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release legal emergency and drugs service limited

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Activities & Mission

Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals via our national legal and drugs helpline. The charity also provides the following frontline services: therapeutic counselling, expert witness (reports and testimony) and legal outreach surgeries, as well as a number of free publications.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£659,460
Latest Expenditure
£869,060

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 128.1%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 4.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £8,704
Charitable Activities £641,458
Other Trading £119
Investments £7,666
Other Income £1,513

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £844,481
Raising Funds £24,579
Governance £13,967
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£659,460£869,060£844,481£441,419£322,31917 / 40
2023£938,722£751,033£730,915£651,019£591,61416 / 20
2022£588,864£633,551£617,590£463,330£416,50614 / 20
2021£803,224£707,344£682,580£508,017£300,00014 / 20
2020£766,496£741,583£725,707£412,137£357,92914 / 25

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
61 Mansell Street
LONDON
E1 8AN
Registration Date
31 May 1985
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
801118
Charity Number
801118

Trustees

ROGER GOLLAND
DAVID ROWNTREE
AMBER MARKS
Natasha Dhumma
Bisola Akintoye
Donnchadh Greene
Professor Toby Seddon
Imani Robinson
Andrew Horne

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • RELEASE
  • RELEASE LEADS