RECOVERY CONNECTIONS
Registered charity 1147748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE NORTH EAST
Recovery Connections is a user-led, recovery support service and Registered Charity. We provide therapeutic treatment, support, residential rehabilitation and practical solutions to people on a recovery pathway. Recovery Connections was established as a peer led organisation to offer visible recovery and be led by the community it serves.
Objects
TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WHO SUFFER FROM OR ARE AFFECTED BY: - A. SUBSTANCE MISUSE; B. ISOLATION; C. POVERTY; D. UNEMPLOYMENT; E. OFFENDING; F. HOMELESSNESS; G. TRAUMA; H. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES; OR I. RELATED COMPLEX NEEDS, BY PROVIDING PEER-LED TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a net incoming resource of £441,064 for the year, increasing its total funds to £1,562,799. However, the accounts state the charity is entirely reliant on income from Middlesbrough Council and other grants, with no public fundraising. Unrestricted reserves of £224,940 are held above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £95,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure which amounts to approximately £95,000 (reserves figure: £225k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure which amounts to approximately £95,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Financial Conduct Authority. 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
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management 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
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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 117
- Government income: £3,188,234 — contracts £3,113,527 (12), grants £74,707 (3); 67% of the £4,743,185 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 126
- Government income: £2,353,800 — contracts £1,943,441 (11), grants £410,359 (4); 72% of the £3,252,914 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 159
- Government income: £1,408,495 — contracts £562,045 (1), grants £846,450 (12); 60% of the £2,332,413 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Recovery Connections (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.
- WITHRINGTON, Suzanne Michelle — director, appointed 06/04/2025not on trustee list
- SPEARS, Cheryl Jayne — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
- DRYDEN, Amy — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
- GALLOWAY, Daniel — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
- BARRAS, David — director, appointed 22/01/2019on trustee list
- HICKS, Ursula Ruth — director, appointed 01/03/2012on trustee list
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)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Recovery Connections — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/02/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£381k
Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 24.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (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).
- Royce House: Outstanding (04/04/2019) · CQC record
- Ursula Ruth Hickschair · trustee of 6 other charities
- Amy Dryden
- Cheryl Spears
- Daniel Galloway
- David Barras · trustee of 1 other charity
- Suzanne Hague Dr
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RECOVERY CONNECTIONS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net incoming resource of £441,064 for the year, increasing its total funds to £1,562,799. However, the accounts state the charity is entirely reliant on income from Middlesbrough Council and other grants, with no public fundraising. Unrestricted reserves of £224,940 are held above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £95,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited.
Who funds RECOVERY CONNECTIONS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name RECOVERY CONNECTIONS as a grant recipient include CEO SLEEPOUT.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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