Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES

The charity aims to benefit the public by promoting the prevention of drug misuse and supporting those suffering from or at risk of suffering from drug and alcohol misuse. A range of services are provided including adult, young peoples and aftercare services which address the potential problems related to substance misuse. Training is provided to accredited standards.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£353	£483	£-130	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£770	£1,047	£-277	£0	£260	£223	2.6	29	5
31/03/21		£1,143	£1,167	£-24	£0	£537	£462	4.8	35	4
31/03/20		£1,163	£1,181	£-18	£0	£561	£456	4.6	39	12
31/03/19		£1,127	£1,063	£64	£1	£580	£453	5.1	35	31
31/03/18		£1,151	£1,152	£-1	£0	£516	£438	4.6	39	0
31/03/17		£1,239	£1,253	£-14	£3	£517	£402	3.9	47	0
31/03/16		£1,308	£1,356	£-48	£5	£531	£424	3.8	51	0
31/03/15		£1,386	£1,362	£24	£6	£579	£454	4	40	0
31/03/14		£1,404	£1,379	£25	£6	£555	£475	4.1	51	0
31/03/13		£1,337	£1,296	£41	£5	£531	£461	4.3	54	0
31/03/12		£1,265	£1,278	£-13	£4	£489	£460	4.3	51	0
31/03/11		£1,333	£1,411	£-78	£5	£502	£417	3.5	56	0
31/03/10		£1,355	£1,394	£-39	£4	£580	£471	4.1	64	0
31/03/09		£1,315	£1,281	£34	£4	£619	£220	2.1	50	0
31/03/08		£1,220	£1,045	£175	£5	£585	£172	2	47	0
31/03/07		£886	£815	£71	£4	£410	£124	1.8	29	0
31/03/06		£701	£636	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£632	£575	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£516	£451	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 34 years

www.edasuk.org

mindy.bartlett@edasuk.org

01202612890

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Support for addiction & substance abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Dorset Community Foundation	£12,312
DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,720

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Together Thursdays
£9,720	14/04/2023	The funding will be used to provide weekly activities and support sessions for older people in the community. This project aims to help beneficiaries to make friends improve their mental wellbeing and reduce their loneliness and isolation.
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to EDAS
£7,500	06/12/2022	Warm welcome space at community cafe Serenitea, for venerable residents including the homeless and those affected by addiction or mental health issues – with food vouchers and a warm scarf for those most in need
Dorset Community Foundation - Healthy Living Course
£4,812	02/12/2022	Activity programme for people recovering from addiction, with the possibility of gaining accreditation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	22/07/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-87

BARBARA LILLIAN PLUMBRIDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

EDWARD TAYLOR, Occupation: Retired

LUCY JOANNE SANGER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MARC DEL LLANO LLB, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/1990, number: 900565
Registered at Companies House on 30/04/1990, number: 02497437

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

54A Ashley Road
Poole
Dorset
BH14 9BN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WHO ARE SUFFERING, OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING, FROM MISUSE OR ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL, NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES OR COMPOUNDS OF POTENTIAL OR SUSPECTED DANGER TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY OR BOTH; THE PREVENTION OF SUCH MISUSE OR ADDICTION OR BOTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT ABOUT THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS ON SOCIETY OF THE USE AND ABUSE OF AND DEPENDENCE UPON SUCH SUBSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE DISTRICT OF DORSET AND SOMERSET STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY

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