The Society for the Study of Addiction

Analysis

The Society for the Study of Addiction is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02691654). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Society for the Study of Addiction reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.7m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Society for the Study of Addiction sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community Council of Shropshire (£1.4m), All Nations (£1.4m) and John James Bristol Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £74k. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.