Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Breaking Barriers is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment.
Breaking Barriers (number 1161901) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Breaking Barriers do?
Helping refugees living in the UK rebuild their lives through education, training and employment.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Breaking Barriers
Answers Breaking Barriers gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 May 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Breaking Barriers's highest-paid staff paid?
Breaking Barriers's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,000
1
£70,001–£80,000
1
£60,001–£70,000
1
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Breaking Barriers's money come from?
Breaking Barriers reported £3.6m total income for the year ending 31 May 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £3m (82%), charitable activities £628k (17%), investments £10k (0%).
Donations and legacies£3m · 82%
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£628k · 17%
Investments£10k · 0%
Trading and fundraising events£1,739 · 0%
Does Breaking Barriers receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for Breaking Barriers. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
Breaking Barriers reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Breaking Barriers as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Breaking Barriers's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Scotland
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin.
Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Breaking Barriers registered for?
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment
Why is there no Clarity Score for Breaking Barriers yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Breaking Barriers.
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The register data used for this profile lists Breaking Barriers as a registered charity (number 1161901) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Breaking Barriers's charity number?
Breaking Barriers's charity number is 1161901. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1161901?
Search 1161901 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Breaking Barriers do?
Helping refugees living in the UK rebuild their lives through education, training and employment.
Does Breaking Barriers have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Breaking Barriers. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Breaking Barriers?
Breaking Barriers's website listed in our register data is http://www.breaking-barriers.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Breaking Barriers's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Breaking Barriers's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Breaking Barriers's money come from?
Breaking Barriers reported £3.6m total income for the year ending 31 May 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £3m (82%), charitable activities £628k (17%), investments £10k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Breaking Barriers?
The register records Breaking Barriers as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Breaking Barriers's trustees paid?
Breaking Barriers's annual return for the year ending 31 May 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Breaking Barriers registered as a charity?
Breaking Barriers was entered on the register on 29 May 2015.