ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES

Registered charity 900565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E.D.A.S., EAST DORSET DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ADVISORY SERVICE

The charity aims to benefit the public by promoting the prevention of drug misuse and supporting those suffering from or at risk of suffering from drug and alcohol misuse. A range of services are provided including adult, young peoples and aftercare services which address the potential problems related to substance misuse. Training is provided to accredited standards.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WHO ARE SUFFERING, OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING, FROM MISUSE OR ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL, NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES OR COMPOUNDS OF POTENTIAL OR SUSPECTED DANGER TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY OR BOTH; THE PREVENTION OF SUCH MISUSE OR ADDICTION OR BOTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT ABOUT THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS ON SOCIETY OF THE USE AND ABUSE OF AND DEPENDENCE UPON SUCH SUBSTANCES.

Area of benefit: THE DISTRICT OF DORSET AND SOMERSET STRATEGIC HEALTH AUTHORITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £41,092 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the general unrestricted fund remains in deficit at £121,857, and the charity's reserves policy aims to retain six months of unrestricted costs, which is not currently met due to the deficit.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHAOQUN TANG
• EDWARD TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Joanne Sanger
• MARC DEL LLANO LLB

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Hampshire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED.

• BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED income £5.7m
• THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG SERVICE income £5.4m
• We Are With You income £87.0m
• BUILD ON BELIEF LTD income £1.9m
• BRYNAWEL HOUSE ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRE LTD income £1.3m
• EACH COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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