BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE

Registered charity 1172837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bramber Bakehouse supports female survivors of abuse, exploitation and displacement. Our holistic, trauma-informed, person-centred programme offers baking and wellbeing sessions. Women learn new skills and are supported to engage with their community and society. Life skills, graduate opportunities and employability pathways reduce the risk of abuse and exploitation and increases positive choices.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION, DOMESTIC ABUSE AND/OR ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE OR DISCRIMINATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITIES AND/OR INTERNSHIPS IN THE BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE (OR ANY OTHER PARTNERED BAKERY) TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING OF NEW SKILLS TO ENABLE INTEGRATION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

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

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Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£297k
Latest spending
£255k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £41,602, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £80,039. Per the trustees' report, these reserves represent approximately ten months of unrestricted operating expenditure, which is above the stated policy target of three to six months. The charity remains dependent on grants and donations but has established a designated sustainability fund to support future resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of annual expenditure (held: £80k)
“The revised policy establishes a target range for unrestricted reserves equivalent to three to six months of annual expenditure.”
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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bramber Bakehouse (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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£297k£255k
31/12/2024£231k£207k
31/12/2023£227k£245k
31/12/2022£174k£133k
31/12/2021£52k£69k

Common questions

Is BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £41,602, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £80,039. Per the trustees' report, these reserves represent approximately ten months of unrestricted operating expenditure, which is above the stated policy target of three to six months. The charity remains dependent on grants and donations but has established a designated sustainability fund to support future resilience. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, DELAMERE DAIRY FOUNDATION, THE BOLTINI TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE THREE OAKS TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2022£45k
DELAMERE DAIRY FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£10kRelief of Poverty
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2023£10kDisadvantaged I Disabled I Homeless Adult Care Institutions
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2023£9kvulnerable women
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2025£6k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6kSocial welfare
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£5kDomestic Abuse
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kSocial Welfare
THE BOLTINI TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£5kRelief of Poverty
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£5k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kPart time staff to support work with vulnerable children & young people
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£4kOther grants
FONTHILL FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kYoung women’s bakery training programme for victims of female trafficking.
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£3k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kSocial Welfare
THE ALBERT HUNT TRUSTFY2023£2kHealth and Wellbeing appeals
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2022£2kGrant to help extend a 8-week programme for women who are victims of human trafficking.
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2026Unverified read£2k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k1 month's salary for a Project Coordinator.
THE OLWYN FOUNDATIONFY2025amount not statedHelping victims of abuse

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2025£240kBaking a Brighter Future
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2025£20kSustaining the Heart of Bramber
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£17kUnrestricted Funding
Crowdfunder06/07/2022£13kLocal Action Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kA little taste of freedom

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 BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRAMBER BAKEHOUSE£297k—0unclear—no doubt
BURY ST EDMUNDS WOMEN'S AID CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£536k—0within—noted
WOMENS ENTERPRISING BREAKTHROUGH FY2025£324k—0above—noted
THE WREN BAKERY CIO FY2025£62k——unclear—no doubt
Women's Inclusive Team FY2025£647k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FY2025£26k——unclear—no doubt

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