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FAVOR UK Annual Report 2025

CEO’s Welcome Message

“If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that the United Kingdom is crying a (in: out for truth”

| Annemarie Ward yf a | CEO, Faces & Voices of Recovery UK | 4

If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that the United Kingdom is crying out for truth. Not slogans. Not spin. Truth.

Addiction in Britain today is not a fringe issue. It is a national wound that cuts across class, community, faith, and family. Nearly 6,000 people in England and Wales lost their lives to drugs in the last year the highest number ever recorded. Scotland continues to battle the highest drug-death rate in Europe. Northern Ireland faces rising harm from benzodiazepines and synthetics. Wales carries the second-highest rate of drug deaths per head in the UK.

But behind every statistic is a human being desperate for hope, and behind every grieving family is a system that too often failed them long before the worst happened.

And yet, this is the part our movement understands, recovery is alive across the UK. You can feel it in community centres, churches, prisons, recovery cafés, mutual-aid rooms, and at kitchen tables where the battle for hope is often fought quietly, fiercely, and with love.

This year’s UK Recovery Walk in Wolverhampton showed that spirit in full voice. A city opened its doors, recovery organisations stood shoulder to shoulder, and thousands walked through the streets saying loudly what too many in authority whisper: people can and do recover, and every person deserves the chance.

At Faces & Voices of Recovery UK, our mission has never been modest. We want a UK where the poorest have the same right to treatment as the wealthiest. A UK where the treatment system adapts to people, not the other way round. A UK where recovery is

expected, not exceptional.

Our casework service has grown and not by accident. People don’t come to us because everything is going smoothly. They come because they are lost in a maze of assessments, gatekeeping, inconsistent funding, and a culture that has forgotten that recovery is supposed to restore a life, not manage a decline.

We fight for them because theirs and our dignity demands it, the inherent value of every person, the preferential option for the poor, and love expressed through service and truth-telling.

This report is honest. Some parts will make uncomfortable reading. They should. The UK is at a crossroads. We either recommit to genuine recovery, detox, rehab, aftercare, community, connection, purpose, or we continue drifting into a model that keeps people alive but never helps them live.

I know which road we will take.

To everyone who has walked with us, funded us, volunteered, partnered, challenged, supported, prayed, marched, emailed, shared, liked, cried, fought and celebrated with us thank you. This movement runs on courage and community.

Recovery is real. Recovery is possible. And recovery is a right worth fighting for.

Contents

Executive Summary ......................................................................................1 Message From Our Chair of Trustees ..................................................11 2025 A Year in Review ................................................................................ 13 The UK Recovery Walk & Conference ................................................ 15 Our UK Wide Reach ....................................................................................20 Our UK Addiction Landscape in 2025 ................................................23 Scotland: The Right to Recovery Bill ..................................................35 Advocacy Casework Service ..................................................................39 Governance & Trustees ............................................................................47 Our Vision for 2026 ......................................................................................49 Acknowledgements ................................................................................... 51 Signed Accounts 2025 ...............................................................................74

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Executive Summary

Executive Summary

2025 was a pivotal year for Faces & Voices of Recovery UK (FAVOR UK).

Across the United Kingdom we saw rising drug deaths, growing mental-health need, and treatment systems struggling to meet the realities of modern addiction. Yet we also witnessed extraordinary resilience, community leadership and a deepening national commitment to recovery.

This report sets out the truth of where we are as a country and the hope of where we can go.

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A UK in Need of Recovery

Modern addiction is increasingly poly-drug, trauma-driven and mentally complex, yet our systems remain built for a previous era of heroin dependence. There is no evidence base for substituting cocaine, crack, ketamine or benzodiazepines yet many people are pushed through maintenance-first systems that cannot deliver recovery.

The result is predictable: stagnation where there should be hope.

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A Movement of Hope

Despite the challenges, 2025 was a landmark year for recovery.

The UK Recovery Walk & Conference in Wolverhampton brought thousands together in solidarity, celebration and truth. The city embraced the movement with pride, hosting Europe’s largest recovery event and demonstrating what can be achieved when communities lead with courage.

Our digital reach grew dramatically, with nearly 4 million impressions across platforms, ensuring recovery stayed visible and often framed the national conversation year-round.

Our Advocacy Casework Service supported individuals and families lost in fragmented systems, securing treatment, rehousing vulnerable people and navigating complex cases that bureaucracy alone could not solve. Not one person on our caseload died, a testament to persistence, accompaniment and trauma-aware support

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The Moral & Policy Imperative

The UK must return to recovery as the central goal of treatment. Maintenance has a place, but it cannot be the endpoint for most people.

A fair system would offer:

In Scotland, the failure of the National Mission and the blocking & deliberate sabotaging of the Right to Recovery Bill highlight the dangers of systems that protect themselves more than the people they serve. FAVOR UK will continue to campaign for a legally enforceable right to detox, rehab and aftercare and every other evidence based care that people currently have difficulty accessing.

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Our Vision for 2026 and Beyond

We are building a UK where recovery is visible, valued and expected.

This work is grounded in the dignity of every human person, the preferential option for the poor, and the belief that compassion means helping people live, not merely survive.

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MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR OF TRUSTEES

This year has been one of grit, gratitude, and growth for Faces & Voices of Recovery UK (FAVOR UK).

For me personally, being given the opportunity to step into the role of Chair is a genuine honour. I am humbled and inspired by the courage of those FAVOR UK serve and the huge commitment of the volunteers and employees who make our mission possible.

FAVOR UK has never been a charity to recite buzzwords or hide behind bureaucracy, and we have again demonstrated that in 2025. We meet people where they are, tell the truth without varnish, and fight for the kind of recovery-focused system that everyone in this country deserves. This year, we strengthened that resolve. I am proud of what we achieve through our national advocacy service and the huge amount of work which has been put into advancing the Right to Recovery Bill to the finish line. I'm proud that we inspire and empower others as a result of our training programmes and, of course, the amazing UK Recovery Walk - held in wonderful Wolverhampton this year - and now we can include the growing Recovery Friendly Workplace movement. Each strand of our work has carried the same message: recovery is possible, community matters, and no one should be left behind.

people are backed, believed and given real choices.

As we look to the coming year, we do so with humility about the challenges ahead, but also with confidence. The landscape is shifting, and FAVOR UK will continue to help shape it, always guided by the voices of lived and living experience and the simple belief that every life has value.

Thank you to everyone who has walked with us, supported us and trusted us. The work continues, and I am proud to serve alongside you.

Justine MacAthur Chair of Trustees

I am also proud that FAVOUR UK's voice is growing louder and clearer. We have challenged poor policy with compassion and backbone. We have stood with families navigating the darkest chapters of their lives, and we have continued to model what dignity, solidarity and hope look like in practice.

To our trustees, thank you for your support, guidance and willingness to have the brave conversations. To our staff team, you are the very heartbeat of this charity; your professionalism and humanity shine through everything you do. And to our Chief Executive Officer, Annemarie Ward, thank you for leading with tenacity, humour and your continuous, fierce commitment to recovery. Each of you is proof that long-term recovery is more than an inspiration; it is a reminder of what is possible when

Photo by Stefano Cavallini

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2025 A Year in Review A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF RECOVERY Wolverhampton hosted the UK Recovery Walk for the first time a historic moment for the Black Country and a powerful statement about hope in communities often overlooked. Thousands marched, sang, laughed, cried, held signs, held hands and showed that recovery is not theory. It is lived. 1 A CONFERENCE THAT RAISED THE BAR Held at Molineux Stadium, the 2025 UK Recovery Conference brought together experts, lived-experience leaders, academics and families to explore the theme “I Can’t, We Can”. From Ed Day to Base25, from Good Shepherd to SUIT this was recovery leadership in action. 2 we —— Um” ADVOCACY THAT CHANGED LIVES Our casework service supported individuals across the UK caught between trauma, complex needs and systems that simply do not work for them. We a A saw people who had been stuck for years finally enter rehab. Families found support. Lives stabilised. Futures opened. 3_ , WEY OL) : A LOUD, NATIONAL VOICE FOR CHANGE . oo i Th) © i : Through Substack, media commentary, public events and our reporting, FAVOR UK became one of the strongest recovery voices in the UK. We challenged harmful narratives, confronted political complacency and defended the truth about recovery.

[AZ] Ml[ y<] Aeg = 4 = 53 (em) va DIGITAL GROWTH BEYOND EXPECTATION Nearly 4 million impressions, 22,498 followers and significant growth on every platform. Advocacy content, data-driven posts and recovery stories reached millions many of whom had never heard a message of hope before. 5 ORGANISATIONAL STRENGTHENING New trustees, improved governance, strengthened finance systems and deepened partnerships set the foundation for the coming year. 2025 6 A Year in Review BUILDING FOR BRADFORD 2026 As Wolverhampton showed the country what recovery looks like, Bradford stepped forward. Planning is already underway. Growth. Courage. National influence. 14 7

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2025 marked a historic moment for the UK Recovery Movement: the Walk came to Wolverhampton for the first time ever. The Black Country embraced the movement with pride, dignity and a fierce sense of community.

THE WALK

More than a parade, this was a public declaration of hope. A two-mile route beginning and ending in West Park, with an accessible adapted route for those with mobility needs. The Walk passed iconic landmarks including Lady Wulfruna, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Molineux Stadium.

THE CONFERENCE

“I can’t, WE can”

What mattered most was not the geography it was the witness. People walked for their families, their communities, their loved ones lost and for those still struggling.

THE RECOVERY VILLAGE

West Park came alive with music, poetry, art, performance, dance, recovery storytelling and community stalls. From Dhol drummers to Fallen Angel Dance Theatre, from mutual-aid meetings to family activities, it was a living picture of recovery in motion.

Held at Molineux Stadium, the conference brought together world-leading clinicians, researchers, frontline staff, people in recovery and lived-experience leaders.

Speakers included:

ART IN RECOVERY

Supporting the Walk, the Good Shepherd Art Group showcased extraordinary work funded by Arts Council England, including exhibitions at Wolverhampton Arts Centre and a pop-up gallery on the day of the Walk. Art became a gateway to connection, healing and pride.

A SPIRITUAL BEGINNING

It was a day grounded in truth: recovery happens in community, not isolation.

St Peter’s Collegiate Church opened its doors for a recovery service to honour those we have lost and celebrate those returning to life. It welcomed people of any faith or none, united in grief, gratitude and hope.

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NEXT STOP

A CITY THAT OPENED ITS HEART

Thanks to the leadership of the Good Shepherd , SUIT , Recovery Near You and the City of Wolverhampton Council , the city did not just host the Walk it owned it. Flyers covered lamp-posts, community groups mobilised their networks and thousands of local people voted to bring the Walk home.

SAVE THE DATE!

When the result was announced, Wolverhampton did not just win, it roared.

THE LEGACY

The 2025 Walk and Conference did more than showcase recovery in Wolverhampton, it reignited belief across the UK. It showed that recovery is not niche. It is national.

It belongs to every community willing to lead with courage.

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Our UK Wide Reach Our UK Wide Reach Digital, Community & Public Voice

“In 2025 we reached more people than in any year since our founding”

Platform Breakdown

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Overall Reach

Total followers across all platforms: 23,000

Total combined reach and views: 11.3 million

This includes the substantial impact of Annemarie’s personal account, which has increasingly become a major recovery voice in UK public debate.

Digital Impact Summary – 2025

Our digital presence continued to grow across every platform this year. Consistent advocacy, clear data storytelling and a strong public voice meant recovery stayed in the national bloodstream all year.

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Total impressions: 9.5 million

• 950,000 via the FAVOR UK account • 8.5 million via Annemarie’s personal account We do not just We do notjust • Up 1.4 million year-on-year ‘raise awareness’, raise awareness, • ~1,500 new followers • Media-view analytics discontinued by the platform we shape national we shape national conversations Engagement up 96.5 percent • 13,054 followers • 1.4 million views (up from 1.2 million • +784 new followers Our commentary has influenced • Strongest audience: UK, ages 45–54 - UK and Scottish political debates - ¢§ conversations ~‘ - Treatment reform conversations - - Academic and clinical dialogue - Up from 240,000 last year - Media narratives - • 1,699 followers

- Public understanding of addiction and recovery -

Increase of 112,000 from last year

The Walk is the beating heart of our visibility, but the digital voice ensures recovery stays in the national bloodstream all year round.

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| Our UK Addiction Landscape in 2025

The UK Addiction Landscape in 2025: A System Under Strain

Drug-Related Deaths at Record High

England & Wales

The United Kingdom now faces one of the most serious addiction and mental health crises in its history. The numbers are stark and they demand a response rooted in truth, not excuses.

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Northern Ireland

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Treatment System Gaps: A UKWide Pattern

The UK treatment system succeeds in engagement but fails in outcomes.

For Too Many Families, the System Is the Crisis

What we hear from every nation is the same:

The result?

People deteriorate, families break, A&E fills up and the cycle continues.

A Mental Health Crisis Driving Addiction

Poly-drug use is increasingly tied to trauma, anxiety, depression and unresolved grief. Residential treatment is often the first place a person feels safe enough to address these issues, but access remains rare.

The UK Needs a Recovery System, Not a Maintenance System

This is the single biggest message we bring to the UK policy conversation:

We cannot manage our way out of an addiction crisis. We must help people recover out of it.

Reforming UK Drug Treatment: From Maintenance to Recovery

Across the United Kingdom, addiction services have been shaped for 30 years by a model built to respond to heroin dependency: substitution prescribing and long-term maintenance. It was never designed for the reality we face today. The drugs have changed. The harms have changed. The people seeking help have changed. The system has not.

A System Designed for Yesterday’s Crisis

Most of the UK’s drug-treatment architecture was built around the idea that methadone or buprenorphine could stabilise opioid use long enough for people to rebuild their lives. For some, this remains true and lifesaving.

But this model has been stretched far beyond its evidence base and is now applied to people presenting with:

Here is the truth the UK system has avoided:

There is no evidence base for substituting cocaine, crack, ketamine, benzos, pregabalin or poly-drug use. None.

No NICE guidance. No international trials. No successful long-term models.

Yet thousands of people are pushed through services that can only prescribe, monitor or “engage” because they lack the tools for genuine recovery

Yet thousands of people are pushed through services that can only prescribe, monitor or “engage” because they lack the tools for genuine recovery.

The Human Cost of a Mismatched System

When you put the wrong tools to the wrong problem, you do not get stable lives you get stagnation.

We see the consequences everywhere across the UK:

The Evidence for RecoveryOriented Systems

Across Europe, countries that invest proportionately in detox, inpatient treatment and long-term recovery-support structures achieve far better outcomes. They measure success not in outputs of scripts or needles issued, but in:

This is what transformation looks like.

People do not fail treatment. Treatment fails to meet the need.

Across Europe, countries that invest proportionately in detox, inpatient treatment and long-term recovery-support structures achieve far better outcomes

The UK Needs a Recovery Renaissance

We must return to a balanced model where maintenance is a bridge, not a destination. The UK needs:

Rehab Access Across Europe

England (many regions): below 0.5%

The Uks lowest-access regions represent the worst rehab accessibility in Europe.

Those are not statistics they are moral indictments.

It Is Not a Bed Shortage It Is a System Failure

This is not ideology, it is evidence and ethics.

Residential beds exist across the UK. The issue is the system around them:

Ending the UK’s Postcode Lottery: The Case for Fair Access to Residential Rehab

Residential rehabilitation is one of the most effective

interventions for people whose addiction is complex, traumalinked or life-threatening. It provides safety, structure, connection and the space for mental health to stabilise. It is often the first time a person has felt safe enough to breathe, think and heal.

Yet across the UK, access to rehab is defined far more by geography than need.

People are not denied because they cannot be helped.

They are denied because the system has forgotten that freedom from addiction is the goal.

Mental Health and Addiction: A Combined Crisis

By 2025, 85% of rehab residents in UK services reported that mental health was their primary motivation for seeking recovery. Ten years ago, it was 45%.

Towards a Fair UK System

A genuinely fair system would:

adopt trauma-responsive models

People understand their own needs.

The system has not adapted.

The Revolving Door

When people cannot access rehab, they spiral through:

Residential care saves lives. But it could save far more if we stopped rationing it.

A survey of rehab residents found:

They were the lucky ones. They actually got in.

Residential care saves lives. But it could save far more if we stopped rationing it

Scotland: The Right to Recovery Bill

Scotland: The Right to Recovery Bill & The National Mission

This section focuses specifically on Scotland because this is where FAVOR UK’s policy leadership has been most visible and where the need for reform is most urgent.

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The National Mission That Lost Its Soul

Five ministers. £250 million. Dozens of reports. Mountains of rhetoric.

And Scotland still has the highest drug-death rate in Europe.

The so-called National Mission was not a mission, it was a management exercise. A PR programme with invoices attached. A political shield that delivered the appearance of action while the underlying system stayed exactly the same.

Systemic Problems We Documented

• Stabilisation centres with zero international evidence

• Millions spent on “knowledge exchange” while beds went unfunded

Scotland did not run out of compassion. It ran out of moral clarity.

The Right to Recovery Bill

The Bill was simple:

If you need detox, rehab or aftercare you have a legal right to it.

Not a favour. Not a maybe. Not a postcodedependent gamble. A right.

It was supported by families, communities, recovery groups and people with lived experience.

It was opposed fiercely by state-funded bodies with conflicts of interest and by a quango class terrified of accountability.

The Bill was voted down not for lack of merit, but because it would have forced a system designed for maintenance to support recovery.

Why FAVOR UK Will Not Let This Go

Because the poorest people in Scotland are denied what those with means can buy privately.

Because rights belong to people, not providers.

Because you cannot manage your way out of a crisis of despair you must help people live. Because families deserve more than condolences and paperwork.

Because recovery is not just possible it is a fundamental right.

And because those who develop the system cannot be allowed to bury its failures.

Our Call

Scotland must return to the Right to Recovery Bill and the UK must follow. Recovery is not an ideology. It is a lifeline.

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The FAVOR UK Advocacy Casework Service continues to be one of the most important, lifechanging and quietly heroic parts of our work.

Advocacy is Crucial

It exists for one reason: to ensure every person has a fair chance of accessing treatment, regardless of postcode, background or complexity.

In the last year we supported people from across Scotland and the wider UK who were trapped in systems that simply did not meet their needs. Many had been asking for help for years and were met with closed doors, inconsistent advice or bureaucratic delays that would break anyone’s spirit.

Our team stepped in with persistence, compassion and a refusal to accept “no” when “yes” was possible.

The statistics reflect the reality: it is not people who fail the system it is the system that fails people.

This service, rooted in lived experience and lived-experience recovery advocacy, offers what bureaucracy cannot: accompaniment, advocacy and an unwavering belief that people deserve a future.

Key Outcomes This Year

People who were stuck for years finally accessed residential rehabilitation.

Complex cases involving homelessness, benefits and mental health were resolved.

Families received support navigating a system they found overwhelming.

Multiple individuals were brought back into safe services within 24–48 hours.

Lives were stabilised, hope was restored and, critically, again no one on our caseload died. That is four years running none of our clients have died.

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E — 55, Dunbartonshire

E was overwhelmed, isolated and uncertain where to turn. Within 24 hours of contacting us, he was linked with his local addiction service, connected to a recovery café and supported to resolve a benefits crisis that was crippling him.

He is now preparing for rehab and has begun rebuilding social connections that had been lost for years.

Homeless, heartbroken and stuck in community treatment for six months with no progress, S had almost given up on the idea of rehab.

Over four months we attended meetings, advocated consistently and eventually secured funding for a residential placement. After completing treatment, S stabilised quickly and secured private rental accommodation a fresh start, long overdue.

L struggled with alcohol dependency, anxiety and depression. Although approved for rehab, he felt intimidated and unsafe in the unit he visited. His mother was doing everything she could to keep him afloat.

We negotiated on his behalf and secured a placement in a rehab better suited to his needs. He is now engaging and making progress he could not have made otherwise.

G sought advice about a historic complaint. We supported him to submit it to the Care Inspectorate, but time limits prevented a formal investigation. Still determined to enter rehab, he faced over a year of stagnation with no movement.

Following our intervention and a formal complaint to his service, his funding was approved within two months. G entered his preferred rehab and regained hope.

Referred by his local team, C needed help understanding treatment options due to mental-health-related processing difficulties.

We accompanied him to appointments, advocated in meetings and connected him to community groups where he felt comfortable and respected. He now feels more confident about recovery than he has in years.

We first supported T back in 2021, in a long, heart-breaking fight to get her into rehab. She entered treatment in 2023 and transformed her life.

Two years later, she is still clean and sober, thriving in her community, rebuilding family relationships and, incredibly, accepted into college to study Health and Social Care.

Her words say it best:

“I think back to May 2023 when I was broken. Two years on, I am still clean, I am laughing again after 30 years, I am going out with friends, and I am starting my qualification. Maybe one day I will do the kind of work FAVOR UK did for me.”

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Financial Review

Financial Review

The financial year ending 2025 reflects a period of stability, integrity and prudent stewardship for FAVOR UK. We remain a lean organisation with a focused purpose: delivering the UK Recovery Walk, supporting our advocacy service and advancing national recovery advocacy.

Income

Investments & Reserves

Income was drawn from a combination of:

We do not hold investment assets.

Our reserves remain small but stable, consistent with the nature of a national charity running large civic events and community programmes.

Financial Transparency

We remain deeply grateful to every sponsor, donor and partner who supported our mission.

FAVOR UK is committed to transparency. We account publicly for every donation and sponsorship and maintain strong internal financial controls. As a charity founded and led by people in recovery, integrity is central to our identity and everything we do.

Expenditure

Expenditure was primarily allocated to:

Value for Money

Every pound spent delivers real-world impact.

Our model is efficient, community-centred and built on partnerships. The UK Recovery Walk and Conference continue to provide exceptional value to participants, sponsors and communities.

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Governance & Trustees

Governance & Trustees

FAVOR UK is a national, member-led charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). Our governance is grounded in accountability, transparency and the active participation of people in long-term recovery.

Board of Trustees

Our board provides strategic leadership, oversight and support across all areas of our work. Trustees bring a range of experience including recovery, public service, finance, community development, mental health, academia and lived experience.

Independent Examination

Our accounts have been independently examined in accordance with OSCR requirements.

The trustees’ responsibilities include:

Commitment to Ethical Leadership

At FAVOR UK, governance is more than compliance. It is an expression of our values. We stand against conflicts of interest, against the quango culture of self-justification and for transparency, fairness and service.

Safeguarding & Risk Management

We maintain robust safeguarding procedures and riskmanagement frameworks appropriate to a charity working with vulnerable individuals and large-scale public events.

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Building a UK where recovery is visible, valued, and expected

Our Vision for 2026 and Beyond

GOAL 1: UK RECOVERY WALK 2026 BRADFORD

Bradford is ready. The city has a proud history of activism, diversity, community strength and livedexperience leadership. 2026 will be a defining year for the Walk, with the city centre hosting the route, a major arts programme and a recovery village that reflects Bradford’s cultural richness.

GOAL 3: RECOVERYFRIENDLY WORKPLACE ACCREDITATION

The Recovery-Friendly Workplace Programme will grow to include: accreditation levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold), workplace training, employer ambassadors, union partnerships, national recognition awards. Our aim is simple: to make the UK a country where recovery is welcomed, not whispered.

GOAL 5: STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY

INFRASTRUCTURE

We will support more grassroots groups with: micro-grants, training, toolkits, partnerships, digital support, shared resources. Recovery does not thrive in isolation; it thrives in community.

GOAL 7: SCOTLAND: RENEWING THE RIGHT TO RECOVERY BILL

Our commitment remains unwavering: the poorest communities deserve what the wealthiest can buy access to detox, rehab and aftercare. We will work with partners to return the Bill to Parliament, strengthened by evidence, by lived experience and by the failures of the National Mission.

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GOAL 2: EXPANSION OF THE ADVOCACY

GOAL 4: EVIDENCE, RESEARCH AND TRUTHTELLING

GOAL 6: A UK-WIDE CALL FOR JUSTICE

GOAL 8: FAITH, HOPE AND THE HUMAN PERSON

We will continue to push for equal access to treatment across all four nations, ending the postcode lottery that currently defines the UK’s addiction landscape.

Grounded in social justice, our vision is for a country where: the poor are prioritised, the vulnerable are protected, the truth is told, systems serve people, hope is not theory, but practice.

CASEWORK SERVICE

Our next goal is to expand our advocacy support across the UK, ensuring that individuals struggling to access detox, rehab or mental health support can get the representation they deserve regardless of postcode. This includes: more volunteer advocates, formalised escalation pathways, national training, UK-wide partnerships, stronger integration with families, churches, community groups and mutual aid.

We will continue to lead with honesty, nations, ending the postcode lottery data and experience. Through reports, that currently defines the UK’s Substack publications, public addiction landscape. commentary and academic practice. collaboration, FAVOR UK will remain a fearless voice for: outcome-based commissioning, fair access to rehab, reform of broken systems, transparency in public spending, truth in public communication, the moral case for recovery. 2026 will not be easy but it will be hopeful. We will lead with courage. We will speak with clarity. We will act with love. And we will remain, as ever, a movement of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Our Walk & Conference Partners

Good Shepherd SUIT Wolverhampton Recovery Near You City of Wolverhampton Council Base25 Wolves Foundation Wolverhampton Arts Centre University of Wolverhampton University of Lincoln

And every community group, café, church, charity and volunteer who lifted the city up with love.

Our Sponsors

To every sponsor whether Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper or Recovery Supporter thank you for believing in recovery and investing in people’s lives.

Your support funds real change: detox placements, advocacy, the Walk, the conference and the quiet, unseen acts of hope that transform families.

Our Volunteers

From marshals to stewards, from café teams to Walk leaders, from digital volunteers to storytellers you are the backbone of this movement. You show the country what service looks like.

FAVOR UK is not an organisation it is a community. This work is only possible because of the thousands of people, partners, families and allies who stand with us in solidarity and hope. We owe deep gratitude to:

Our Trustees

Thank you for your guidance, oversight and deep commitment to ethics, integrity and transparency.

Our Staff & Casework Team

Your courage in facing broken systems, your compassion for people in crisis and your refusal to give up on anyone is nothing short of heroic.

Our Recovery Communities

Across the UK in towns, cities, prisons, churches, mosques, cafés, parks, mutual-aid rooms and living rooms you represent the beating heart of recovery.

You show the world that new life is possible.

Our Families

Your love, endurance and hope are the moral engine of this work. We see you. We honour you.

And to every person in recovery

Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your honesty. Thank you for your hope. Thank you for walking with us.

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Recovery is not easy, but it is glorious and you show us why this fight matters

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Contents

Pages
Trustees' Annual Report 2 to 3
Independent Examiner's Report 4
Statement of Financial Activi�es 5
Summary Income and Expenditure Account 6
Balance Sheet 7
Notes to the Accounts 8 to 12
Detailed Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es 13 to 14

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK

Charity No. SC043961

Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts

30 April 2025

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Trustees Annual Report

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Trustees Annual Report

The Trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2025.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Charity No. SC043961

Registered Office

3 Kelvinside Grove Glasgow G20 6PL

Signed on behalf of the board

Andrew Ryan Trustee 20 August 2025

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Trustees

The following Trustees served during the year:

Jon Royle Resigned 4 February 2025 Paul Bowley Resigned 16 September 2024 John Elford Resigned 12 December 2024 Calliese Conner

Jus�ne McCarhter Andrew Ryan Appointed 13 December 2024 Muntazir Hadadi Appointed 4 February 2025 James Hadfield Smith Appointed 4 February 2025 Calton Brick Appointed 4 February 2025

Accountants

GN Accoun�ng Services Ltd 48 West George Street Glasgow G2 1BP

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The principal purpose of the charity in the year under review was to promote the advancement of educa�on, the advancement of health, the saving of lives, the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability and financial hardship or other disadvantage

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

The charity was registered on 24 April 2013 as UK Recovery Walk Charity. The name of the charity was changed to Faces & Voices of Recovery UK on 1 May 2015. The charity became ac�ve on 24 April 2013.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accoun�ng records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regula�ons 2006 (as amended) and the Accoun�ng and Repor�ng by Charities: Statement of Recommended Prac�ce applicable to chari�es preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Repor�ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102).

The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregulari�es.

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Independent Examiners Report

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Faces & Voices of Recovery UK

I report on the accounts of Faces & Voices of Recovery UK for the year ended 30 April 2025 which comprise

the related notes.

As the trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the

the 2006 Accounts Regulations.

As examiner it is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner's report

accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in

undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner's statement

Accounts Regulations

have not been met: or

for the year ended 30 April 2025

Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
2025 2025 2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
from:
Donations 4 7,455 - 7,455 6,899
Investments 5 455 - 455 365
Other 6 111,880 77,500 189,380 165,340
Total 119,790 77,500 197,290 172,604
Expenditure on:
Other 7 136,854 77,500 214,354 153,946
Total (17,064) - (17,064) 18,658
Net gains on investments - - -
Net income 8 (17,064) - (17,064) 18,658
Transfers between funds - - -
Net income before other (17,064) - (17,064) 18,658
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses
Net movement in funds (17,064) - (17,064) 18,658
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 103,764 103,764 85,106
Total funds carried forward 86,700 86,700 103,764

accounts to be reached.

signed on 24/08/2025, 21:20:18 BST

Natasha Cassidy

Suite G.06 Red Tree Magenta 270 Glasgow Road Glasgow

G73 1UZ

20 August 2025

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Summary Income and Expenditure Account

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Balance Sheet

for the year ended 30 April 2025

Income
Interest
Gross income for the year
Expenditure
Total expenditure for the year
Net income before tax for the year
Net income for the year		 2025
£
196,835
455
197,290
214,354
214,354
(17,064)
(17,064)		 2024
£
172,239
135
172,604
153,946
153,946
18,658
18,658

at 30 April 2025

Charity No.
SC043961
Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:Amount falling due within one year
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets excluding pension asset or liability
Total net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
General funds
10
Reserves
12
Total funds		 2025
£
-
-
86,700
86,700
-
86,700
86,700
86,700
86,700
86,700
86,700		 2024
£
-
-
103,764
103,764
-
103,764
103,764
103,764
103,764
103,764
103,764
103,764

The trustees have prepared the accounts in accordance with sec�on 44 of the Chari�es and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act.

Approved by the board on 20 August 2025 And signed on its behalf by:

Andrew Ryan Trustee 20 August 2025

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Notes to the Accounts

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Notes to the Accounts

for the year ended 30 April 2025

1 Accoun�ng policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with receipts and Payments Accounts under section 44 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Chari�es Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand.

2 Charitable status

The Charity is a Sco�sh Charitable Incorporated Organisa�on (SCIO), governed by a constitu�on.

3 Statement of Financial Activi�es - prior year

Unrestricted

Income and endowments from:
Donations
Charitable activities
Investments
Other
Total
Expenditure on:
Other
Total
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other gains and losses:
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 funds
2024
£
6,899
-
365
165,340
172,604
153,946
18,658
18,658
18,658
18,658
85,106
103,764		 Total funds
2024
£
6,899
-
365
165,340
172,604
153,946
18,658
18,658
18,658
18,658
85,106
103,764

4 Income from donations

Donations Unrestricted
£
7,455
7,455		 Total
2025
£
7,455
7,455		 Total
2024
£
6,899
6,899

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Notes to the Accounts

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Notes to the Accounts

5 Income from investments

5 Income from investments
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Bank Interest 455 - 455 365
455 - 455 365
6 Other income
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Sponsorship 111,880 - 111,880 96,340
Grants - 77,500 77,500 69,000
111,880 77,500 189,300 165,340
7 Other expenditure
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Employee costs 21,865 75,500 97,365 96,639
Motor and travel costs 10,355 - 10,355 7,697
Premise Costs - - - 1,319
General administrative costs 12,940 - 12,940 9,363
Legal and professional costs 93,694 - 93,694 38,928
138,854 75,500 214,354 153,946
8 Staf costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Salaries and wages 21,865 75,500 97,365 96,639
21,865 75,500 97,365 96,639

9 Movement in funds

General funds
Total funds		 At 1 May
2024
103,764
103,764		 Incoming
Resources
£
197,290
197,290
(214,354)
Resources
expended
£
(214,354)		 -
Gross
transfers
£
-		 At 30 April
2025
£
88,700
88,700

10 Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total
Funds Funds
£ £ £
88,700 88,700
88,700 88,700

Net current assets

No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

The average monthly number of full time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:

2025 2024 Number Number 2 3

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Notes to the Accounts

Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Detailed Statement of Financial Activi�es

for the year ended 30 April 2025

11 Reconciliation of net debt

Reconciliation of net debt
Cash and cash equivalents
Net Debt		 At 1 May
2024
£
103,764
103,764
103,764		 Cash flows
£
(17,064)
(17,064)
(17,064)		 New
HP/Finance
leases
£
-
-		 At 30 April
2025
£
86,700
86,700
86,700
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Donations
Investments
Bank Interest
Other
Sponsorship
Grants
Total income and endowments
Expenditure on:
Employee costs
Salaries/wages
Motor and travel costs
Travel and subsistence
Premises costs
Premises Repairs
General administrative costs,
Bank charges
Software, IT support and telephone cost
Sta�onery and prin�ng
Insurances
Sundry expenses		 Funds
2025
£
7,455
7,455
455
455
111,880
77,500
189,380
197,290
97,365
97,365
10,355
10,355
-
-
48
2,412
8,778
745
957		 Total funds
2025
£
7,455
7,455
455
455
111,880
77,500
189,380
197,290
97,365
97,365
10,355
10,355
-
-
48
2,412
8,778
745
957		 Total funds
2024
£
6,899
6,899
365
365
96,3400
69,000
165,340
172,604
96,639
96,639
7,697
7,697
1,319
1,319
650
2,552
4,017
869
1,275
9,363
12,940 12,940

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Faces & Voices of Recovery UK Detailed Statement of Financial Activi�es

Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Consultancy and event fees
Total of expenditure of other costs
Total expenditure
Net gains on investments
Net income
Net income before other
gains/(losses)
Other Gains
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Funds
2025
£
948
92,746		 Total funds
Total funds
2025
2024
£
£
948
948
92,746
37,980
93,694 93,694
38,928
214,354
214,354
-
(17,064)
(17,064)
-
(17,064)		 86,700
103,764
214,354
153,946
214,354
153,946
-
-
(17,064)
18,658
(17,064)
18,658
-
-
(17,064)
18,658
86,700

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