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Registered charity · Dorset

Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Essential Drug and Alcohol Services is a registered charity (number 900565) based in Dorset, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £344k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as E.D.A.S. (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £344k (2025)
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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
Where
Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and more
Website
www.edasuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Essential Drug and Alcohol Services
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£344k£303k
  • 2024£319k£417k
  • 2023£353k£483k
Earlier years
  • 2022£770k£1.0m
  • 2021£1.1m£1.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 60%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WHO ARE SUFFERING, OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING, FROM MISUSE OR ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL, NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES OR COMPOUNDS OF POTENTIAL OR SUSPECTED DANGER TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY OR BOTH; THE PREVENTION OF SUCH MISUSE OR ADDICTION OR BOTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT ABOUT THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS ON SOCIETY OF THE USE AND ABUSE OF AND DEPENDENCE UPON SUCH SUBSTANCES.

Grants received

9 grants · £59,962 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

4 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
22.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4General Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 4Arts and leisure 2Education 2

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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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£344k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
900565
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/04/1990AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/08/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/12/2013
Companies House
Company number 02497437 · Active
Contact on the register
01202735777 · mindy.bartlett@edasuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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