RELEASE LEGAL EMERGENCY AND DRUGS SERVICE LIMITED
Registered charity 801118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RELEASE, RELEASE LEADS
Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals via our national legal and drugs helpline. The charity also provides the following frontline services: therapeutic counselling, expert witness (reports and testimony) and legal outreach surgeries, as well as a number of free publications.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves at 31st March 2025 amounted to £207,309, which is below the Board's stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £17,515 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's £209,600 loss, and the trustees confirm the financial position remained robust.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months' operating costs (held: £207k)
“The Board of Directors believes that the minimum level of unrestricted reserves should be the equivalent of 6 months' operating costs, calculated and reviewed annually.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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).
- Skylark — “Site built & supported by Skylark” (source page)
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£73k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- AMBER MARKS
- Andrew Horne
- Bisola Akintoye
- DAVID ROWNTREE
- Donnchadh Greene
- Imani Robinson
- Natasha Dhumma
- Professor Toby Seddon
- ROGER GOLLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RELEASE LEGAL EMERGENCY AND DRUGS SERVICE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves at 31st March 2025 amounted to £207,309, which is below the Board's stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £17,515 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's £209,600 loss, and the trustees confirm the financial position remained robust. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds RELEASE LEGAL EMERGENCY AND DRUGS SERVICE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name RELEASE LEGAL EMERGENCY AND DRUGS SERVICE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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