Controlling Chemsex

Analysis

Controlling Chemsex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Controlling Chemsex reported income of £125k and spending of £102k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from February 2023 to February 2025, income grew from £85k to £125k (+47%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Controlling Chemsex sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir William Coxen Trust Fund (£125k), Christ United Pentecostal Ministries Liberty House (£125k) and The Charterhouse Rheumatism Charity (£125k).