct resources toward mission-critical services. The going concern assessment confirms sufficient reserves to operate for at least the next 12 months without material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER as a grant recipient include BOLTON TOGETHER, BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOLTON TOGETHERFY2024£125k
BOLTON TOGETHERFY2025£125k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2023£9k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/07/2025£8kBumps, Boobs and Buggies Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2025£19kBumps Boobs and Brews
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£176kPeer Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£10kConnect & Share Parenting Support Forum
Sport England10/03/2022£4kJubilee Fund- Walking group
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2021£10kConnect & Share Parenting Support Forum
UK government26/08/2020£41kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER£253k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE FY2026£32k——unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS FY2025£108k—0above—no doubt
BRIGHTER TOGETHER FY2025£185k—0above25.0%no doubt
FAMILIES THRIVING TOGETHER FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER LEICESTER FY2025£35k——unclear—no doubt

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