We Are With You
Registered charity 1001957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4680996 · Wikipedia · also known as A P A, ADDACTION, ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION OF ADDICTION, With You · also registered in Scotland as SC040009 (OSCR)
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
Objects
(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.
Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £11.5 million, which falls within the charity's revised reserves policy target range of £7.3 million to £11.7 million. Although the charity reported a net deficit of £0.5 million for the year, it maintained a strong liquidity position with £11.9 million in cash, ensuring adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.
Policies the charity declares
In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 203
- Government income: £82,515,000 — contracts £59,436,000 (43), grants £23,079,000 (33); 95% of the £87,019,000 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 42 (£60,001–£70,000: 13; £70,001–£80,000: 12; £80,001–£90,000: 8; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 4; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 128
- Government income: £77,128,000 — contracts £60,038,000 (81), grants £17,090,000 (44); 96% of the £80,609,000 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 40 (£60,001–£70,000: 24; £70,001–£80,000: 5; £80,001–£90,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 2; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 154
- Government income: £69,254,000 — contracts £57,077,000 (75), grants £12,177,000 (51); 97% of the £71,530,000 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — We Are With You (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HILLIER, Bradley Luke, Dr — director, appointed 01/05/2026on trustee list
- KNAGGS, Roger David, Dr — director, appointed 04/03/2026on trustee list
- PATEMAN, Jane Alison — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
- MESTER, Birthe — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
- NSARKOH, Alfred Yaw Oduro — director, appointed 15/11/2024on trustee list
- CRAMER, Shirley Christine — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
- POW, James Angus — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
- COHEN, Jeremy Leonard — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
- DAY, Roderick — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
- KNATCHBULL, Melinda Lu San — director, appointed 26/10/2023on trustee list
- SARNA, Harpreet Singh, Dr — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
- DOWNES, Fiona — secretary, appointed 12/05/2026
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)
Electoral Commission register entries
Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.
- Non Cash: Ms Mary Glindon (MP - Member of Parliament) — £5k · 01/01/2020 · ref NC0493344
Administration services
- Non Cash: Ms Mary Glindon (MP - Member of Parliament) — £5k · 01/01/2019 · ref NC0403916
Administration services
- Non Cash: Ms Mary Glindon (MP - Member of Parliament) — £5k · 31/08/2018 · ref NC0397758
Other
- Non Cash: Ms Mary Glindon (MP - Member of Parliament) — £5k · 31/08/2017 · ref NC0336422
Administration services
CQC provider record: We are With You — Registered, 116 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 02/06/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Trustpilot: wearewithyou.org.uk scores 2.4/5 from 11 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (11,417 likes) · instagram (4,696 followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£184k
Reserves (reported)
£13.6m
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- We are With You - Cornwall: Good (16/04/2019) · CQC record
- We are With You - Rotherham: Good (05/11/2025) · CQC record
- We are With You - Chy: Good (13/01/2022) · CQC record
- We Are With You - Shropshire: Good (23/05/2022) · CQC record
- We are With You Wigan and Leigh: Good (15/10/2025) · CQC record
- We are With You Redcar and Cleveland: Good (03/02/2022) · CQC record
- We are With You - Weston Super Mare: Good (04/04/2019) · CQC record
- We are With You North Lincolnshire: Good (15/05/2026) · CQC record
- We are With You - HMP Lincoln: Not applicable (08/06/2026) · CQC record
- We are With You - Darlington: Good (12/07/2022) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is We Are With You financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £11.5 million, which falls within the charity's revised reserves policy target range of £7.3 million to £11.7 million. Although the charity reported a net deficit of £0.5 million for the year, it maintained a strong liquidity position with £11.9 million in cash, ensuring adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds We Are With You?
Funders whose own accounts filings name We Are With You as a grant recipient include THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, Army Benevolent Fund, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND.
Known funders
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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
Government & lottery funding
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