Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs

Analysis

Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03265669). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs reported income of £61k and spending of £60k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £61k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Michael's School Braintree Private School Fund (£61k), Come and Play Pre-School (£61k) and Golliwopsie Playgroup (£61k).