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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    BARRIER BREAKERS FOUNDATION 

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    05/04/22£47£61£-13n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/21£11£5£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/20£29£25£4n/an/an/an/an/a12
    05/04/19£19£26£-7n/an/an/an/an/a10
    05/04/18£27£8£19£0£0£0n/a05
    05/04/17£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/16£2£0£2£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/15£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/14£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/13£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/12£1£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/11£2£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/10£2£3£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/09£3£19£-16£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/08£23£19£4£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/07£16£6£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£18£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£22£29£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£37£30£7£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 23 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Financial or material assistance
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Soft Skills to Build Wellbeing
    £9,975 18/11/2022
    The funding will used to deliver a series of wellbeing workshops for young people from low income and mixed ethnic minority communities. The project aims to address the effects of the pandemic and ....more
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Barrier Breakers Foundation
    £4,920 02/11/2021
    Soft Skills for Wellbeing at CANDI
    National Lottery Community Fund - Soft Skills For Wellbeing Workshops 2022
    £9,825 08/10/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver a series of skills workshops for young people from black and ethnic minority communities. The project aims to address the effects of bullying anxiety and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - BYB! Extend Reach Expand Offering
    £9,936 08/08/2019
    19
    The funding will be used to extend the reach of current workshops and to pilot a coaching element alongside. The project aims to help disadvantaged young people to fulfil their potential.
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Barrier Breakers Foundation
    £4,922 05/03/2019
    Soft Skills for Employability: workshop series at City & Islington College
    National Lottery Community Fund - BYB new series & new facilitators
    £9,900 17/01/2018
    12
    This project will deliver a series of skills workshops for young women who are experiencing the effects of social disadvantage. This will equip them with new skills that will improve their chances in ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2001, number: 1088253
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, INCLUDING THROUGH TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS SOFT SKILLS, PRIMARILY USING BARRIER BREAKERS METHODOLOGY FOR SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION (BBM), IN ORDER TO OPTIMISE THE SOFT SKILLS CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ACTIVITIES, AND TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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