Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Analysis

Essential Drug and Alcohol Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in June 1990, 36 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 company (Companies House number 02497437). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Essential Drug and Alcohol Services reported income of £344k and spending of £303k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £344k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Essential Drug and Alcohol Services sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Holloway Neighbourhood Group (£344k), Careys Foundation (£345k) and Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills (£344k).