Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing

Registered charity 518048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPASS, COMPASS - SERVICES TO TACKLE PROBLEM DRUG USE

Provides treatment and support services to drug users and their families

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£21.3m
Latest spending
£20.6m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income rose to £21.27 million from £16.36 million in the prior year, resulting in a net income of £0.65 million. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £2.98 million, which exceeds the Directors' calculated minimum requirement of £2.45 million. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £108,207 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“The highest paid director received remuneration of £108,207 (2024: £103,719), including pension contributions of £9,746 (2024: £9,371).” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income)
“Income from charitable activities - services 21,195,835”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £2.45 Million (held: £3.0m)
“Using this methodology, a minimum requirement for free reserves of £2.45 Million has been calculated. The free reserves at 31 March 2025 are £2.98 Million.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

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.

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care BoardNHSWYICB - Emotional and Mental Wellbeing service for CYP——

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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: Compass - Services To Improve Health And Wellbeing — Registered, 29 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 15/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£21.3m
Total spending
£20.6m
Reserves (reported)
£5.0m
Employees
425

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£21.3m£20.6m
31/03/2024£16.3m£15.1m
31/03/2023£10.2m£10.3m
31/03/2022£8.0m£7.2m
31/03/2021£6.9m£6.3m

Common questions

Is Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that income rose to £21.27 million from £16.36 million in the prior year, resulting in a net income of £0.65 million. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £2.98 million, which exceeds the Directors' calculated minimum requirement of £2.45 million. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £108,207 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2011£6kHull Harm Reduction

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILY COMPASS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing£21.3m£108,207—above—no doubt
FAMILY COMPASS FY2025£457k—0unclear—no doubt
Via Community Ltd FY2025£36.7m£182,500—unclear—no doubt
EARLY BREAK FY2025£5.2m£80,001 - £90,0004within—no doubt
N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE LIMITED FY2024£6.9m—0unclear—no doubt
DROP OF COMPASSION FY2025£906k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.