Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

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

Narrow trustee age band: -2

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -8

ADS (ADDICTION DEPENDENCY SOLUTIONS)

ADS is a progressive 21st century Addiction Charity with drug, alcohol and prescription drug services across the UK.ADS works with individuals, families and communities affected by addiction. By placing clients at the centre of our work and responding to need, we help to transform lives and promote change.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
30/09/23		£1	£58	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£1	£44	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£104	£18	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20?		£6,455	£6,607	£-153	£0	£123	£123	0.2	56	15
31/03/19		£6,983	£7,610	£-627	£0	£275	£275	0.4	94	18
31/03/18	*	£9,182	£10,016	£-835	£0	£902	£884	1.1	130	0
31/03/17	*	£11,161	£12,061	£-900	£0	£1,504	£1,488	1.5	194	0
31/03/16		£13,662	£14,079	£-417	£0	£1,915	£1,908	1.6	230	0
31/03/15		£13,228	£12,235	£993	£226	£2,227	£2,227	2.2	221	0
31/03/14	*	£7,314	£7,451	£-137	£213	£1,234	£1,233	2	211	0
31/03/13	*	£8,192	£8,264	£-71	£87	£1,370	£1,232	1.8	252	0
31/03/12		£8,926	£8,961	£-35	£346	£1,442	£1,253	1.7	268	0
31/03/11	*	£8,870	£8,662	£208	£89	£1,476	£1,326	1.8	254	0
31/03/10	*	£8,937	£8,874	£63	£90	£1,269	£1,184	1.6	251	0
31/03/09	*	£9,850	£9,564	£287	£94	£1,206	£1,187	1.5	277	0
31/03/08	*	£8,116	£7,618	£498	£42	£919	£908	1.4	350	0
31/03/07	*	£7,177	£7,102	£75	£241	£422	£414	0.7	280	0
31/03/06	*	£5,900	£5,875	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£5,227	£5,206	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£4,230	£4,213	£17	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: 35 years
(38 years as a company)

www.adsolutions.org.uk

ads@adsolutions.org.uk

01618312400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports 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
Forever Manchester - ADS Reconnects
£995	15/08/2023	Support group for those with drug/alcohol addictions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Gap in Manchester
£363,985	10/02/2010 72	Bridging the Gap will be delivered for the first time in Manchester. It has been specifically designed to provide former and current substance misuse service users with the skills needed to gain ....more Bridging the Gap will be delivered for the first time in Manchester. It has been specifically designed to provide former and current substance misuse service users with the skills needed to gain voluntary or paid employment in the substance misuse field. The project will offer classroom based training for 15 hours per week over a 16 week period. Training will include alcohol and drug awareness, care planning, communication skills, exam working, completing job applications and interview techniques.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 67-76

ALAN WATSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTINE GREEN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant

JANUSZ KARCZEWSKI-SLOWIKOWSKI (Chair), Occupation: Retired Registrar

LADY RHONA BRADLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

MOIRA STEVENSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/1990, number: 702559
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/1986, number: 01990365

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 49 days late, AR17: 43 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR07: 9 days late, AR06: 15 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

21 RANGE ROAD
MANCHESTER
M16 8FS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE A BETTER AND MORE SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF ALCOHOLISM TO STUDY ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS AND TO UNDERTAKE AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH ALL RELEVANT AGENCIES IN THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND AFTERCARE OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM AND ALCOHOLISM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE AND LEEDS.