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.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RECOVERING FROM PROBLEMS CAUSED BY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION LIVING IN THE DISTRICT OF LICHFIELD BY;A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE COMMUNITY SPACE FOR SERVICE USERS TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND SERVICESB) THE PROVISION OF MENTORING AND PEER TO PEER SUPPORT C) PROVIDING SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTIOND) RAISING AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC ON THE EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cannock Chase, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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 conflicts of interest 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 05/08/2022, 6 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
• Karl Addison
• Kathleen Griffith

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAY UK.

• WAY UK income £210k
• BETTER THINGS income £20k
• UNITED WAY income £537k
• GATE WAY TRUST income £480k
• THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION income £135k

Side by side with its peers

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