FREE THE WAY

Registered charity 1107435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Help and advice for peple suffering from addiction problems, referrals to specilalist treatment programmes. Supported accommodation providing stability and support to help clients in their journey towards recovery and independent living. A drop in facility providing food and washing facilities, a correspondance address and clothes for homeless substance misusers in Easington and srrounding areas.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PEOPLE WITH DRUG, ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING ADDICTIONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN SEAHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF COUNTY DURHAM, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS (THE BENEFICIARIES), BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPO0RT, HEALTH INFORMATION AND ADVICE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A DROP IN CENTRE.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFICIARIES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: SEAHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF COUNTY DURHAM, THEIR FAMI

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £20,406 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £161,857. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and holds no defined benefit scheme deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 03/04/2024, 63 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 01/03/2023, 29 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carl Darvellchair
• Andrew Elliwell
• Loraine Anderson
• SARAH ROBB
• Tammy Welch

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATE WAY TRUST.

• GATE WAY TRUST income £480k
• BETTER WAY RECOVERY income £566k
• WAY UK income £210k
• ROUTE2FREEDOM income £23k
• DEROCHIM PATHWAYS income £90k
• LIFE WAYS income £100k

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