Registered charity · Hemel Hempstead
Cocoon Support Ltd
- 6 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.druglink.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cocoon Support LTD
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£3.3m
- 2024£2.9m£2.8m
- 2023£2.1m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.6m
- 2021£1.5m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 19% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DANGERS ARISING FROM THE HABITUAL OR OCCASIONAL CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTIC, STIMULANT AND HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS OR SIMILAR SUBSTANCES. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE IN THE FIELD OF DRUG MISUSE. 3. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS RESULTING FROM THE MISUSE OF DRUGS. 4. TO PROMOTE EITHER ALONE OR WITH OTHERS, RESEARCH INTO DRUG MISUSE AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
Grants received
15 grants · £280,261 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
- Department of Health and Social Care · £135,000 (2 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £62,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £42,269 (5 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £25,000
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £15,992 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
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.
6 trustees on the board
- David Gill since 2024
- James Conolly since 2020
- Kevin Cohen since 2017
- Nicholas Pedrithes since 2022
- Rachel Busse-Reid since 2020
- Ray Knowles since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- James Conolly since 2020
- Kevin Cohen since 2017
- Rachel Busse-Reid since 2020
- Ray Knowles since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- David Gill since 2024
- James Conolly since 2020
- Kevin Cohen since 2017
- Nicholas Pedrithes since 2022
- Rachel Busse-Reid since 2020
- Ray Knowles since 2018
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 295384
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1986 AMENDED 24TH AUGUST 2004 AS FURTHER AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 JANUARY 2009 as amended on 19 Sep 2023 as amended on 29 Apr 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 02057706 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01923260727 · druglink@druglink.ltd.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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