B3 - BE HEARD BE MOTIVATED BE FREE

Registered charity 1154933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B3

Brent Service User Council is known locally as B3, we provide peer support and advocacy to drug and alcohol service users. Raise awareness of drug and alcohol issues through information and education.Provide a voice and support for service users.Improve services in Brent through community feedback, partnership work, training and service user involvement.

Objects

1.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS,DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL MISUSE OR WHOSE CIRCUMSTANCES RENDER THEMSELVES VULNERABLE OR IN NEED WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT AND BEYOND.2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL MISUSE,HOMELESSNESS,MENTAL AND SEXUAL HEALTH WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BRENT AND BEYOND.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £25,642 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by expenditure increasing due to inflationary pressures and activity levels. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £99,314 to £73,673, though the trustees note that these accumulated reserves will support short-term financial pressures. The filing indicates that a modest increase in funding received subsequent to the year end is expected to continue into the current year.

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 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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Brent Public Health — “We are funded and directly commissioned by Brent Public Health who are part of Brent Council that deals with commissioning treatment and rec…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDRA LORT PHILLIPSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kefi Chadwick
• Max Albert Griffiths
• Prakash Shah
• Sasha Louise Donaldson

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Hillingdon · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth

Income and spending

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