MAGIC BREAKFAST

Charity number: 1102510
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Magic Breakfast's aim is to alleviate child hunger and poverty as a barrier to education through the provision of healthy breakfasts to children across England and Scotland. This is being achieved through three key activities: food aid, building capacity in school communities to reach every child at risk of hunger and making the case for change to ensure permanent funding for school breakfasts.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income:
£10,329,745

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Donations and legacies £9.89m
Charitable activities £429.32k
Other trading activities £0
Investments £15.29k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£9,074,516

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Raising funds £1.57m
Charitable activities £7.50m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £429,316 from 4 government contract(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £1.57m
Charitable expenditure £7.50m
Retained for future use £1.26m

People

94 Employee(s)

12 Trustee(s)

380 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 5
£70k to £80k 3
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 March 2004: Standard registration
  • 25 May 2021: Funds received from 1118995 THE CHILDREN'S FOOD TRUST
  • 22 May 2024: Funds received from 326254 THE H J HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 10 June 2025: Funds received from 1172112 A GOOD DINNER
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Aniela Shuckburgh Chair 30 November 2018
BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE
Received: On time
Zipporah Kissi Trustee 20 June 2024
None on record
Jonathan Boateng Trustee 20 June 2024
None on record
Julie-Anne Jamieson Trustee 18 January 2024
None on record
Julie Harkness Trustee 22 June 2022
None on record
Richard Lackmann Trustee 25 September 2020
None on record
Andrienne d'Arenberg Trustee 25 September 2020
THE EUROPAEUM
Received: On time
Emma Jane West Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
Michael Honan Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
Cllr Alison Inglis-Jones Trustee 05 March 2019
NORWOOD & BRIXTON FOODBANK LIMITED
Received: 73 days late
THE CLAPHAM RELIEF FUND
Received: On time
Varsha Venugopal Trustee 04 January 2019
None on record
Phil Davies Trustee 16 October 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £5.74m £9.01m £6.38m £10.51m £10.33m
Total expenditure £4.82m £8.32m £8.94m £7.67m £9.07m
Income from government contracts £632.65k £710.14k £90.51k £278.53k £429.32k
Income from government grants £5.85k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £5.11m £8.27m £7.40m £10.22m £9.89m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £632.65k £736.02k £90.51k £278.53k £429.32k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.00k £5.09k £793 £5.09k £15.29k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £50.00k £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £4.00m £7.21m £7.91m £6.40m £7.50m
Expenditure - Raising funds £823.19k £1.11m £1.03m £1.27m £1.57m
Expenditure - Governance £0 £121.75k £0 £29.88k £126.61k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Own use assets £0 £52.66k £182.85k £140.47k £138.55k
Long-term investments £34.01k £38.00k £38.00k £38.00k £38.00k
Other assets £4.12m £5.10m £2.80m £5.93m £7.20m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £815.02k £1.16m £432.72k £675.53k £697.89k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 August 2024 09 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 09 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 17 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 17 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 25 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 25 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 23 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 23 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 07 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 07 June 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 26 NOVEMBER 2003. as amended on 23 Mar 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS OR SUFFERING AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING FOOD TO CHILDREN IN NEED AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL DAY; AND (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE INCREASE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION IN RELATION TO THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION AND HEALTHY EATING HABITS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND IN EAST AND NORTH EAST LONDON.

Contact information

Address:
Magic Breakfast
42-46 Princelet Street
LONDON
E1 5LP
Phone:
02078365434
Email:
info@magicbreakfast.com
Website:

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