01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040009
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 1,699
- Postcode
- EC1R 5AR
OSCR note: Previous Charity name - Addaction from 03 October 2008 to 01 April 2020
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The relief of poverty and sickness among those persons generally who are dependent upon or affected by addiction to narcotic drugs and other similar substances or compounds of possible potential or suspected danger to the individual and the community (hereinafter referred to as drugs). (ii) The relief of poverty and sickness among parents of children affected by dependence upon or addiction to drugs and among families, any members of which are dependent upon or affected by addiction to drugs. (iii) The education and training of the individual and the community at large and advancement of education and training in and research into the danger arising from the habitual or other use of drugs together with publication of literature relating to dependence upon or addiction to drugs and of the results of any such research. (iv) The prevention of dependence upon or addiction to drugs, the consultation, treatment and care of those suffering from, and rehabilitation of those relieved from, dependence upon or addiction to drugs PROVIDED ALWAYS that any such treatment as aforesaid shall be carried out only under the supervision of a duly qualified medical practitioner under the National Health Service and wherever there occurs any reference in this Deed to treatment such treatment shall be construed as so limited.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £87,019,000 | £87,494,000 | 1,699 | 10 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £80,609,000 | £79,713,000 | 1,699 | 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £71,530,000 | £67,986,000 | 1,699 | 15 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £64,517,000 | £60,062,000 | 1,699 | 15 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £59,219,000 | £57,221,000 | 1,699 | 17 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 79 Clerkenwell Road,, 5th floor,, London
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.wearewithyou.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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