BETTER WAY RECOVERY

Registered charity 1193773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer: Peer led help and support, Solution focused workshops, Inter-agency support and introductions to local support groups, Preventative and awareness talks in schools and community groups, A safe place to go 6 days a week with hygeine facilities, Food and clothing bank for people suffering poverty, Outreach work to the most vulnerable in the community, Family support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £566,380 against total expenditure of £512,952, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £52,299, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of holding at least six months of operational expenditure. The charity's going concern basis is supported by extended funding until March 2027 and no material uncertainties were identified by the independent examiner.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “Funded By The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIELLE BYATTchair
• Elizabeth Mary Ridler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Cormack
• Janet Sutton
• Kathleen Griffith

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).