We Are With You

Registered charity 1001957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · 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

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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02580377

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)

• National Partnership to tackle Health Inequalities in Coastal Communities —

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)

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 (3.8%) (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alfred Yaw Oduro Nsarkoh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Birthe Mester · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Bradley Luke Hillier
• Dr Harpreet Singh Sarna
• Dr Roger David Knaggs · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Angus Pow
• Jane Alison Pateman
• Jeremy Leonard Cohen
• Melinda Lu San Knatchbull
• Roderick Day · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shirley Christine Cramer · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES.

• ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES income £344k
• EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT income £2.2m
• THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICE income £5.4m
• CANOLFAN FELIN FACH CENTRE LIMITED income £273k
• COMMUNITY DISCOVERY AND RECOVERY SERVICES income £1.3m
• 3.13 income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.