BRINGING UNITY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1126353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BUBIC is an award winning charity* that provides support for drug users, ex drug users, and their family and friends. The services offered are:peer support and group sessionsone to one supportinformation and advice on drug treatmentinformation and advice on health and wellbeing assertive and satellite outreachvolunteer training programmework placementsAccredited courses

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS OF BLACK, ASIAN, MINORITY, ETHNIC (BAME) DESCENT CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE HARINGEY AND ELSEWHERE IN LONDON AND THE UK, IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £30,629 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £557,286 against total expenditure of £526,657. Unrestricted reserves stood at £208,896, which the Trustees consider consistent with their policy to hold reserves equivalent to three to six months of operating costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
• 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

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABIMBOLA ADETIMOLEchair
• Dawn Gager
• Dr FUNKE BUFFOUR AWUAH
• Dr John Robins
• Laura Pechey
• Marion Morris
• Professor John Foster

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EARLY BREAK.

• EARLY BREAK income £5.2m
• BUILD ON BELIEF LTD income £1.9m
• BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED income £5.7m
• PARENT SUPPORT LINK income £345k
• CREATE STRENGTH GROUP income £425k
• Addiction Family Support income £298k

Side by side with its peers

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