THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING.
Registered charity 1169383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEATHFIELD DRIVE, TBBT, THE BENEFITS THING, THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING, THE DEBT THING, THE ENERGY THING
Activities focus on the relief of poverty premiums in low income families. The charity is building a membership model, whereby families with low disposable income will be offered the provision of a basket of services i.e. weekly supply of fresh food, to help that income go further, in return for a low membership fee. We have numerous venues across the UK.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £7,750,561 from £6,763,867 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £814,736. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,009,081, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy range of £600,000 to £1,050,000. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £600,000 - £1,050,000 (held: £1.0m)
“As of 31 December 2025, the trustees consider an appropriate reserves range to be between £600k - £1050k.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received payment for professional services supplied to the Charity at arms length.
“One trustee received payment for professional services supplied to the Charity at arms length (see Note 8) (2024: one).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bread and Butter Thing (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Haris Ahmad — Finance Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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 (98% 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).
- Barry Ivor Fine · trustee of 1 other charity
- Christopher James Humphries
- David John Wilkinson
- Graeme Stewart Douglas
- Gregory Sage
- Ingibjorg Thordardottir
- James Thomas Truscott
- Philip Kaye
- Simone Amanda Sargeant
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING. financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £7,750,561 from £6,763,867 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £814,736. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,009,081, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy range of £600,000 to £1,050,000. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING.?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING. as a grant recipient include THE PWC FOUNDATION, SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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