THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICE

Registered charity 1108595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide psycho-social and counselling, advice, information and support to help people affected by substance misuse to make positive change. The charity operates at tier 2 and 3 of the treatment system as defined by models of care.

Objects

2.1 The Charity’s objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit to identify and help prevent, as well as actively promote the means of preventing, alcohol related problems and other addictive behaviours such as drug and substance misuse. Also to provide counselling help and care management for clients with the above problems, and to provide advice, support and help for the families of persons with alcohol problems and other addictive behaviours, as outlined above..2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word “charitable” or the words “charitable purposes” in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL.

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: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £236,547 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a deficit on restricted funds. Despite this, the charity maintains a strong financial position with total unrestricted funds of £2,305,902 and cash reserves of £3,362,789, which the trustees state are sufficient to meet a minimum reserves target and continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 6 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 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05375809 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SCOTT, Stephanie — director, appointed 17/04/2025on trustee list
• GILBERT, Gillian Emily — director, appointed 20/02/2025on trustee list
• ASHTON, Frances — director, appointed 27/07/2023on trustee list
• TATTERTON, Ellen Patricia — director, appointed 20/07/2023on trustee list
• DODDS, Nick — director, appointed 20/07/2023on trustee list
• PARSONS, Ian Dominic — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Andrew — director, appointed 20/10/2014not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £80k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Alcohol and Drug Service — Deregistered, 8 registered locations.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Smith
• Ellen Tatterton
• Frances Ashton
• Gillian Emily Gilbert
• Ian Dominic Parsons
• Nick Dodds
• Stephanie Scott

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

Operates in: Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• REHABIT income £53k
• EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT income £2.2m
• THE FORWARD TRUST income £44.4m
• SUPPORT 4 CHANGE income £39k
• ADVOCACY FOCUS income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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