CRANSTOUN

Registered charity 1061582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRANSTOUN DRUG SERVICES · also registered in Scotland as SC052433 (OSCR)

Cranstoun is a not-for-profit, independent, non-govermental organisation providing a range of high quality, specialist services to tackle the impact and harm caused by drugs and/or alcohol to individuals and communities.

Objects

1.1 The Objects of the Charity are 1.1.1 The relief and reduction of harm caused by drug and alcohol use to individuals and communities; and1.1.2 The relief of poverty, sickness, deprivation and distress among persons who are dependent upon or affected by dependence on drugs, alcohol and other similar substances or compounds of possible or suspected danger to the individual and the community; and1.1.3 The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the provision of financial assistance among those related or dependent upon those persons referred to above; and1.1.4 The education and training of individuals and the community at large and the advancement of education and training in the dangers arising from the habitual or isolated or other use of drugs or alcohol together with the publication of material relating to dependence upon drugs or alcohol; and1.1.5 To undertake research into the special problems arising from persons with drug or alcohol problems and into methods of alleviating them and to publish the results of such research; and1.1.6 The prevention of dependence upon drugs or alcohol, the consultation, treatment and care of those suffering from and the rehabilitation of those relieved from dependence upon drugs or alcohol; and 1.1.7 The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure occupation for persons with drug or alcohol problems in the interests of their social welfare within the meaning of the Recreational Charities Act 1857 and as limited in that Act; and1.1.8 The advancement of education, and 1.1.9 The relief of need in individuals arising from their youth, age, gender, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances, and 1.1.10 Such other exclusively charitable activities as the Trustees may from time to time determine. 1.1A Throughout the Articles, 'charitable' means charitable in accordance with the law of England and Wales provided that it will not include any purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the 2005 Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the Articles of the Charity is the law of England and Wales.

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.

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Registered contact address: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total group income increased by 15% to £29.8m, with total expenditure matching income to result in a modest surplus of £0.1m. The charity maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted free reserves of £6.6m and a net cash position of £2.7m, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 27/07/2023, 177 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03306337
• Trading subsidiary: CRANSTOUN SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 12313944

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cranstoun (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.

• MACKINTOSH, Siobhan — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• ORPEN, Marie — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• BACON, Matthew — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• NEWBERRY, Jenni — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• SAGAYAM, Selina Shanti — director, appointed 21/04/2026on trustee list
• NORTH, Winston — director, appointed 06/11/2024on trustee list
• PATEL, Cherag — director, appointed 06/11/2024on trustee list
• MAYES, Laura — director, appointed 06/11/2024on trustee list
• GILCHRIST, Gail Primrose, Dr — director, appointed 24/04/2024on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Alistair — director, appointed 26/01/2022not on trustee list
• FURLONG, Andrew Charles — director, appointed 26/01/2022not on trustee list
• ALCOCK, David — director, appointed 22/05/2019on trustee list
• HEAD, Lisa — secretary, appointed 01/08/2022

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Cranstoun — Registered, 17 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 23/03/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Assistant Director of Services - Criminal Justice & Housing/Homelessness — £58,560 - £71,480 per year · Remote · posted today (seen 09/09/2026)
• Assistant Director of Services - Substance Use & Children and Young People — £58,560 - £71,480 per year · Remote · posted today (seen 09/09/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 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: 0.7% 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).

• Cranstoun Wokingham: Good (18/05/2022) · CQC record
• Cranstoun Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Good (19/08/2019) · CQC record
• Cranstoun - Sandwell: Good (06/12/2019) · CQC record
• Cranstoun Worcestershire: Good (19/01/2026) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair Graham
• Andy Furlong
• Cherag Patel
• David Alcock
• Dr Gail Gilchrist
• Jenni Newberry
• Laura Mayes
• Marie Orpen
• Matthew Bacon
• Selina Sagayam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Siobhan Mackintosh
• Winston North · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

• EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT income £2.2m
• CROSTON SPORTS CLUB income £90k
• THE CROSLAND TRUST income £4k
• CORNERSTONE CARE IN CONFIDENCE income £119k
• ALCOHOL SERVICES KINGSTON & RICHMOND income £98k
• BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £96k

Side by side with its peers

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