01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 6 July 2015
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 09335387
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £50,048,344
- Latest expenditure
- £51,620,336
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: TULLOCH & CO, 4 HILL STREET, LONDON, W1J 5NE
02 Activities
What the charity does
The provision of grants to the US charities, Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Breakthrough Prize in Life Science Foundation, having primarily scientific and educational objects, in the USA, UK and Israel.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £50,048,344
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £51,620,336
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £85,418,138
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £89,858,295
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £51,969,213
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,295,963
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £49,017,229
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,054,003
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 November 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £27,466,936
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,552,629
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £50,048,344
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £51,620,336
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £85,418,138
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £89,858,295
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £51,969,213
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,295,963
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £49,017,229
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £46,054,003
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 5 November 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £27,466,936
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £25,552,629
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 September 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 49913431
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 134913
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 50048344
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £51,620,336
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 51620336
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 51554810
- Expenditure Governance
- 65526
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 65526
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £29,560,487
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £28,278,049
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,282,438
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 22695093
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 5582956
- Assets Cash
- £907,468
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1282438
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1282438
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 85371812
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 46326
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 85418138
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £89,858,295
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 89858295
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 89804486
- Expenditure Governance
- 53809
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 53616
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2188614
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2188614
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £13,660,892
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £13,043,061
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,806,445
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 6768412
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 6274649
- Assets Cash
- £3,481,679
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2806445
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 2806445
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 2 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 51947724
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 21489
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 51969213
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £33,735
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £46,262,228
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 46295963
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 33735
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 46175762
- Expenditure Governance
- 83198
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 83198
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1691471
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1691471
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £10,804,431
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,814,436
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,681,466
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2907218
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 2907218
- Assets Cash
- £8,218,752
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6681466
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 6681466
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 49017229
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 49017229
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £52,923
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £46,001,080
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 46054003
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 52923
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 45956886
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 43246
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7266194
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 7266194
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £10,245,219
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £14,134,802
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,376,611
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 9872196
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 4262606
- Assets Cash
- £1,594,896
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3376611
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 3376611
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 5 November 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 27451703
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 15233
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 27466936
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £25,552,629
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 25552629
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1907823
- Expenditure Governance
- 115823
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 115823
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7517101
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 7517101
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £944,143
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £17
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,461,227
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 17
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £944,143
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8461227
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 8461227
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- United States
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- North America
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Israel
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- City Of London
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2015-07-06T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/06/2015 as amended on 15 Jun 2020 as amended on 18 Jul 2022 as amended on 23 Dec 2022
- Charitable Objects
- 1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING IN RESEARCH OF USEFUL SUBJECTS OF STUDY BY:• GRANTING AWARDS FOR UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; AND• RECOGNISING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN RESEARCH TO ACT AS AN INCENTIVE TO OTHERS.2. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ISRAEL
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 556557
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- MILNER FOUNDATION
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures