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Registered charity · Essex

Via Community Ltd

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £37m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.viaorg.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
VIA Community LTD
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37m£37m
  • 2024£26m£27m
  • 2023£26m£26m
Earlier years
  • 2022£23m£21m
  • 2021£23m£23m
Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND OTHER ADDICTIVE DISORDERS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, ADVICE, COUNSELLING, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES TO SUCH PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Board analysis for researchers

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

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 17Tech and media 4Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£36.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.5 in 2021

564 from 400 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
99%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1031602
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/01/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/08/2015 as amended on 05 Jun 2023
Companies House
Company number 02807934 · Active
Contact on the register
02074213100 · enquiries@viaorg.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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