BREAK

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Price Bailey LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have carefully considered all available information impacting the finances and operations of the Charity for 12 months from the date of this Report. Information from budgets and forecasts for income, expenditure and cash-flow, including the availability of unrestricted funds and reserves, credit facilities and any other forms of financial assistance have been considered. The Trustees are confident that there are no going concern issues.”

Group structure

1. BREAK · parent
   1. Break Trading Company Limited · England · dormant
   2. Helpcards Holdings Limited 0.67%

Significant events

• “In the year, we cared for 23 young people within our four homes, all rated as 'Good' by Ofsted. We now have 5 homes dedicated to specialist services in Norfolk and Suffolk, with plans to open a sixth in Norwich.”
• “At 31 March 2025, we had 32 mentors matched with young people and a further 20 in induction. Our mentoring programme offers positive outcomes and adds value for our young people.”
• “Our SCSC service provided 22 houses and flats with 35 beds, offering stability to young people leaving care. We also lease 10 one-bed flats to respond to service needs.”
• “Our lifelong opportunities team supported 81 young people through 298 activities, providing 4,963 hours of direct support in 2024/25, an increase from 3,200 hours in the prior year.”
• “Break generated a surplus of £65k in 2024/25, a significant improvement from the £308k deficit recorded in the prior year, demonstrating improved financial performance.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.6%

  £15,307,000 → £16,620,000

• Cash

  -5.5%

  £710,000 → £671,000

• Net assets

  +1.3%

  £5,121,000 → £5,186,000

• Employees

  -0.7%

  451 → 448

• Wages

  +8.7%

  £9,213,000 → £10,011,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers