Community Discovery and Recovery Services

Analysis

Community Discovery and Recovery Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02634372). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Discovery and Recovery Services reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £904k to £1.3m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Discovery and Recovery Services 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 Encephalitis International (£1.3m), Changing Faces (£1.3m) and The Players Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £705k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.