Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 17

ADDICTIONS NORTH EAST

The Trust provides mentoring and support to the addictive community via a radical new telephone service or through group training and other routes.. Managed by ex-service users, the Trust also assists recovering addicts back to main stream education and/or employment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/01/23		£793	£672	£121	£0	£384	£384	6.9	0	5
31/01/22		£577	£466	£112	£0	£263	£260	6.7	0	0
31/01/21		£500	£369	£131	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/01/20		£243	£241	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/19	*	£105	£98	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/01/18		£47	£35	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/17	*	£29	£31	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16		£28	£31	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£26	£27	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/14		£33	£29	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/13		£62	£70	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/12		£15	£13	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/11		£10	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10		£6	£4	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/09		£7	£9	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/08	*	£1	£4	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/07?	*	£18	£20	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£7	£20	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£41	£34	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£32	£23	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 28.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

www.addictionsnortheast.com

info@addictionsnortheast.com

03003303040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£28,250
DCMS	£10,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£5,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£4,785

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	26/08/2020	"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."
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Delivery of remote pyschological support sessions during the Covid-19 pandemic
£4,785	09/07/2020	Delivery of remote pyschological support sessions during the Covid-19 pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Addictions North-East Coronavirus Response Project
£18,300	02/06/2020 8	The funding will provide crisis support and food parcels for people struggling to overcome addictions during the lockdown. The aim is to help physical and mental wellbeing and reduce the risk of ....more The funding will provide crisis support and food parcels for people struggling to overcome addictions during the lockdown. The aim is to help physical and mental wellbeing and reduce the risk of injury or illness.
County Durham Community Foundation - Addictions North East
£5,000	14/04/2020	To provide online and telephone support to those with addiction issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Addictionsnortheast recovery/training
£9,950	26/09/2019 12	Addictionsnortheast recovery/training
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Addictions North East
£17,250	28/03/2014	Working across County Durham they seek to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances and other addictions, through offering ....more Working across County Durham they seek to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances and other addictions, through offering advice, information, training, support and counselling.
National Lottery Community Fund - Addictions North East - Education and Training Support project
£10,000	28/10/2010 12	This charity in the North East will use the funding to provide awareness workshops for dealing with isses such as drug and alcohol dependency in comprehensive schools, community groups and other ....more This charity in the North East will use the funding to provide awareness workshops for dealing with isses such as drug and alcohol dependency in comprehensive schools, community groups and other organisations. This will raise awareness amongst this target group and provide help and advice.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70

JANE BRYCE VICKERS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager

ANTHONY DAVID WELSH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accounts Technician

CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH LILLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

ELIZABETH BARNES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Directo

FRANK NICHOLSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager, Other trusteeship: SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST,

IAIN WILLIAM KAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Manager, Other trusteeships: AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES, ST MARK'S (MILLFIELD, SUNDERLAND) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2004, number: 1102494
Registered at Companies House on 28/01/2004, number: 05028930

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 138 days late, AR17: 17 days late, AR08: 302 days late, AR07: 82 days late,

Main office

Brewster & Co
5A Station Terrace
EAST BOLDON
Tyne And Wear
NE36 0LJ

Objectives

A0 TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION, RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE USE OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS, RELATED SUBSTANCES AND OTHER ADDICTIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:I) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING TO SUCH PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERSII) THE PROVISION A RANGE OF HOLISTIC THERAPIES AND TREATMENTS SUCH AS REFLEXOLOGY, ACUPUNCTURE, AROMATHERAPY, MASSAGE AND REIKI, OSTEOPATHY, CHIROPRACTIC, ACUPUNCTURE, HERBAL MEDICINE AND HOMEOPATHY.B) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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