Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 15

DERBYSHIRE ADDICTIONS ADVICE SERVICE

To promote the prevention and identification of substance misuse problems, to assist those in Derbyshire with substance misuse related problems and to advance education and awareness relating to substance misuse.To promote Positive change and work in partnership to support recovery from substance misuse for anyone adversely affected including relatives, families and friends.

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Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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

Established: 9 years

www.daas.uk.com

daas@daas.uk.com

01246206514

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
01/04/23		£794	£737	£57	£0	£543	£494	8	19	5
01/04/22	*	£682	£667	£15	£0	£486	£467	8.4	18	6
01/04/21		£704	£706	£-2	£0	£471	£408	6.9	18	5
01/04/20		£704	£700	£4	£0	£473	£367	6.3	17	6
01/04/19		£713	£661	£52	£0	£469	£365	6.6	17	7
01/04/18		£783	£674	£108	£0	£417	£327	5.8	17	0
01/04/17		£754	£761	£-6	£0	£309	£304	4.8	20	0
01/04/16		£788	£720	£68	£0	£323	£302	5	21	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: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9

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Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 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	£498,920
Ministry of Defence	£70,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
DCMS	£24,997

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - STAND TO Derbyshire Veteran Community Support Services
£498,920	27/08/2021	The funding will be used to develop the groups alcohol abuse support service. It will increase the remit of provision so that veterans that are not reaching services to support with alcohol abuse. ....more The funding will be used to develop the groups alcohol abuse support service. It will increase the remit of provision so that veterans that are not reaching services to support with alcohol abuse. The group aims to attract referrals from a wider veteran demographic including those with mental health housing relationship financial and isolation issues.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000	12/02/2021	Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service
£50,000	03/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service, awarded under the Foundation's Addiction and Dependency funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service, awarded under the Foundation's Addiction and Dependency funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000	13/11/2020	The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,997	15/09/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - STAND TO
£403,487	20/09/2017 48	This project will provide a dedicated alcohol abuse recovery programme for ex-service veterans, residing in Derbyshire, to develop coping strategies in order to reduce alcohol consumption and improve ....more This project will provide a dedicated alcohol abuse recovery programme for ex-service veterans, residing in Derbyshire, to develop coping strategies in order to reduce alcohol consumption and improve physical and psychological health and family relationships. This will help to boost people’s confidence, self-esteem and motivation and provide them with opportunities to complete volunteering, peer mentoring and re-training to enhance employability prospects, helping to sustain recovery.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service
£68,206	21/07/2016 36	Meeting the increasing needs of people in Derbyshire and their families affected by alcohol misuse. The grant will fund the post of an alcohol Key Worker to support the more complex and longer term ....more Meeting the increasing needs of people in Derbyshire and their families affected by alcohol misuse. The grant will fund the post of an alcohol Key Worker to support the more complex and longer term need of ex armed forces personnel.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW JAMES RAMRATTAN Appointed: 2019

FRANCES ANNE JAMES Appointed: 2019

MR GEOFF LINK Appointed: 2015

MR TOM DAVIDSON Appointed: 2015

MRS GILL SULLIVAN Appointed: 2015

SHAUN BROWN Appointed: 2022

JOHN ABDO ROWLAND YDLIBI Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, CASTLE CAVENDISH FOUNDATION,

PAUL DAVID BEESON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE KETTLE MEMORIAL TRUST FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/12/2014, number: 1159537

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

8 returns made; AR22: 2 days late,

Main office

FIRST FLOOR
DENTS CHAMBERS
81 NEW SQUARE
CHESTERFIELD
DERBYSHIRE

Objectives

1.TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS; 2. TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE IN DERBYSHIRE WITH THOSE AND RELATED PROBLEMS: 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE.

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