Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service

Analysis

Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service reported income of £969k and spending of £906k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £704k to £969k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ls14 Trust (£968k), Colchester School of Gymnastics (£970k) and Hatzola Edgware (£968k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 40% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £350k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.