Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

WE ARE WITH YOU

PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL MISUSERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN COMMUNTY AND PRISON ENVIRONMENTS. FROM EDUCATION AND PREVENTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILIATION.WE ALSO SUPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULITIES
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£71,530£67,986£3,544£197£16,896£11,8432.11,426154
31/03/22£64,517£60,062£4,455£170£13,351£9,83221,222167
31/03/21£59,219£57,220£1,999£156£8,896£8,2311.71,249167
31/03/20*£63,524£63,681£-157£194£6,897£6,1011.11,315395
31/03/19£67,209£68,488£-1,279£192£7,327£5,98811,444718
31/03/18£73,399£74,372£-973£550£8,606£6,9261.11,5690
31/03/17£78,857£79,251£-394£1,122£9,581£7,5591.11,4310
31/03/16£74,779£74,569£210£1,014£9,905£7,3791.21,4160
31/03/15£64,773£61,572£3,201£1,206£9,271£7,3881.41,1430
31/03/14£57,819£56,714£1,105£1,100£6,175£5,1151.11,1440
31/03/13£50,961£50,457£504£508£5£401,0940
31/03/12£46,870£45,965£905£362£4,781£3,5590.91,0770
31/03/11£44,914£43,712£1,201£488£3,876£2,3220.61,0340
31/03/10£37,232£38,018£-787£643£2,733£1,5300.59900
31/03/09£34,027£34,997£-970£637£3,422£2,0030.78650
31/03/08*£29,562£30,902£-1,340£569£4,392£1,1890.58510
31/03/07£29,531£27,780£1,751£427£5,732£1,1650.57790
31/03/06£25,039£24,881£159n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£21,719£21,407£313n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£16,574£15,621£953n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 34 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£866,145
The Youth Endowment Fund£292,200
Ministry of Defence£33,307
Department of Health£16,041
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,307 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to We Are With You
£292,200 31/08/2022
Cornwall Community Foundation - Crisis Funding in response to Covid 19
£750 12/04/2022
We Are With You (formerly Addaction) supports individuals and families impacted by addiction, mental health issues, trauma, and complex needs, offering recovery services and family support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Navigator Gate Pick up
£10,000 24/08/2020
10
This group will transport people from HMP Kilmarnock to their communities on release. It will help people reintegrate and attend appointments.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Community Response- Individual Relief & Family Discretionary Fund
£33,243 24/07/2020
3
The group will use the funding to support their service users across Scotland by establishing an emergency response fund for individuals and families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Emergency Response
£492,902 29/05/2020
11
We Are With You (With You) will use funding to facilitate the expansion of existing services such as their webchat and online groups and support to develop new resources and infrastructure including digital programmes and an online needle exchange. ....more
Department of Health - CADEP - Addaction (Now: Wearewithyou)
£16,041 31/03/2020
On 23rd April 2018 DHSC & DWP announced a jointly funded package of measures to focus on providing support to children living with alcohol-dependent parents as this is a particularly vulnerable group. The grant will fund national capacity ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Quality of Life Partnership
£330,000 02/12/2019
36
This group will use the funding to create an outreach engagement support service in the North West of Glasgow for people with multiple complex needs to tackle the high levels of isolation in the area. Isolated people who do not meet the criteria for ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£79,788 07/06/2019
Grant to provide the Mind and Body for young people who self-harm, or are deemed vulnerable to self-harming behaviours, in eight secondary schools (four a year) in Lancashire, across two years.
Department of Health - Addaction
£142,595 01/04/2019
Scheme to address under-representation for CADeP in national and local policy and strategy
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,930 01/04/2019
Expansion project to be delivered across north East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, Greater London, south East, South West (Across England). The project delivers online support service, webchats ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Redesigning Recovery
£494,918 29/03/2019
23
Addaction has applied to the Digital Fund to fundamentally rethink and redesign its approach to supporting people to overcome addiction. The aim is to shift agency from staff and commissioners to local communities and individuals, so that people ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,930 02/01/2019
Expansion project to be delivered across north East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, Greater London, south East, South West (Across England). The project delivers online support service, webchats ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MAP Plus
£55,822 26/11/2018
36
MAP Plus
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Addaction
£4,050 19/11/2018
We are in need of a gazebo and interactive games to increase public engagement at events, providing substance misuse awareness and support.
Comic Relief - Growing our online support service
£46,642 16/05/2018
9
Addaction is an organisation working across the UK, delivering services around drugs & alcohol recovery and mental health. This proposal is for Addaction to work with Neon Tribe to develop their online support service through the implementation ....more
Department of Health - Addaction
£52,052 01/04/2018
Scheme to address under-representation for CADeP in national and local policy and strategy
DCMS - Life Chances Fund
£111,317 01/04/2018
This five year project will develop a SIB to reduce the very frequent avoidable A&E attendance by people with drug/alcohol problems and additional complex problems (including mental ill health, physical health problems or homelessness) in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Drink Wise. Age Well.
£24,949,932 06/10/2014
84
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Amy Winehouse Foundation Resilience Programme
£4,699,394 18/03/2014
60
Amy Winehouse Foundation Resilience Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Drink Safer. Age Better.
£49,984 06/01/2014
6
No press release available in this release
London Catalyst - Addaction - 2
£6,000 28/05/2013
Breaking the Cycle - Bangladeshi family worker: work with 30 families, reduce usage, improve parenting.
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Addaction (Cumbria)
£30,000 21/05/2013
To maintain Addaction's breaking the cycle team in west Cumbria, working with families affected by drug and alcohol misuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blackpool - Multiple and Complex Needs
£10,017,458 18/03/2013
108
This is a project led by Addaction, a charity and registered company based in London, serving the development of the Multiple and Complex Needs partnership in the Blackpool target area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Addaction Scotland - Ayrshire Next Steps Project
£200,629 11/12/2012
36
This project will support people with barriers to the labour market due to substance misuse helping them move towards employment. The project aims to improve confidence, basic skills and to provide experience that will enable clients to progress ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking the cycle through social investment
£211,734 12/07/2012
37
Addaction is a national drug and alcohol charity with more than 40 years experience. An 18 month evaluation will evidence if social investment models can work to support families affected by parental substance abuse. Tracking the experiences of 300 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Works
£10,000 15/03/2012
12
This group will run an art project which will promote health and wellbeing to vulnerable adults. The project will enable 50 service users to take part in weekly art activities and group outings to art galleries. This will lead to a display of their ....more
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Addaction (Durham)
£133,978 13/03/2012
To work with families in Durham where a parent may be in the criminal justice system for substance misuse-related offences.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Addaction Aspire
£223,673 12/01/2010
61
This development of a pilot project will offer one-to-one treatment sessions for young people who are misusing substances, by offering complementary activities. Learning, personal development, creativity and leadership will be placed at centre of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-73
  • DR HARPREET SINGH SARNA Appointed: 2023
  • DR NEERA DHOLAKIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • JAMES ANGUS POW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
  • JEREMY LENARD COHEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer
  • JEREMY PETER FISH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo
  • KAREN SHAWHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer
  • MELINDA LU SAN KNATCHBULL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Finance Officer
  • RICHARD ALAN GOULD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • RODERICK DAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • SHIRLEY CHRISTINE CRAMER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1991, number: 1001957
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/02/1991, number: 02580377
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR08: 7 days late,
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Objectives

(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG THOSE PERSONS GENERALLY WHO ARE DEPENDENT UPON OR AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES OR COMPOUNDS OF POSSIBLE POTENTIAL OR SUSPECTED DANGER TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “DRUGS AND ALCOHOL”).(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND AMONG FAMILIES, ANY MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE DEPENDENT UPON OR AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.(III) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN AND RESEARCH INTO THE DANGER ARISING FROM THE HABITUAL OR OTHER USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TOGETHER WITH PUBLICATION OF LITERATURE RELATING TO DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND OF THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.(IV) THE PREVENTION OF DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, THE CONSULTATION, TREATMENT AND CARE OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM, AND REHABILITATION OF THOSE RELIEVED FROM, DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT ANY SUCH TREATMENT AS AFORESAID SHALL BE CARRIED OUT ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DULY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND WHEREVER THERE OCCURS ANY REFERENCE IN THIS DEED TO TREATMENT SUCH TREATMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS SO LIMITED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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