01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 12 January 1971
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00998971
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £913,072
- Latest expenditure
- £960,713
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH (ASH), Unit 2.9, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, LONDON
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ash.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
ASH is an organisation which provides information on all aspects of tobacco and works to advance policies and measures that will help to prevent the addiction, disease and unnecessary premature death caused by smoking.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £913,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £960,713
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £903,313
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £973,692
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £791,111
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £765,822
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 January 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,011,616
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £836,682
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £929,448
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £855,767
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 31 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £913,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £960,713
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 5
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 92000
- Income From Government Grants
- £30,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 3 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £903,313
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £973,692
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 8333
- Income From Government Grants
- £49,999
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 3 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £791,111
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £765,822
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 4
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 25895
- Income From Government Grants
- £55,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,011,616
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £836,682
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 7
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 55320
- Income From Government Grants
- £192,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £929,448
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £855,767
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 4
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 35400
- Income From Government Grants
- £210,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 31 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4607
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 864667
- Income Investments
- 17798
- Income Other
- 26000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 913072
- Income Legacies
- 500
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £960,713
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 960713
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 16519
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 202056
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3357
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £752,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6708
- Assets Own Use
- 6684
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 24
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £936,041
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £49,447
- Assets Current Investment
- 24
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £893,302
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 49447
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £752,729
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 893302
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 893302
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 3 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2924
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 888480
- Income Investments
- 10844
- Income Other
- 1065
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 903313
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £973,692
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 973692
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12976
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 152132
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3943
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £882,094
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7312
- Assets Own Use
- 7288
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 24
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,048,125
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £114,494
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £940,943
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 114494
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £882,094
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 940943
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 940943
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 3 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3695
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 785511
- Income Investments
- 1905
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 791111
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £765,822
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 765822
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12201
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 153057
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3892
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,032,259
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9153
- Assets Own Use
- 9129
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 24
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,132,563
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £130,394
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,011,322
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 130394
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,032,256
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1011322
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1011322
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 723877
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 286411
- Income Investments
- 328
- Income Other
- 1000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1011616
- Income Legacies
- 87064
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £836,682
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 836682
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 133285
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3691
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £736,298
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7470
- Assets Own Use
- 7446
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 24
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,042,455
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £63,892
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £986,033
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 63892
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £736,298
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 976033
- Funds Restricted
- 10000
- Funds Total
- 986033
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3896
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 911215
- Income Investments
- 490
- Income Other
- 13847
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 929448
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £855,767
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 855767
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 28004
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 227546
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4373
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £791,821
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9302
- Assets Own Use
- 9278
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 24
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £863,689
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £61,892
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £811,099
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 61892
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £725,752
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 801099
- Funds Restricted
- 10000
- Funds Total
- 811099
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH (ASH)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1971-01-12T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH JANUARY 1971, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14TH JUNE 1979 AND 10 JANUARY 1994. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 FEBRUARY 2010. as amended on 25 Oct 2022
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR SUCH PURPOSESFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES BOTH IN ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUTWITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE AFOREGOING WORDING):3.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE HARMFULEFFECTS OF CIGARETTE OR OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CIGARETTEAND OTHER TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 208618
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- ASH
- Charity Name Id
- 208609
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH LIMITED (ASH)
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures