BREAKIN BARRIERS

Registered charity 1200151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Breakin Barriers charity is a hub and support network for children, Young people and adults who have spinal cord injuries & disorder. We create initiatives that vary from Spinal awareness meetings in group sessions, online zoom support to expression through art classes. Our purpose is to break barriers for spinal cord injury survivors who feel alienated, secluded & depressed from everyday society.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES IN THE UK, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING POOR MENTAL HEALTH, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: A. INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES UPON MENTAL HEALTH; B. PROVIDING EARLY INTERVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES TO WORK ON THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUCH AS PAINTING, EXERCISE, SOCIALISING, COACHING AND COUNSELLING; C. CREATING CONTENT, EVENTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES THAT ENCOURAGE THOSE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN A FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT; D. PROVIDING FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO MIDLANDS CENTRE FOR SPINAL INJURY, ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL. 2. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR INJURY OR DISABILITY BY: A. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION; B. PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; C. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £55,022, while total resources expended were £49,792, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds unrestricted and restricted funds totaling £33,153, with cash at bank of £33,552. The trustees declare that the accounts give a true and fair view and were prepared on a going concern basis.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joseph Baileychair
• Fidel Thompson
• Jessie Gayle

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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