UK Smart Recovery

Analysis

UK Smart Recovery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke on Trent. It was registered in February 2015, 11 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 09225444). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, UK Smart Recovery reported income of £586k and spending of £504k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £400k to £586k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, UK Smart Recovery sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salford Loaves and Fishes Ltd (£586k), Advocacy Matters Ltd (£586k) and Water Stars Foundation (£586k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 15%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £219k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.