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Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK 

We work to significantly reduce alcohol harm in the UK by: funding, commissioning and sharing research; working to ensure more and better support and treatment; encouraging better policy and regulation; shifting drinking cultures through our campaigns; and working to change drinking behaviours by providing advice and information.
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £11,723,852 available, equivalent to 77 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised


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Established: 13 years

www.alcoholchange.org.uk

jenni.g.bradshaw@alcoholchange.org.uk

02039078480

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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£1,228£1,832£-604£367£11,725£11,72476.82075
31/03/22*£1,012£2,068£-1,056£284£12,484£12,48372.41747
31/03/21£793£1,686£-893£231£13,172£13,17293.71618
31/03/20£873£1,394£-521£191£12,557£12,557108.1140
31/03/19£835£1,366£-531£79£14,148£14,164124.4131
31/03/18£925£1,650£-724£55£14,129£14,081102.4130
31/03/17£529£1,780£-1,252£47£14,998£14,998101.160
31/03/16£661£829£-168£62£14,611£14,611211.550
31/03/15£781£1,099£-318£80£15,307£15,307167.130
31/03/14£828£866£-38£91£14,434£14,514201.140
31/03/13*£703£1,353£-649£120£13,684£13,942123.740
31/03/12£740£1,075£-335£110£12,843£12,843143.330
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 46.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 24%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 76.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 75 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Maudsley Charity - Grant to Alcohol Change UK
£48,773 19/12/2016
30
Provision of Innovative Brief Advice Alcohol Intervention via Facebook & Skype.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-78
  • RAVEENA DHADWAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Inclusion, Diversity And Equity Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2011, number: 1140287
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2010, number: 07462605
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
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR13: 19 days late,
Main office

27 Swinton Street
London
WC1X 9NW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE REDUCTION OF ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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