Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited

Analysis

Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01966619). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited reported income of £961k and spending of £978k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £803k to £961k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited 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 The Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust (£961k), Southport Rest Home (£961k) and Voices in Exile (£960k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68% and charitable activities 31%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Reserves of £207k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.