MAGIC BREAKFAST
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
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.
Latest income
£10.4m
Expenditure
£11.4m
Financial year end
2025-08-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-31 | £9.0m | £8.3m | |
| 2022-08-31 | £6.4m | £8.9m | |
| 2023-08-31 | £10.5m | £7.7m | |
| 2024-08-31 | £10.3m | £9.1m | |
| 2025-08-31 | £10.4m | £11.4m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-08-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £9.2m |
| Charitable activities | £739k |
| Trading | £426k |
| Investment income | £36k |
| Total income | £10.4m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £9.5m |
| Raising funds | £1.9m |
| Grants to institutions | £66k |
| Governance | £167k |
| Total expenditure | £11.4m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £5.4m |
| Total funds | £5.8m |
| — restricted | £331k |
| — unrestricted | £5.4m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £5.8m |
| Cash | £5.9m |
People
| Employees | 107 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
- Children/young People
How it works
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.