Registered charity · London
We Are With You
We Are With You is a registered charity (number 1001957) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £87m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as With You (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £87m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alfred Yaw Oduro NsarkohTrustee · since 2024
- Birthe MesterTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Bradley Luke HillierTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Harpreet Singh SarnaTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Roger David KnaggsTrustee · since 2026
- James Angus PowTrustee · since 2024
- Jane Alison PatemanTrustee · since 2025
- Jeremy Leonard CohenTrustee · since 2024
- Melinda Lu San KnatchbullTrustee · since 2023
- Roderick DayTrustee · since 2024
- Shirley Christine CramerTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.wearewithyou.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- WE ARE With YOU
- Registered
- 1991
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87m£87m
- 2024£81m£80m
- 2023£72m£68m
Earlier years
- 2022£65m£60m
- 2021£59m£57m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 68% · Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG THOSE PERSONS GENERALLY WHO ARE DEPENDENT UPON OR AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES OR COMPOUNDS OF POSSIBLE POTENTIAL OR SUSPECTED DANGER TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “DRUGS AND ALCOHOL”).(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND AMONG FAMILIES, ANY MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE DEPENDENT UPON OR AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.(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 AND ALCOHOL TOGETHER WITH PUBLICATION OF LITERATURE RELATING TO DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND OF THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.(IV) THE PREVENTION OF DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, THE CONSULTATION, TREATMENT AND CARE OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM, AND REHABILITATION OF THOSE RELIEVED FROM, DEPENDENCE UPON OR ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL 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.
Grants received
50 grants · £45,282,875 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £44,077,185 (27 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £403,978 (4 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £210,688 (3 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £150,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £133,247 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Alfred Yaw Oduro Nsarkoh since 2024
- Birthe Mester since 2025
- Dr Bradley Luke Hillier since 2026
- Dr Harpreet Singh Sarna since 2023
- Dr Roger David Knaggs since 2026
- James Angus Pow since 2024
- Jane Alison Pateman since 2025
- Jeremy Leonard Cohen since 2024
- Melinda Lu San Knatchbull since 2023
- Roderick Day since 2024
- Shirley Christine Cramer since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Bradley Luke Hillier since 2026
- Dr Harpreet Singh Sarna since 2023
- James Angus Pow since 2024
- Jane Alison Pateman since 2025
- Jeremy Leonard Cohen since 2024
- Melinda Lu San Knatchbull since 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Alfred Yaw Oduro Nsarkoh since 2024
- Birthe Mester since 2025
- Dr Roger David Knaggs since 2026
- Roderick Day since 2024
- Shirley Christine Cramer since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001957
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INCORPORATED 06/02/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/09/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/05/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/08/2012 as amended on 26 Feb 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 02580377 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0207-000 000 · company.secretary@wearewithyou.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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