Ley Community Drug Services

Analysis

Ley Community Drug Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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 03736193). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ley Community Drug Services reported income of £173k and spending of £217k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £173k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1722%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ley Community Drug Services sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sandals Foundation (£172k), Amplifying Voices (£173k) and The W H and a Hawkins Charitable Trust (£172k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.