ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK
Registered charity 1140287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALCOHOL CHANGE UK, ALCOHOL CONCERN
We work to significantly reduce alcohol harm in the UK by: funding, commissioning and sharing research; working to ensure more and better support and treatment; encouraging better policy and regulation; shifting drinking cultures through our campaigns; and working to change drinking behaviours by providing advice and information.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a significant operating deficit of £1.587m in 2024-25, driven by a £1.3m increase in expenditure to £3.535m which outpaced income growth. To service this deficit, the charity sold investment units, causing its free reserves to fall significantly from £9.9m to £7.7m, though the trustees remain satisfied that the charity is a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 12-18 months of expenditure (held: £7.7m)
“Our reserves policy for the strategic period 2024-29 is to spend down our reserves to around 12-18 months of expenditure by 31 Mar 2029.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alcohol Change UK (matched by registered charity number).
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)
2 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£960k
Reported reserves equal ~26.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 49.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/10/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michael Urwinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Elizabeth Villanueva
- Emma Greenwood
- Hannah Dorothea Grummett
- Helen Huong Chang
- Herdeep O'Connor
- Jeremy Joseph
- Katharine Baker
- Michael Charles Bellamy · trustee of 1 other charity
- Raveena Dhadwal
- Stuart William Reeves
- Taranpreet Singh Rai
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a significant operating deficit of £1.587m in 2024-25, driven by a £1.3m increase in expenditure to £3.535m which outpaced income growth. To service this deficit, the charity sold investment units, causing its free reserves to fall significantly from £9.9m to £7.7m, though the trustees remain satisfied that the charity is a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited.
Who funds ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ALCOHOL RESEARCH UK as a grant recipient include ALLIANCE HOUSE FOUNDATION, CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS).
Known funders
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