# NECA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 516516
- **Other names:** NORTH EAST COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS, N E C A
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 20, 1985
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=516516


## Contact

- **Address:** NECA HEADQUARTERS, DERWENT POINT, CLASPER WAY, SWALWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE16 3BE
- **Phone:** 01914146446
- **Website:** www.neca.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.        The objects for which the company is established is;(i) to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to, in particular but not exclusively, the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances, and gambling. (ii) to advance Education, promote Social Inclusion and Community Capacity, and provide relief from disadvantage, preserving and protecting Health and Wellbeing by providing free accessible services across the North of England.

**Activities:** We actively promote the prevention, recognition and treatment associated to use and misuse of substances including alcohol, drugs and gambling. We advance Education, promote Social Inclusion and Community Capacity and provide relief from disadvantage, preserving and protecting Health and Wellbeing.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Leeds City
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- North Yorkshire
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1790032 | £1750790 | £6740408 | 46 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1752834 | £1783052 | £6701166 | 39 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1202283 | £1297600 | £7599538 | 32 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1147991 | £1248738 | £7694855 | 32 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1574750 | £1621697 | £6183602 | 46 |



## Trustees

- **NORMAN RICHARDSON** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 15, 1992
- BARRY NEIL SPEKER OBE DL
- JOHN NIGEL DAWSON — appointed May 13, 2025
- RONALD IAN WATSON