Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

ADDICTION RECOVERY AGENCY LTD

ARA provides services to help people who have drug,alcohol and gambling addiction problems. ARA also provides services to help people with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£3,177	£3,064	£113	£0	£1,489	£1,076	4.2	62	0
31/03/22	£2,771	£2,615	£156	£0	£1,376	£986	4.5	45	0
31/03/21	£2,838	£2,684	£154	£0	£1,220	£949	4.2	45	3
31/03/20	£2,231	£2,271	£-39	£0	£1,066	£870	4.6	43	22
31/03/19	£2,188	£2,258	£-70	£9	£1,105	£860	4.6	45	23
31/03/18	£2,219	£2,214	£5	£38	£1,175	£879	4.8	44	0
31/03/17	£2,098	£2,121	£-23	£25	£1,170	£838	4.7	42	0
31/03/16	£2,091	£2,128	£-38	£1	£1,193	£830	4.7	43	0
31/03/15	£2,512	£2,381	£130	£56	£1,230	£792	4	49	0
31/03/14	£2,234	£2,310	£-76	£22	£1,100	£626	3.3	45	0
31/03/13	£2,287	£2,292	£-6	£5	£1,175	£655	3.4	44	0
31/03/12	£2,756	£2,712	£44	£4	£1,181	£633	2.8	64	0
31/03/11	£3,181	£3,078	£103	£4	£1,137	£694	2.7	65	0
31/03/10	£2,990	£2,988	£2	£5	£1,034	£657	2.6	65	0
31/03/09	£2,736	£2,694	£43	£4	£1,032	£693	3.1	59	0
31/03/08	£2,342	£2,224	£118	£4	£989	£661	3.6	53	0
31/03/07	£2,415	£2,246	£169	£52	£871	£572	3.1	55	0
31/03/06	£1,542	£1,450	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£1,215	£1,118	£97	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£1,008	£833	£175	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 33 years

www.recovery4all.co.uk

info@recovery4all.co.uk

01179300282

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bristol City, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, City Of Swansea, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Newport City, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

62 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ara
£32,280	07/06/2023	We are proposing a two-year pilot to introduce Peer Gambling Mentors into HMP Bristol
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,475	17/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Addiction Recovery Agency
£5,000	09/04/2020	Food and self care packages for clients being released from prison and those occupying supported housing managed by ARA.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67

CHRISTOPHER PETER SHEPHERD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Innovation & Strategy

JILL HITCHEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Technology Consultant

LATOYA NEILA COPSIE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

DAVID WYNNE THOMAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired Probation Service Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/03/1991, number: 1002224
Registered at Companies House on 18/09/1990, number: 02540814

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Kings Court
King Street
Bristol
BS1 4EF

Objectives

The relief of those in need whose health is at risk or who are otherwise disadvantaged due to difficulties associated with mental health or detrimental use of or dependency on substances (including but not limited to alcohol and drugs of any kind) or detrimental behaviours (including but not limited to gambling) and the education of the public on such matters by such means as the trustees in their discretion think fit.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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